[GRASS-user] Importing DEM - r.in.srtm: unzip required, please install first

[Hamish]

> > Running GRASS 6.2 through Cygwin on Windows XP, I'm trying to import
> > a DEM saved in SRTM-format (.hgt) which I got from
> > http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html
> >
> > Both in the command-line and GUI versions I get this rather curious
> > error: r.in.srtm: unzip required, please install first
> >
> > I have no idea what this means, and since I'm working with data at
> > 66deg north, this is the only source I've found that give me a
> > working DEM. I've earlier used them through PCI, so I know they
> > work. Unfortunately I've no longer got access to PCI.

Hernán De Angelis wrote:
> It means that r.in.srtm cannot find the unzip program to decompress
> the file.

I have just added "unzip" to list of suggested Cygwin packages on the
download page.

r.in.srtm expects the .hgt file to be zipped (WinZip, etc). It should be
named like "S46E166.hgt.zip".


Hamish