[GRASS-user] Projection of dataset does not appear to match the current location!!!

[Frank Broniewski]

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 08:33:05 Kunal Malik wrote:
> HI !!
> If i don't know the Projection Information of the File to be Imported,could
> i import the raster/vector file available..
>
>  i am Trying to display  one raster image  kept on my harddisk. I have kept
> spearfish60 on /usr/local/grassdata
> so I set Location . spearfish60
>  I have made one user user1 then i set Mapset: user1..
>  then i start grass ,,
>  the n throu command
>  r.in.gdal -e in=nf42.tif out=tm
>  then i am getting the error,.,,
>
>  Projection of dataset does not  appear to match the current location!!!
>  I have tried the same thru GIS manager,,,
>  file->import->Raster->multiple formats using gdal..
>
> On 2/15/08, Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:
> > Kunal Malik wrote:
> > >  i am Trying to display  one raster image  kept on my harddisk,,
> > > I have kept spearfish60 on /usr/local/grassdata so I set Location :
> > > spearfish60
> > > I have made one user user1 then i set Mapset: user1..
> > > then i start grass ,,
> > > the n throu command
> > > r.in.gdal -e in=nf42.tif out=tm
> > > then i am getting the error,.,,
> > >
> > > Projection of dataset does not  appear to match the current location!!!
> > > I have tried the same thru GIS manager,,,
> > > file->import->Raster->multiple formats using gdal..
> > > I want to know where i am doing wrong..
> >
> > You need to create a location whose projection matches the data you
> > wish to import.
> >
> > Try using g.proj with the -c flag and the location= and georef=
> > options to create a new location based upon the projection information
> > in the file.
> >
> > You should then be able to import the file into that location with
> > r.in.gdal. If desired, you can then re-project it to another location
> > with r.proj.
> >
> > --
> > Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>

Hi,

If I understand you correctly, you are trying to find out the projection of 
your raster file. You can use gdalinfo (outside of GRASS) to do that. With 
the information from gdalinfo you can create a new location and import your 
raster.

Greetings Frank