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

[Philipp Steigenberger]

Frank Broniewski schrieb:
> 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
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Frank,
gdalinfo is a nice tool, thanks for the hint. Do you know if there is a 
similar tool for *.hgt-files (srtm)
cheers
Philipp