[GRASS-user] Any freely available topographical maps for (South-) Germany ?

[Hamish]

Nikos:
> > I was asked about freely available geo-data concerning
> > the South of Germany.
....
> (topo-maps for Bavaria)
> 
> 1.
> http://www.gdi.bayern.de/Geowebdienste/geowebdienste.htm#TK50
> 
> I can't get following web-service running on my firefox
> under ubuntu
> http://www.geodaten.bayern.de/ogc/getogc.cgi?request=getcapabilities


you can access WMS servers with the r.in.wms module.
this will give you a raster map. If you want data not just a pretty picture make sure the server supports the GeoTiff format. (???)


SERVER="http://www.geodaten.bayern.de/ogc/getogc.cgi?"
r.in.wms mapserver="$SERVER" -l
 # adding --verbose to that will show you a working URL for firefox

r.in.wms mapserver="$SERVER" layer=TK50 out=TK50_Bavaria ....



Hamish