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

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 18:53 -0700, Hamish wrote:
> 
> 
> 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

Thank you for the tips Hamish.

Is it correct to have downloaded files with the ".geotiff" extension ?

And the error (below)? 

Thank you,

Nikos

>r.in.wms mapserver="$SERVER" layer=TK50 out=TK50_Bavaria
[...]
Downloading data
15:33:55 URL:http://www.geodaten.bayern.de/ogc/getogc.cgi? [378] ->
"/home/nik/grassdb/rlp_fgaps/wms_download/TK50_Bavaria__0.geotiff" [1]
All tiles downloaded successfully
#################################
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE ServiceExceptionReport SYSTEM
"http://schemas.opengis.net/wms/1.1.1/exception_1_1_1.dtd">
<ServiceExceptionReport version="1.1.1">
<ServiceException code="InvalidFormat">
msWMSLoadGetMapParams(): Image handling error. Unsupported output format
(image/geotiff).
</ServiceException>
</ServiceExceptionReport>