[GRASS-user] National Elevation Data

[Hamish]

Kurt wrote:
> I downloaded a National Elevation Dataset layer from the
> USGS.  I haven't any idea of how to import it as a
> raster layer.  Its got several types of files: 
> .dir, .dat, .nit, .aux, .adf, as well as some esri metadata
> files (.dbf, .prj, .shp, shx).  Can anyone tell me
> which file is the one I want to try to import as a raster
> file?


http://www.gdal.org/frmt_various.html#AIG


try pointing at the parent directory, or failing that the .adf
within it.


Hamish