[GRASS-user] Patch raster maps very slow - Is there a way to speed this up?

[stephen sefick]

I have generated DEM tiles (65ish) from LIDAR data in its natural
projection NC state plane feet (the area covered is about 300 squared
miles).  I have reprojected them into UTM 17 nad 83.  These DEMs are
1m resolution.  I am using r.patch and it has been running for three
days now and it is 45% done...  Would it be faster to stop this
process, patch them in there native projection and then reproject them
to UTM?  I am running GRASS 6.5.
kind regards,

-- 
Stephen Sefick

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make us feel like gods.  We are mammals, and have not exhausted the
annoying little problems of being mammals.

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