[GRASS-user] importing bil file errors

[Tyler Smith]

Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>the data set lacks the projection metadata, hence GRASS cannot guess
>that:
>
...
>
>So, GRASS 7 import:
>
>grass70 -c EPSG:4326 ~/grassdata/hwsd

How did you find the projection? Not having any GIS training, projections are the most confusing part of GRASS to me.


># ops, too big for our CAIRO driver :p
>ERROR: Cairo_begin_raster(): Failed to create surface (invalid value
>       (typically too big) for the size of the input (surface, pattern,
>       etc.))

Ah, I see now. The error message is a little cryptic.

>
>For convenience added to the Wiki, too:
>http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Global_datasets#Harmonized_World_Soil_Database_.28HWSD_Database.29

Wow! I didn't know thIs kind of info is on the wiki. That is *very* helpful indeed.

>Hope this helps,

Very much, thank you!

Tyler