[GRASS-user] Memory issues

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, Micha Silver wrote:

> A single contour line could possibly begin at one side of the raster, and
> end at the other side. So, without knowing any better, I would guess that
> the whole raster needs to be kept in memory.

Micha,

   This makes sense.

>>         This suggests that the solution is to create a mask and generate the
>>       contours only within that area.

> or create a lower resolution version of the DEM, if you can live with the
> reduced accuracy.

   The area is small enough that I need the highest available resolution (45
cm horizontal, IIRC) for hydrological modeling.

Thanks,

Rich