[Qgis-user] Importing USGS DEMs

[John C. Tull]

It works fine for me in qgis 1.0.2 as well as 1.2.0. What version of  
gdal? Mine is 1.6.0.

My layer properties are set to single gray band using band 1 and a  
grayscale colormap. Also, the contrast enhancement setting is "Stretch  
to MinMax".

John

On Jun 27, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Brook Milligan wrote:

> John C. Tull writes:
>> Likely, you need to set the color options in the layer properties.  
>> I'm
>> not too familiar with how you do that correctly, but maybe someone
>> else will suggest the right steps.
>
> Yes, it seems that I can display the data using the 'pseudocolor' or
> 'freak out' (what exactly is that?) color maps.  The 'grayscale' color
> map just gives a solid gray rectangle, whereas the 'colormap' option
> gives just a blank background.  I would prefer a simple grayscale
> image.
>
> Any suggestions on how to accomplish this with qgis 1.0.2 compiled
> from source?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Cheers,
> Brook