[Qgis-user] WorldClim data...

[pcreso at pcreso.com]

Hi.

QGIS should be able to plot any grids readable by GDAL.  BIL files are readable by QGIS.

I have downloaded a file from WorldClim & unzipped it:

gdalinfo for one of these gives:

gdalinfo tmean_1.bil                    
Driver: EHdr/ESRI .hdr Labelled                                     
Files: tmean_1.bil                                                  
       tmean_1.hdr
Size is 43200, 18000
Coordinate System is `'
Origin = (-180.000000000000000,90.000000000000000)
Pixel Size = (0.008333333333333,-0.008333333333333)
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  (-180.0000000,  90.0000000)
Lower Left  (-180.0000000, -60.0000000)
Upper Right ( 180.0000000,  90.0000000)
Lower Right ( 180.0000000, -60.0000000)
Center      (   0.0000000,  15.0000000)
Band 1 Block=43200x1 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Undefined
  NoData Value=-9999



I am able to plot this in QGIS, as the raster type, choose whichever file type is (*), this can vary between QGIS versions, but should always be there. I clicked on one of bil files & it showed obvious land/sea areas, but I'm not familiar with the data & did not try to create a color map for it.

HTH,

  Brent Wood



--- On Sun, 2/7/10, Nüzhet Dalfes <dalfes at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Nüzhet Dalfes <dalfes at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Qgis-user] WorldClim data...
> To: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 1:49 PM
> Hi,
> 
> This is my first message to this list!
> 
> My question: How to go about reading in WorldClim gridded
> data in QGIS? Did anybody did this before?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 
> Nüzhet
> 
> 
> 
> H. Nüzhet Dalfes, PhD
> 
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> Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences
> Istanbul Technical University
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