[Qgis-user] How to use a vat.dbf with tif in QGIS?

[Albin Blaschka]

Am 20.02.2015 um 09:13 schrieb Albin Blaschka:
> Hello List,
>
> I have a geotiff raster [1] with an associated vat.dbf - file containing
> the legend for the unique values of the raster.  Now, I would like to
> use this information to style the raster in QGIS, but did not find a way...
>
> Has anyone experience with such a file (vat.dbf) in QGIS or better found
> a way to use it? Other tools like grass or command-line tools are also ok.
> I googled around, but I am stuck...
>
> As anybody a hint or push in the right direction?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Albin
>
> [1] http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/ecosystems/Global/
>

Hello,

so, in the meantime after excessive googling and much trial and error, I 
found (hopefully) the solution by myself :-)

https://pvanb.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/creating-a-qgis-color-map-from-text-file/

Not tested yet...

Albin


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