When you select an area, and you are at the Request Summary page, click Modify Data Request. There you can select the Archive Format for each dataset.
I don't know if there is a way to change this *before* selecting areas. On Apr 4, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Kurt Springs wrote: > How do you set up the site to download tarball instead of .zip. I tried but > it does not give me the option to download tarball. > > Kurt > On Apr 3, 2010, at 3:15 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: > >> I have found that the NED zips do this on OSX. So instead I change the >> download options to a tarball. Simpler than try to reconstruct the folder >> structure. >> >> On Apr 3, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Kurt Springs wrote: >> >>> I am using the Mac OS X Version. I downloaded the file >>> NED_85826542\ned_85826542\w001001.adf. I tried changing the name to >>> w001001.adf and got the same error. >>> >>> Kurt >>> On Apr 3, 2010, at 3:13 AM, Markus Neteler wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Kurt Springs <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> I tried that and got: >>>>> >>>>> r.in.gdal -e >>>>> {input=/Users/kurtsprings/grassdata/NED_85826542/NED_85826542\ned_85826542\w001001.adf} >>>>> output=dem >>>>> ERROR 4: >>>>> `/Users/kurtsprings/grassdata/NED_85826542/NED_85826542\ned_85826542\w001001.adf' >>>>> not recognised as a supported file format. >>>> >>>> I see switched \ and /. Looks like windows...? >>>> >>>> Which winGRASS version do you use (too old?)? >>>> >>>> Markus >>>> >>>>> Also, I tried changing the name so that the file itself was just >>>>> w001001.adf and got the same thing. >>>>> >>>>> Kurt >>>>> On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Markus Neteler wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Kurt Springs <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Folks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I downloaded a National Elevation Dataset layer from the USGS. I >>>>>>> haven't any idea of how to import it as a raster layer. Its got >>>>>>> several types of files: .dir, .dat, .nit, .aux, .adf, as well as some >>>>>>> esri metadata files (.dbf, .prj, .shp, shx). Can anyone tell me which >>>>>>> file is the one I want to try to import as a raster file? >>>>>> >>>>>> Not sure, would this help? >>>>>> http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/HOWTO_import_USGS_elevation_data >>>>>> >>>>>> Markus >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> grass-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user >> >> ----- >> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> >> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ >> >> Theory of the Universe >> >> There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what >> the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be >> replaced by something even more bizarrely inexplicable. There is another >> theory which states that this has already happened. >> >> -Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2nd season intro >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user ----- William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ "We are at war with them. Neither in hatred nor revenge and with no particular pleasure I shall kill every ___ I can until the war is over. That is my duty." "Don't you even hate 'em?" "What good would it do if I did? If all the many millions of people of the allied nations devoted an entire year exclusively to hating the ____ it wouldn't kill one ___ nor shorten the war one day." <Ha, ha> "And it might give 'em all stomach ulcers." - Tarzan, on war _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
