Okay that worked. Thanks a lot William and John and all who offered suggestions.
BTW, I just wanted to let people know that I completed my requirements for the Ph.D. at University at Buffalo. So, thanks too to all who gave me advice during the struggle. Kurt On Apr 4, 2010, at 4:12 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: > 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
