On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Hamish <[email protected]> wrote: > Rainer wrote: > > I want to be able to acess the same raster map > > by using two different names, e.g. "map_2007" and > > "map". > > > > Is there a way of achieving this (under Linux)? I > > am using r.copy at the moment, but it uses quite > > a bit of hdd space (I have many maps!). I could > > use r.reclass, > > > > r.reclass input=map_2007 output=map rules=??? > > put in a file, or read from stdin: > > * = * > > note r.reclass is only intended to work with CELL > (categorical) maps. >
that might be a problem in my case. > > > In addition, would r.reclass be dynamic, i.e. if > > map_2007 is changing, will that be reflected when > > I access map? > > yes, although only categories present when the > original r.reclass command was run would be > considered. (e.g. if the range expands the reclass > table won't know about that) > would this be a problem if I use "* = "? > > > alternatively, you might try a big pile of symlinks. > (probably much easier for vector maps) > I think I'll go that way - I just thought there would be a solution available. So which files would I need to symlink? Asked otherwise: in which directories *can* be raster map related files? Rainer > > > Hamish > > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: [email protected] Skype: RMkrug
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