Hi, On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Michael Spencer <[email protected] > wrote:
> Got the job done, thanks for all the pointers. > > Took location info from the readme file included in download (which is > different to the online help). Used a lat-long on wgs84 projection. > > Imported via r.in.bin, and again included the details from readme file in > bounds tab. > > Strikes me usgs made this a lot more difficult that it needed to be! > Maybe worth to be put in the wiki, could you be so kind? Thank you! madi > > Thanks again, > Michael > > > Hi Michael, > > http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globdoc2_0.php#dataform > says that data is in binary flat format, no header... > I suppose that if you download in geographical lat long projection, and > that you get the header info from: > http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globdoc2_0.php#geog > > then you should be able to set a new location from this info and import > straight in GRASS with one of the generic binary input function (maybe in > r.in.gdal, maybe another more specific. > > good luck and tell us how it went, > Yann > > > On 14 February 2013 18:02, Michael Spencer <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anyone used the USGS Global Land Cover Characterization data available > here? > > http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/globe_int.php > > Indication is that the file format is Erdas Imagine .img, but GRASS is coming > back with a file type unknown error. Help/readme file suggests data is > byte type, which leaves me none the wiser! > > Happy for any pointers. > > Ta, > Michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user > > -- Margherita DI LEO Postdoctoral Researcher European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES). Unit H03 – FRC Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 [email protected] Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.
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