On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Tyler Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Markus Neteler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>the data set lacks the projection metadata, hence GRASS cannot guess >>that: >> > ... >> >>So, GRASS 7 import: >> >>grass70 -c EPSG:4326 ~/grassdata/hwsd > > How did you find the projection? Not having any GIS training, projections are > the most confusing part of GRASS to me.
I searched online and found some references about the data set. It is not GRASS' fault that this information is lacking in the dataset :-) I have now made the EPSG code it a link in the wiki. >># ops, too big for our CAIRO driver :p >>ERROR: Cairo_begin_raster(): Failed to create surface (invalid value >> (typically too big) for the size of the input (surface, pattern, >> etc.)) > > Ah, I see now. The error message is a little cryptic. Moreover, it should ideally not happen. It will hopefully be solved. >> >>For convenience added to the Wiki, too: >>http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Global_datasets#Harmonized_World_Soil_Database_.28HWSD_Database.29 > > Wow! I didn't know thIs kind of info is on the wiki. That is *very* helpful > indeed. > >>Hope this helps, > > Very much, thank you! you are welcome. Markus > Tyler > _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
