You need to convert the files. There is a utility called STDS2DEM that I have used successfully.
Bud --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm playing around with USGS DEM files and get the following error > whenever I try to open them in Maptitude. Anyone have any insight or > suggestion of what I might be doing wrong? > > Error recieved when attempting to open a STD file: > > "! Sorry an error occurred while scanning > C:\ccdata_04\Maricopa\DLGSDEM\3676IDEN.DDF: Invalid SDTS DQHL module. > Click OK to continue. > Reference info: import, 3926,1." > > I'm taking a USGS STD TAR file "3703847.DEM.SDTS.TAR.GZ" and uncompressing > it and getting series of *.DDF files and then using Maptitude to open the > *IDEN.DDF, which then gives me the error above. > > Thanks in advance, > > Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician > City of Phoenix - Street Transportation Department > Design and Construction Management Division ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TzSHvD/SOnJAA/79vVAA/C5grlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
