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




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