Re: [Freegis-list] Opening a .tar or gz file (VMAP1)

2009-01-12 Thread Markus Neteler
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:09 PM, MTBJ wrote: > > Hi, > In downloading a section of VMAP1 data, I get a gz file (tar). I have been > looking all over for ways to open this thing, and I can't seem to find one > that works. Some sites say to open it directly, but when I try this I am > told it is a

[Freegis-list] Opening a .tar or gz file (VMAP1)

2009-01-12 Thread MTBJ
Hi, In downloading a section of VMAP1 data, I get a gz file (tar). I have been looking all over for ways to open this thing, and I can't seem to find one that works. Some sites say to open it directly, but when I try this I am told it is an unrecognized format and am asked to select a program wi