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NAME

r.in.arc - Converts an ESRI ARC/INFO ascii raster file (GRID) into a (binary) raster map layer.

KEYWORDS

raster

SYNOPSIS

r.in.arc
r.in.arc help
r.in.arc input=string output=name [type=string] [title="phrase"] [mult=float] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

input=string
ARC/INFO ASCII raster file (GRID) to be imported
output=name
Name for output raster map
type=string
Storage type for resultant raster map
Options: CELL,FCELL,DCELL
Default: FCELL
title="phrase"
Title for resultant raster map
mult=float
Multiplier for ASCII data
Default: 1.0

DESCRIPTION

r.in.arc allows a user to create a (binary) GRASS raster map layer from an ESRI ARC/INFO ascii GRID file with (optional) title.

The ARC/INFO ascii GRID file header has 6 lines:

     ncols:
     nrows:
     xllcorner:
     yllcorner:
     cellsize:
or alternatively (not supported by r.in.arc, but by r.in.gdal):
     ncols:
     nrows:
     xllcenter:
     yllcenter:
     cellsize:

NOTES

r.in.arc handles floating point cell values. The mult option allows the number of significant figures of a floating point cell to be increased before importing. Multiples of ten are the most functional multipliers.

SEE ALSO

r.in.gdal r.out.arc

AUTHOR

Unknown German author, updated by Bill Brown to floating point support.

Last changed: $Date: 2005-12-12 06:30:55 -0800 (Mon, 12 Dec 2005) $


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