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NAME
r.external - Link GDAL supported raster file to a binary raster map layer.
KEYWORDS
raster, import
SYNOPSIS
r.external
r.external help
r.external [-oerf] [input=name] [source=string] [output=name] [band=integer] [title="phrase"] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]
Flags:
- -o
- Override projection (use location's projection)
- -e
- Extend location extents based on new dataset
- -r
- Require exact range
- -f
- List supported formats and exit
- --overwrite
- Allow output files to overwrite existing files
- --verbose
- Verbose module output
- --quiet
- Quiet module output
Parameters:
- input=name
- Raster file to be linked
- source=string
- Name of non-file GDAL data source
- output=name
- Name for output raster map
- band=integer
- Band to select (default: all)
- title="phrase"
- Title for resultant raster map
DESCRIPTION
r.external allows a user to link a GDAL supported raster file to a binary
raster map layer, from any GDAL supported raster map format, with an optional
title. The file is not imported but just registered as GRASS raster map.
EXAMPLES
RGB Orthophoto from GeoTIFF
# import of all channels:
r.external /home/user/data/maps/059100.tif out=ortho
g.region rast=ortho.3 -p
d.rgb r=ortho.1 g=ortho.2 b=ortho.3
r.composite r=ortho.1 g=ortho.2 b=ortho.3 output=ortho.rgb
SEE ALSO
r.in.gdal,
v.external
REFERENCES
GDAL Pages: http://www.gdal.org/
AUTHOR
Glynn Clements
Last changed: $Date: 2008-08-15 08:16:42 +0200 (Fri, 15 Aug 2008) $
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