r.in.ascii(1grass) GRASS GIS User's Manual r.in.ascii(1grass)
NAME
r.in.ascii - Converts a GRASS ASCII raster file to binary raster map.
KEYWORDS
raster, import, conversion, ASCII
SYNOPSIS
r.in.ascii
r.in.ascii --help
r.in.ascii [-s] input=name output=name [type=string] [title=phrase]
[multiplier=float] [null_value=string] [--overwrite] [--help]
[--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]
Flags:
-s
SURFER (Golden Software) ASCII file will be imported
--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog
Parameters:
input=name [required]
Name of input file to be imported
’-’ for standard input
output=name [required]
Name for output raster map
type=string
Type of raster map to be created
Default: CELL for integer values, DCELL for floating-point values
Options: CELL, FCELL, DCELL
CELL: Integer
FCELL: Single precision floating point
DCELL: Double precision floating point
title=phrase
Title for resultant raster map
multiplier=float
Multiplier for ASCII data
Default: read from header
null_value=string
String representing NULL value data cell
Default: read from header
DESCRIPTION
r.in.ascii allows a user to create a (binary) GRASS raster map layer
from an ASCII raster input file with (optional) TITLE.
The GRASS ASCII input file has a header section which describes the lo-
cation and size of the data, followed by the data itself.
The header has 6 lines:
north: xxxxxx.xx
south: xxxxxx.xx
east: xxxxxx.xx
west: xxxxxx.xx
rows: r
cols: c
The north, south, east, and west field values entered are the coordi-
nates of the edges of the geographic region. The rows and cols field
values entered describe the dimensions of the matrix of data to follow.
The data which follows is r rows of c integers.
Optionally the following parameters can be defined in the header sec-
tion:
null: nn
type: float
multiplier: 2.
"null" defines a string or number to be converted to NULL value (no
data).
"type" defines the data type (int, float double) and is not required.
"multiplier" is an optional parameter to multiply each cell value.
NOTES
The geographic coordinates north, south, east, and west describe the
outer edges of the geographic region. They run along the edges of the
cells at the edge of the geographic region and not through the center
of the cells at the edges. The NW value occurs at the beginning of the
first line of data, and the SW value occurs at the beginning of the
last line of data.
The data (which follows the header section) must contain r x c values,
but it is not necessary that all the data for a row be on one line. A
row may be split over many lines.
The imported cell type can be forced using the type option, default is
auto-detection.
The header information in ESRI Raster ASCII files differs from GRASS.
To convert an Arc/Info (ArcView) ASCII grid file into GRASS, see
r.in.gdal.
SURFER (Golden Software) ASCII files may be imported by passing the -s
flag.
EXAMPLE
The following is a sample input file to r.in.ascii:
north: 4299000.00
south: 4247000.00
east: 528000.00
west: 500000.00
rows: 10
cols: 15
null: -9999
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
SEE ALSO
r.import, r.out.ascii, r.in.gdal, r.out.gdal, r.in.bin, r3.in.ascii
AUTHOR
Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Surfer support by Roger Miller
SOURCE CODE
Available at: r.in.ascii source code (history)
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