>> I'm planning on using some global meteo datasets that are >> distributed in GRIB format. has anyone ever tried to parse >> GRIB NCEP files to GRASS?
It is so interesting to see vastly different approaches to solve a similar problem. I'm downloading NOAA forecast data which is in GRIB format. I run the files through degrib and then parse the shape files with a C program using the shapelib libraries and create a new shape file which I import into GRASS with v.in.ogr. I plot the values with d.vect.thematic. The resulting maps can be viewed at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/npa/marc/heatstress That reminds me, I originally set up a location for each region with an eye forward on multithreading the map generation phases. I forgot the reason in the middle of the project and created several regions in one location. I had to revert back to a location for each region when I implemented multithreading but reduced the total map generation time from several hours to 15 minutes. :-) Randy _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user