Re: [GRASS-user] New User

2011-02-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Thomas D. Dean wrote: I know little or nothing about mapping. I want to understand how the data files and grass connect together. Some tutorial using known data followed by some information on various data formats and how to convert them into something GRASS can handle T

Re: [GRASS-user] New User

2011-02-28 Thread Thomas D. Dean
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 23:25 -0800, Hamish wrote: I know little or nothing about mapping. I want to understand how the data files and grass connect together. Some tutorial using known data followed by some information on various data formats and how to convert them into something GRASS can handle

Re: [GRASS-user] New User

2011-02-28 Thread Saber Razmjooei
If you are intending to use GIS for visualization and data conversion, maybe better to use something easy to start off, like QGIS: http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Download#Release_2 You have GRASS plugin there if needed. But usually you should be able to do export the files to other OGR/GDAL supported fo

Re: [GRASS-user] New User

2011-02-27 Thread Hamish
Thomas wrote: > I am a new user, just discovered grass and OSGeo. My current > interest is accessing the files from NaturalEarthData, > converting them into matlab format, and, using octave to > manipulate and/or plot. > > I use Linux and Unix. Octave 3.4.0, Gnuplot, Grass > 6.4.0.  This workstati

[GRASS-user] New User

2011-02-27 Thread Thomas D. Dean
I am a new user, just discovered grass and OSGeo. My current interest is accessing the files from NaturalEarthData, converting them into matlab format, and, using octave to manipulate and/or plot. I use Linux and Unix. Octave 3.4.0, Gnuplot, Grass 6.4.0. This workstation has Ubuntu 10.04. I down

Re: [GRASS-user] new user

2009-03-13 Thread Hamish
Ricardo wrote: > i need to change the "no data" to 5 on the other values can > remain the same. use the r.null module. Hamish ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user

Re: [GRASS-user] new user

2009-03-13 Thread Markus Neteler
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Ricardo Almendra wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a new user of grass. Someone can explain how to do a reclassify raster, > i need to change the "no data" to 5 on the other values can remain the same. Please consider the manual: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html

[GRASS-user] new user

2009-03-13 Thread Ricardo Almendra
Hello, I'm a new user of grass. Someone can explain how to do a reclassify raster, i need to change the "no data" to 5 on the other values can remain the same. Tks ___ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/li

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-09 Thread Michael Barton
On Dec 9, 2008, at 10:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:04:52 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-08 Thread Glynn Clements
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What I meant was: Is each LOCATION typically a different project?(one > LOCATION for ex. for Ohio, and another unrelated LOCATION for Utah. > LOCATIONS do not ever cross or mix with each other? And I guess on the > URL you gave me on the wiki site, that is a yes. Ea

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-08 Thread mtnbiketrail
Thanks Hamish, What I meant was: Is each LOCATION typically a different project?(one LOCATION for ex. for Ohio, and another unrelated LOCATION for Utah. LOCATIONS do not ever cross or mix with each other? And I guess on the URL you gave me on the wiki site, that is a yes. I will try and recre

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread Glynn Clements
Hamish wrote: > > I don't remember right now what I did some time ago and mixed my > > database(s) vs. LOCATION(s). Since then I decided to use separate > > database(s) files (sqlite.db's for example) to avoid mixing original and > > edited data. > > ok there are two "databases" at work here. Th

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread Hamish
Hamish: > a single "database" (where you keep all your grass data) can contain > many locations. Nikos: > I don't remember right now what I did some time ago and mixed my > database(s) vs. LOCATION(s). Since then I decided to use separate > database(s) files (sqlite.db's for example) to avoid mix

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 17:57 -0800, Hamish wrote: [...] > > For the DATABASE parameter, is GRASS smart enough to add on > > the LOCATION directory. > > ? not sure I understand the question. a single "database" (where you > keep > all your grass data) can contain many locations. Hamish, if you got

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 18:09 -0800, Hamish wrote: > > > For the DATABASE parameter, is GRASS smart enough to > > > add on the LOCATION directory. > > Nikos: > > Yes, by default grass uses the dbf under > > "$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/" [1]. I > > always change it (to use sqlite) and don'

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread Hamish
> > For the DATABASE parameter, is GRASS smart enough to > > add on the LOCATION directory. Nikos: > Yes, by default grass uses the dbf under > "$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf/" [1]. I > always change it (to use sqlite) and don't really "remember" if the > creation of a new mapset will crea

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread Hamish
mtnbiketrail wrote: > I'm using 6.3 on Ubuntu with QGIS. > If I create a new location, under PERMANENT, does that > coordinate system that I specify for PERMANENT the default > coord sys for a new mapset I create under that location? yes. see: http://grass.osgeo.org/intro/firsttime.php#location

Re: [GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Hi! On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 15:08 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm using 6.3 on Ubuntu with QGIS. > If I create a new location, under PERMANENT, The PERMANENT mapset is created automatically for each new LOCATION. However, you cannot create a (new) LOCATION *under* the PERMANENT mapset. (Some

[GRASS-user] new user question about mapsets, locations, and coordinate systems

2008-12-07 Thread mtnbiketrail
I'm using 6.3 on Ubuntu with QGIS. If I create a new location, under PERMANENT, does that coordinate system that I specify for PERMANENT the default coord sys for a new mapset I create under that location? I have different raster and vector maps I want to use and they are all different coord sy

Re: [GRASS-user] New user grass help in Australia

2008-11-28 Thread Edward Tomlinson
Yes the GRASS book is very good. I got mine from www.booktopia.com.au took a couple of weeks to get it, even then it was bound upside down and back to front. Still a very good book. 2008/11/28 John Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It is also useful to know that if you work somewhere with access

Re: [GRASS-user] New user grass help in Australia

2008-11-27 Thread John Stevenson
It is also useful to know that if you work somewhere with access to Springer academic journals (e.g. a university), you can download the GRASS book under their subscription: http://www.springerlink.com/content/j21632/ Cheers John -- Dr John Stevenson Postdoctoral Research Associate School

Re: [GRASS-user] New user grass help in Australia

2008-11-27 Thread John Morris
I've just downloaded my copy of GRASS (last night) and found this link: http://grass.itc.it/intro/firsttime.php very helpful. Yes, the GRASS-Bible is great, too. I've been reading this list while waiting for my copy. I hope you can find it in Oz-land. John Morris On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:55

Re: [GRASS-user] New user grass help in Australia

2008-11-23 Thread maning sambale
If you can get hold of the GRASS bible by Markus and Helena: http://www.grassbook.org/ You're on your way to become a great grass user. On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Markus Neteler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Matt B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [GRASS-user] New user grass help in Australia

2008-11-22 Thread Markus Neteler
Hi Matt, On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Matt B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Group, > I've been plugging away with grass for a few months now and not making > progress as fast as I would like. Is there a user group (preferably in > Melbourne though Adelaide is doable) or someone who would be

[GRASS-user] New user grass help in Australia

2008-11-22 Thread Matt B
Hi Group, I've been plugging away with grass for a few months now and not making progress as fast as I would like. Is there a user group (preferably in Melbourne though Adelaide is doable) or someone who would be able to sit down with me for an hour or two to help me through a few startup problems.

Re: [GRASS-user] new user setting up a new mapset/project, part 2

2008-07-22 Thread mtnbiketrail
Okay. some details. I am working in California maps. I had trouble creating a new project/mapset, but it is working now. I used r.in.gdal to bring in the Geotiff and Grass sees it as NAD83 Albers Conical. I tried to use the command gdalinfo and Grass could not file the file. Even though it is

Re: [GRASS-user] new user setting up a new mapset/project

2008-07-21 Thread Tom Russo
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 08:28:54PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > I'm confused. > I want to set up a new project and use UTM wgs 84. > But, some of my data is drg(base USGS topo map), which are lat/long, Most USGS DRG topo maps ar

Re: [GRASS-user] new user setting up a new mapset/project

2008-07-21 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 21/07/08 05:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I went to use UTM, I did not understand how to get the north, south, east, west info. Grass did not like the tiff, and associated tfw for the base map. Could you elaborate on what you mean by "Grass did not like the tiff", i.e. exact command

Re: [GRASS-user] new user setting up a new mapset/project

2008-07-21 Thread ivan marchesini
hi > So when I set up the project, which coord should I use? You must create two location: the first one UTM WGS84 and the second one long/lat WGS84 you import your long/lat data into the proper location and then you can use v.proj or r.proj to reproject them into the UTM WGS84 location another

[GRASS-user] new user setting up a new mapset/project

2008-07-20 Thread mtnbiketrail
I'm confused. I want to set up a new project and use UTM wgs 84. But, some of my data is drg(base USGS topo map), which are lat/long, and the field data I want to use is x,y( I have UTM coords which I can georeference to). So when I set up the project, which coord should I use? When I went t

Re: [GRASS-user] New User Getting Started

2008-06-25 Thread Michael Barton
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Re: [GRASS-user] New User Getting Started

2008-06-25 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 24/06/08 20:25, Brock Anderson wrote: Hi Folks, I'm new to GRASS, and I'm hoping somebody can give me some advice to get me started... I have two netcdf raster grids. One is seafloor age, the other is seafloor depth. The files both cover the same geographic area, although the grids are

[GRASS-user] New User Getting Started

2008-06-24 Thread Brock Anderson
Hi Folks, I'm new to GRASS, and I'm hoping somebody can give me some advice to get me started... I have two netcdf raster grids. One is seafloor age, the other is seafloor depth. The files both cover the same geographic area, although the grids are different resolutions. What I want t

Re: [GRASS-user] New User to Grass63

2008-05-12 Thread Daniel Victoria
Looks like some trouble with installation because grass i snot loading completelly. After the "old map" shows up it should disappear and 3 windows should come up, not just the "Output GIS.m" I'd recheck the installation... Daniel On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:03 PM, paul raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[GRASS-user] New User to Grass63

2008-05-11 Thread paul raymond
Greetings, I am having trouble getting going using Grass! I have loaded Cygwin, xorg-x11, Grass 6.3 and NC data from www.grassbook.org website. After getting to the main menu showing GIS Data Directory, Project Location and Mapsets, I click on any the Mapsets and then "Enter Grass", I get this f