Ubuntu Manpage: r.in.bin - Import a binary raster file into a GRASS raster map.

NAME

       r.in.bin  - Import a binary raster file into a GRASS raster map.

KEYWORDS

       raster, import

SYNOPSIS

       r.in.bin
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       r.in.bin   [-fdsbh]   input=string   output=name    [title=phrase]     [bytes=integer]     [order=string]
       [north=float]     [south=float]     [east=float]     [west=float]      [rows=integer]      [cols=integer]
       [anull=float]   [--overwrite]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]

   Flags:
       -f
           Import as floating-point data (default: integer)

       -d
           Import as double-precision floating-point data (default: integer)

       -s
           Signed data (two's complement)

       -b
           Byte Swap the Data During Import

       -h
           Get region info from GMT style header

       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

   Parameters:
       input=string
           Binary raster file to be imported

       output=name
           Name for output raster map

       title=phrase
           Title for resultant raster map

       bytes=integer
           Number of bytes per cell
           Options: 1,2,4,8

       order=string
           Output byte order
           Options: big,little,native,swap
           Default: native

       north=float
           Northern limit of geographic region (outer edge)

       south=float
           Southern limit of geographic region (outer edge)

       east=float
           Eastern limit of geographic region (outer edge)

       west=float
           Western limit of geographic region (outer edge)

       rows=integer
           Number of rows

       cols=integer
           Number of columns

       anull=float
           Set Value to NULL

DESCRIPTION

       r.in.bin  allows  a user to create a (binary) GRASS raster map layer from a variety of binary raster data
       formats.

       The  -s flag is used for importing two's-complement signed data.

       The  -h flag is used to read region information from a Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) type binary header. It
       is compatible with GMT binary grid types 1 and 2.

       The north, south, east, and west field values entered are the coordinates of the edges of the  geographic
       region.   The rows and cols field values entered describe the dimensions of the matrix of data to follow.
       If input is a GMT binary array (-h flag), the six dimension fields are obtained from the GMT header.   If
       the bytes field is entered incorrectly an error will be generated suggesting a closer bytes value.

       r.in.bin  can  be  used to import numerous binary arrays including: ETOPO30, ETOPO-5, ETOPO-2, Globe DEM,
       BIL, AVHRR and GMT binary arrays (ID 1 & 2)

NOTES

If optional parameters are not supplied, r.in.bin attempts to calculate them. For example if the rows and
columns parameters are not entered, r.in.bin automatically calculates them by subtracting south from
north and west from east. This will only produce correct results if the raster resolution equals 1. Also,
if the north, south, east, and west parameters are not entered, r.in.bin assigns them from the rows and
columns parameters. In the above AVHRR example, the raster would be assigned a north=128, south=0,
east=128, west=0.

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.

Eastern limit of geographic region (in projected coordinates must be east of the west parameter value,
but in geographical coordinates will wrap around the globe; user errors can be detected by comparing the
ewres and nsres values of the imported map layer carefully).
Western limit of geographic region (in projected coordinates must be west of the east parameter value,
but in geographical coordinates will wrap around the globe; user errors can be detected by comparing the
ewres and nsres values of the imported map layer carefully).

Notes on (non)signed data:

If you use the -s flag the highest bit is the sign bit. If this is 1 the data is negative, and the data
interval is half of the unsigned (not exactly).

This flag is only used if bytes= 1. If bytes= is greater than 1 the flag is ignored.

EXAMPLES

   GTOPO30 DEM
       The following is a sample call of r.in.bin to import GTOPO30 DEM data:

       r.in.bin -sb input=E020N90.DEM output=gtopo30 bytes=2 north=90 south=40
       east=60 west=20 r=6000 c=4800

       (you can add "anull=-9999" if you want sea level to have a NULL value)

   GMT
       The following is a sample call of r.in.bin to import a GMT type 1 (float) binary array:

       r.in.bin -hf input=sample.grd output=sample.grass

       (-b could be used to swap bytes if required)

   AVHRR
       The following is a sample call of r.in.bin to import an AVHRR image:

       r.in.bin in=p07_b6.dat out=avhrr c=128 r=128

   ETOPO2
       The following is a sample call of r.in.bin to import ETOPO2 DEM data (here full data set):

       r.in.bin ETOPO2.dos.bin out=ETOPO2min r=5400 c=10800 n=90 s=-90 w=-180 e=180 bytes=2
       r.colors ETOPO2min rules=terrain

   TOPEX/SRTM30 PLUS
       The following is a sample call of r.in.bin to import SRTM30 PLUS data:

       r.in.bin -sb input=e020n40.Bathmetry.srtm output=e020n40_topex \
                bytes=2 north=40 south=-10 east=60 west=20 r=6000 c=4800
       r.colors e020n40_topex rules=etopo2

AUTHORS

       Jacques Bouchard, France (bouchard@onera.fr)
       Bob Covill, Canada (bcovill@tekmap.ns.ca)
       Man page: Zsolt Felker (felker@c160.pki.matav.hu)

       Last changed: $Date: 2008-05-16 12:09:06 -0700 (Fri, 16 May 2008) $

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