ascii_formats(1)       Grass User's Manual	 ascii_formats(1)



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       This  description  of ASCII formats supported by GRASS5 is
       for quick reference only. For full up-to-date  description
       see GRASS 5 Programmer's manual





		     SSiitteess

		     #any comment, can be inserted anywhere
		     name|mysoils.site
		     desc|3D soils data for location A
		     time|15 Jan 1999
		     labels|east north elevation ID pH Corg color
		     form||||#%%@
		     333444.55|2543367.01|22.45|#1  %6.6  %20.123
		     @brown
		     333445.05|2543377.21|32.46|#2  %5.6  %10.043
		     @gray

		     for lat/long data

		     labels|longitude latitude ID elevation
		     75:33:55.34W|33:44:59.21N|#1 %225.2



	      Notes:

			     sites data are stored in this  ASCII
			     format in GRASS database

			     comment   and   header   lines   are
			     optional

			     elevation can  be	given  as  a  3rd
			     dimension or an attribute

			     read  more  about how to define time
			     in GRASS: GRASS datetime library

			     read more	detailed  description  of
			     sites  format: GRASS 4.2 Site Record
			     Format Specification





		     VVeeccttoorr


	      Example area data


	      Example ASCII vector file (store in dig_ascii/):



		     ORGANIZATION:
		     DIGIT DATE:   Oct 24 2001
		     DIGIT NAME:   nds_gem
		     MAP NAME:	   nds_gem
		     MAP DATE:
		     MAP SCALE:    500000
		     OTHER INFO:    /home/neteler/grassdata5/lan-
	      geoog/PERMANENT/dig_cats
		     ZONE:	   0
		     WEST EDGE:    3399965.343
		     EAST EDGE:    3403360.343
		     SOUTH EDGE:   5957127.30045067
		     NORTH EDGE:   5960625.30045067
		     MAP THRESH:   19.05
		     VERTI:
		     A	13
		      5958812.48844435 3400828.84221011
		      5958957.29887089 3400877.11235229
		      5959021.65906046 3400930.7458436
		      5959048.47580612 3400973.65263665
		      5959069.92920264 3401032.64947709
		      5959064.56585351 3401123.82641232
		      5958994.84231481 3401188.1866019
		      5958914.39207784 3401188.1866019
		      5958823.21514261 3401107.73636493
		      5958753.49160391 3401005.83273144
		      5958753.49160391 3400941.47254186
		      5958780.30834956 3400887.83905055
		      5958812.48844435 3400828.84221011
		     A	8
		      5959010.9323622 3401338.36037757
		      5959096.7459483 3401370.54047235
		      5959091.38259917 3401450.99070932
		      5958973.38891828 3401520.71424803
		      5958882.21198305 3401467.08075671
		      5958903.66537958 3401375.90382148
		      5958941.2088235 3401332.99702844
		      5959010.9323622 3401338.36037757

	      The  associated dig_att file needs following format
	      (store in dig_att/):



		     A 3401180.463379 5959003.209139	      1
		     A 3401516.741397 5958966.635071	      2



	      The associated dig_cats file needs  following  for-
	      mat:



		     # 2 categories


		     0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
		     1:forest
		     2:water



	      Example line data

	      ORGANIZATION:
	      DIGIT DATE:
	      DIGIT NAME:
	      MAP NAME:     from raster map lidar99.t800
	      MAP DATE:
	      MAP SCALE:    0
	      OTHER INFO:
	      ZONE:	    18
	      WEST EDGE:    442296
	      EAST EDGE:    443960
	      SOUTH EDGE:   3978824.85093895
	      NORTH EDGE:   3980319.16466812
	      MAP THRESH:   0
	      VERTI:
	      L  5
	       3980318.16445813 442301.26497998
	       3980318.08679477 442301
	       3980316.24075428 442299
	       3980316.16403814 442298.85299258
	       3980315.46571843 442297
	      L  264
	       3980318.16445813 442777.02040119
	       3980317.26230805 442779
	       3980316.16403814 442780.1796963



	      Notes:

			     this    format    is   produced   by
			     v.out.ascii  and  can  be	read   by
			     v.in.ascii,  vector  data are stored
			     as binary in GRASS database

			     header is mandatory



		     22DD RRaasstteerr

		     north: 3980319.16466812
		     south: 3978824.85093895
		     east: 443960
		     west: 442296
		     rows: 747
		     cols: 832
		     10.30957	 10.318124    10.201462    9.9399
		     9.566847.............



	      Notes:

			     this    format    is   produced   by
			     r.out.ascii  and  can  be	read   by
			     r.in.ascii,  raster  data are stored
			     as binary in GRASS database

			     header is mandatory

			     first row starts at NW  (upper  left
			     corner)  and  the	raster is written
			     west to east, north to south.



		     33DD RRaasstteerr

		     Proj: 1
		     Zone: 1
		     North: 2.0000000000000
		     South: 0.5000000000000
		     East: 4.0000000000000
		     West: 3.0000000000000
		     Top: 6.0000000000000
		     Bottom: 5.0000000000000
		     nofRows: 30
		     nofCols: 20
		     nofDepths: 14
		     e-w resol: 0.05
		     n-s resol: 0.05
		     t-b resol: 0.071428571
		     TileDimensionX: 8
		     TileDimensionY: 8
		     TileDimensionZ: 8
		     CellType: double
		     useCompression: 1
		     useRle: 1
		     useLzw: 0
		     Precision: -1
		     nofHeaderBytes: 12
		     useXdr: 1
		     hasIndex: 1
		     Units: none
		     22.3 44.5 33.8



	      Notes:

			     this   format   is    produced    by
			     r3.out.ascii  and	can  be  read  by
			     r3.in.ascii, raster data are  stored
			     as binary in GRASS database

			     header is mandatory

			     first  row  starts at NW (upper left
			     corner) and the  raster  is  written
			     west to east, north to south, bottom
			     to top.



		     33DD RReeggiioonn ddeeffiinniittiioonn DDEEFFAAUULLTT__WWIINNDD33//WWIINNDD33

		     Proj: 99
		     Zone: 0
		     North: 5766600
		     South: 5763400
		     East: 3573200
		     West: 3570000
		     Top: 0
		     Bottom: -200
		     nofRows: 160
		     nofCols: 160
		     nofDepths: 20
		     e-w resol: 20
		     n-s resol: 20
		     t-b resol: 10



	      Notes:

			     Note,  this  file	is  generated  by
			     g3.createwind  and  can  be  changed
			     either by g3.region or g3.setregion
	      GRASS Development Team ($Date: 2002/01/25  05:45:32
	      $)



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