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GRASS 6 Sample data download section

The data sets listed below are in GRASS format ("locations") and ready to use with GRASS.

GRASS Version	Data set	Documents	External related data sets
GRASS 6.x	SPEARFISH data set [tar.gz \| zip] (20MB size) - contains raster, vector and point data of South Dakota, USA [change history] (UTM projection, Clarke66 ellipsoid, NAD27 conus)	Short data set documentation A few SPEARFISH data soils related documents Read also Chapter 5 of John Parks GRASS 4.0 tutorial (ch5a.ps) See this online GRASS course from John Mackenzie Get the legend for soils map	DLGs: Related DLG South Dakota data from USGS (select "SPEARFISH" and "Deadwood North") DRGs: Related South Dakota topo sheets from SDGS, GeoTIFF, NAD27, 4.7MB (ref: data source (select Lawrence County, quadrangles "Spearfish" and "Deadwood North", orig. data in WGS84) 108th CD Census 2000 TIGER/Line (950kb)
GRASS 6.x	IMAGERY data set (19.1MB size) - belongs to SPEARFISH, contains aerial and SPOT images, xy LOCATION, data from the 80's [change history]	Transformation documentation and usage of imagery modules.	Related free LANDSAT-TM5 / LANDSAT-7 ETM+ data collected by University of Maryland LANDSAT-7 scene reprojected for Spearfish location (p033r029_20000712_NAD27_small.tar.gz)
GRASS 6.x	Fire simulation data set (129kb size) - sample data for r.ros, r.spread, and r.spreadpath fire simulation modules. Get demo script: firedemo.sh (run within fire simulation data set)
GRASS 5.x-6.x	LIDAR, erosion data sets	3D sample data from the book Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach
GRASS 6.x	Slovakia 3D precipitation data set - README	3D sample data (vector, volume) from the book Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach, 2nd Edition

Spearfish data set installation:

If you don't have, create a directory "grassdata" (or similar) in your home directory or use an existing directory
change into that directory (cd grassdata)
extract the data set here (<data set> may be "spearfish"):

GRASS 6.0 LOCATION: This is the name of an available geographic location. -spearfish- is the sample data base for which all tutorials are written. MAPSET: Every GRASS session runs under the name of a MAPSET. Associated with each MAPSET is a rectangular COORDINATE REGION and a list of any new maps created. DATABASE: This is the unix directory containing the geographic databases The REGION defaults to the entire area of the chosen LOCATION. You may change it later with the command: g.region - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LOCATION: spearfish60___ (enter list for a list of locations) MAPSET: user1_____ (or mapsets within a location) DATABASE: /opt/grassdata____________ AFTER COMPLETING ALL ANSWERS, HIT <ESC><ENTER>TO CONTINUE (OR <CTRL><C> TO CANCEL)

the location name is the name of the data set subdirectory (e.g. spearfish60 or imagery60)
the mapset name is users1 (at your choice)
leave this screen with <ESC><ENTER>

Now you can "play around" with GRASS!

Last change: $Date: 2007-08-26 23:26:03 -0700 (Sun, 26 Aug 2007) $
$Author: markus $