I have received from somebody a list of quarter degree squares located in South Africa. Is there
any easy way of plotting these into a map together with the borders of South Africa and the
provinces? The second part (the borders) should not be the problem, but how can I convert the list
of qds into a raster / point layer?
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi
I have received from somebody a list of quarter degree squares located in South
Africa. Is there any easy way of plotting these into a map together with the borders
of South Africa and the provinces?
If I got it right, you could look into r.in.srtm script. A SRTM tile position
is derived from the *name* of the tile.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi
I have received from somebody a list of quarter degree squares located in South Africa. Is
there any easy way of plotting these into a map together with the borders of South Africa and
the provinces?
If I got it right, you could look into r.in.srtm script. A SRTM tile position is derived from
the *name* of the tile.
Thanks.
In the manual of r.in.srtm, it says "SRTM tiles are of 1 degree by 1 degree size.", but my
references refer to quarter degree squares - can I use this as well? Could I get some guidance how?
I have received from somebody a list of quarter degree squares located in South Africa. Is there
any easy way of plotting these into a map together with the borders of South Africa and the
provinces? The second part (the borders) should not be the problem, but how can I convert the list
of qds into a raster / point layer?
The list looks as follow:
3030CC
3129BB
3129BD
3129DA
3130AA
3218DB
3318BC
3318CB
And no, I don't think there is the option to get a different format - closed source software,
custom build, and developer left....... No Comment.
Thanks - but I have a few blocks more. Where can I download the whole map of the qds? I am
browsing through NGI.gov.za at the moment, but can't find it - if the map is in vector format, one
polygon per qds, I could digitize the qds I have - they are not that many (but more then in the
email). Did you do the shp file manually or automatic?
Thanks,
Rainer
On 19/09/2012 12:20, Rainer M Krug wrote:
I have received from somebody a list of quarter degree squares located in South Africa. Is
there any easy way of plotting these into a map together with the borders of South Africa
and the provinces? The second part (the borders) should not be the problem, but how can I
convert the list of qds into a raster / point layer?
