[GRASSLIST:718] Negative elevations

Hi folks,

As if you couldn't guess. New question.

Some one opened one of the dxf files in ArcView. It looked like it had
negative elevations. When I ran v.surf.rst then v.color there was an
indication that some of my attributes were negative. Is there a way to
correct this. Maybe a way to add the the negative number making the
negatives zero?

Also is there a way to be sure the elevations are set to metres?

Kurt

Hi Kurt,

I'd try selecting the negative values, multiplying by
-1 and then adding to the original raster map,
something like

r.mapcalc 'neg_mask=if(rast < 0, rast, 0)'
r.mapcalc 'mask2=neg_mask*-1'
r.mapcalc 'new_rast=rast+mask2'

haven't tested it but that's my idea of how to do
it...

Cheers

Daniel

--- Kurt Springs <ferret_bard@mac.com> wrote:

Hi folks,

As if you couldn't guess. New question.

Some one opened one of the dxf files in ArcView. It
looked like it had
negative elevations. When I ran v.surf.rst then
v.color there was an
indication that some of my attributes were negative.
Is there a way to
correct this. Maybe a way to add the the negative
number making the
negatives zero?

Also is there a way to be sure the elevations are
set to metres?

Kurt

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