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

GRASS 6: See here for GRASS 6 data sets

GRASS Version Data set Documents External related data sets
GRASS 5.0 SPEARFISH 5.0 data set (9.7MB size) - contains raster, vector and point data of South Dakota [change history]
(UTM projection, Clarke66 ellipsoid, NAD27 conus)
GRASS 5.3 SPEARFISH 5.3 data set (22MB size) - contains raster, vector and point data of South Dakota [change history]
(UTM projection, Clarke66 ellipsoid, NAD27 conus)
see above see above
GRASS 5.0-5.4 IMAGERY data set (19.1MB size) - belongs to SPEARFISH, contains aerial and SPOT images, xy LOCATION, data from the 80's [file structure cleaned 1/2002]
GRASS 5.0.x Global data set (1.1 Mb size) - a small global data set (nations, soils, vegetation, coastlines, lat./long projection, from 1985)
  • Countries vector map from UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva (reflects recent changes, download 'GNV19' in E00 format)
GRASS 5.0.x AGNPS 5.0 erosion model data set (66 kb size) (location: ansi, mapset: PERMANENT)  
GRASS 5.0-6.0 Fire simulation data set (145kb 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 5.0-6.0 LIDAR, erosion data sets 3D sample data from the book Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach  
GRASS 4.x (old) SPEARFISH data set (6.8MB size) - contains raster, vector and point data of South Dakota (UTM projection)     (see related 5.0 entry)     (see related 5.0 entry)
GRASS 4.x (old) Global data set (979kb size) - a small global data set (nations, soils, vegetation, coastlines, lat./long projection, from 1985)     (see related 5.0 entry)     (see related 5.0 entry)
GRASS 4.x (old) ETOPO5 elevation model (1.8MB size) - global raster elevation model. 5min grid, WGS84 projection  
GRASS 4.x (old) AGNPS 5.0 erosion model data set (45 kb size) (location: ansi, mapset: PERMANENT)     (see related 5.0 entry)  


Spearfish data set installation:

Now you can "play around" with GRASS! You may try: demo.sh
(Note: This demo is rather old, but still nice - only GRASS 5.0/5.3/5.4!).
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