NAME
r.out.tiff - Converts a GRASS raster file to a 8/24bit TIFF image file at the pixel resolution of the CURRENTLY DEFINED REGION.
(GRASS Raster Data Export Program)
GRASS VERSION
4.x, 5.x
SYNOPSIS
r.out.tiff [-pcv] input=name output=name
DESCRIPTION
This program converts a TIFF raster file (8bit) to a GRASS raster file. Output is placed in the /cell directory under the user's current GRASS mapset.
OPTIONS
Flags:
- -p
- TIFF Palette output (8bit instead of 24bit).
- -c
- Compress with LZW routine.
- -v
- Verbose mode.
Parameters:
- input=name
- Name of an existing GRASS raster file to be exported.
- output=name
- Name of new TIFF image file.
The program prompts the user to enter the name of the TIFF raster file to be converted and the name to be assigned to the GRASS raster file to contain the resultant image. Currently "TIFF/uncompressed", "TIFF/LZW-compression" and TIFF/PackBits-compression" formats are supported.
The user may adjust region and resolution before export using g.region.
SEE ALSO
g.region
AUTHOR
Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory