topic_import(1)

✨ TOPIC: import ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to topic_import(1) from the GRASS GIS User's Manual 💖 this is the page you open when you've got data sitting outside your mapset and you're like "how do i get this in here" — because the answer is: there's a module for that. like, a lot of modules for that. raster, vector, 3D raster, attribute tables, space-time datasets, stuff you pull off a web server — it's all here. no cap. 🦋

here's the full roster, don't skip a single one, they're all lowkey iconic in their own way:

• db.in.ogr — imports attribute tables in allll kinds of formats. tables? yes. in? yes. 🌸
• i.in.spotvgt — brings SPOT VGT NDVI data into a raster map. satellite vegetation vibes ✨
• r.external — links GDAL-supported raster data as a pseudo GRASS raster map. it's giving "linked, not loaded" 💅
• r.import — pulls raster data into a GRASS raster map using the GDAL library and reprojects it on the fly. yes, on the fly, main character behavior 👑
• r.in.ascii — converts a GRASS ASCII raster file into a binary raster map. glow-up, honestly 💜
• r.in.aster — georeferences, rectifies, and imports Terra-ASTER imagery and relative DEMs using gdalwarp
• r.in.bin — imports a binary raster file into a GRASS raster map layer
• r.in.gdal — imports raster data into a GRASS raster map using the GDAL library
• r.in.gridatb — imports a GRIDATB.FOR map file (TOPMODEL) into a GRASS raster map
• r.in.mat — imports a binary MAT-File(v4) into a GRASS raster
• r.in.pdal — creates a raster map from LAS LiDAR points using univariate statistics. point cloud → raster, slay 🌈
• r.in.png — imports a non-georeferenced PNG format image. fair warning bestie, it has no georeferencing, that's literally the description 🫶
• r.in.poly — creates raster maps from ASCII polygon/line/point data files
• r.in.srtm — imports SRTM HGT files into a raster map
• r.in.wms — downloads and imports data from OGC WMS and OGC WMTS web mapping servers. download + import in one, obsessed 😭
• r.in.xyz — creates a raster map from an assemblage of many coordinates using univariate statistics
• r.unpack — imports a GRASS GIS specific raster archive file (packed with r.pack) as a raster map
• r3.in.ascii — converts a 3D ASCII raster text file into a (binary) 3D raster map
• r3.in.bin — imports a binary raster file into a GRASS 3D raster map
• r3.in.v5d — imports 3-dimensional Vis5D files
• r3.in.xyz — creates a 3D raster map from an assemblage of many coordinates using univariate statistics
• t.rast.import — imports a space time raster dataset. time and space? she contains multitudes ⭐
• t.vect.import — imports a space time vector dataset from a GRASS GIS specific archive file
• v.external — creates a new pseudo-vector map as a link to an OGR-supported layer or a PostGIS feature table
• v.import — imports vector data into a GRASS vector map using the OGR library and reprojects it on the fly
• v.in.ascii — creates a vector map from an ASCII points file or ASCII vector file
• v.in.db — creates a new vector (points) map from a database table that contains coordinates
• v.in.dxf — converts a file in DXF format to a GRASS vector map
• v.in.e00 — imports an E00 file into a vector map
• v.in.geonames — imports geonames.org country files into a vector points map
• v.in.lines — imports ASCII x,y[,z] coordinates as a series of lines
• v.in.mapgen — imports Mapgen or Matlab-ASCII vector maps into GRASS
• v.in.ogr — imports vector data into a GRASS vector map using the OGR library
• v.in.pdal — converts LAS LiDAR point clouds to a GRASS vector map with PDAL
• v.in.wfs — imports GetFeature from a WFS server
• v.unpack — imports a GRASS GIS specific vector archive file (packed with v.pack) as a vector map

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see also the corresponding keyword import for additional references. (iykyk, go look it up, there's more where that came from 🔥)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was topic_import(1) from the GRASS 8.4.2 reference manual — source and version: © 2003-2025 GRASS Development Team, GRASS GIS 8.4.2 Reference Manual. go import something. periodt. 💅✨