topic_import(1grass)

✨ Topic: import ✨

okay bestie, so this is topic_import from the GRASS User's Manual — it's the master list of every command GRASS has for getting data INTO your project 💖. Like, the whole import squad. Rasters, vectors, 3D rasters, space time datasets, attribute tables, random web servers — all of it. Consider this your group chat roster 🫶

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🌸 the roster (aka the commands)

• db.in.ogr — Imports attribute tables in various formats. db girlies rise 🙌
• i.in.spotvgt — Imports SPOT VGT NDVI data into a raster map. satellite imagery said hi ✨
• r.external — Links GDAL supported raster data as a pseudo GRASS raster map. note the word links — it's a vibe, not a copy 💅
• r.import — Imports raster data into a GRASS raster map using GDAL library and reprojects on the fly. reprojection mid-import, no big deal 😌
• r.in.ascii — Converts a GRASS ASCII raster file to binary raster map.
• r.in.aster — Georeference, rectify, and import Terra-ASTER imagery and relative DEMs using gdalwarp. doin' the most, iconic 🌈
• r.in.bin — Import a binary raster file into a GRASS raster map layer.
• r.in.gdal — Imports raster data into a GRASS raster map using GDAL library.
• r.in.gridatb — Imports GRIDATB.FOR map file (TOPMODEL) into a GRASS raster map. old school but we respect her 🎀
• r.in.mat — Imports a binary MAT-File(v4) to a GRASS raster.
• r.in.png — Imports non-georeferenced PNG format image. no geo, just pixels, we move 🦋
• r.in.poly — Creates raster maps from ASCII polygon/line/point data files.
• r.in.srtm — Imports SRTM HGT files into raster map. elevation queen 👑
• r.in.wms — Downloads and imports data from OGC WMS and OGC WMTS web mapping servers. it literally goes and fetches, main character energy fr fr 🔥
• r.in.xyz — Creates a raster map from an assemblage of many coordinates using univariate statistics.
• r.unpack — Imports a GRASS specific raster archive file (packed with r.pack) as a raster map. it's a two-way street with r.pack 💞
• 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 — Import 3-dimensional Vis5D files.
• r3.in.xyz — Create a 3D raster map from an assemblage of many coordinates using univariate statistics.
• t.rast.import — Imports space time raster dataset. time AND space?? she contains multitudes ⭐
• t.vect.import — Imports a space time vector dataset from a GRASS specific archive file.
• v.external — Creates a new pseudo-vector map as a link to an OGR-supported layer or a PostGIS feature table. pseudo-vector, real vibes 😭
• v.import — Imports vector data into a GRASS vector map using OGR library and reprojects on the fly.
• v.in.ascii — Creates a vector map from an ASCII points file or ASCII vector file.
• v.in.db — Creates new vector (points) map from database table containing coordinates. your database said ✨points✨
• v.in.dxf — Converts file in DXF format to GRASS vector map.
• v.in.e00 — Imports 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 OGR library.
• v.in.wfs — Imports GetFeature from a WFS server. server said "here, take it" 🙈
• v.unpack — Imports a GRASS specific vector archive file (packed with v.pack) as a vector map. v.pack's other half, soulmate behavior 💜

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👀 See also

See also the corresponding keyword import for additional references. iykyk 🧚

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🗂️ indexes & stuff

Main index | Topics index | Keywords index | Graphical index | Full index

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ngl that's the whole page. no cap, that's every single one of them 💀💖

and the cute little sign-off bestie: this page is from the GRASS 8.5.0 Reference Manual, © 2003-2026 GRASS Development Team, and it's tagged GRASS 8.5.0 / topic_import(1grass). periodt. 💅🌸