[Xastir] Non-Fun with DRGs

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:

> On 2 Oct 2002, Brian Heaton wrote:
> 
> > 	I've figured out how to batch download all the SC DRG's.  Unfortunately
> > the source I've found (the DNR GIS page) uses the quad names rather than
> > the lat/lon based naming scheme.  This means I've got to manually go
> > through all of them and tweak the metadata to make them work well. I
> > think I'll save that evolution for when I've got some more time to
> > tinker with them.
> 
> Something that might make it easier, at least with the 7.5' maps, is
> to download the quad index file from gisdatadepot.com.  Enable that
> map in Xastir and you'll see the "A1", "F2" sort of indicators and
> the quad names listed inside a rectangle for each quad.  Might be
> easier to match things up?

I had a script which would use the geotiff tags to figure out what the
right name for the file should be. I wish I knew what I did with it.