Changeset 3451

Timestamp:

Aug 4, 2006, 1:43:13 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

duncan

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• inundation/geospatial_data/geospatial_data.py (modified) (2 diffs)

inundation/geospatial_data/geospatial_data.py

@@ -52 +52 @@
         file_name: Name of input netCDF file or xya file. netCDF file must 
         have dimensions "points" etc.
-        xya file is a CVS file with lats(x), longs(y) and elevation(a). 
-        first line must be attribute name eg elevation 
+        xya file is a comma seperated file with x, y and attribute data. 
+        the first line must be the attribute names eg elevation 
         
         The format for a .xya file is:
@@ -77 +77 @@
         2nd # the xllcorner and 
         3rd # the yllcorner
+
+        An issue with the xya format is that the attribute column order
+        is not be controlled.  The info is stored in a dictionary and it's
+        written however
         
         The format for a Points dictionary is: