Import .gz-File

Rosi,

Try this:
#unzip "temp.gz" files and save file as "temp.txt":
gunzip(filename = "temp.gz", remove = T, overwrite = T, destname =
"temp.txt")
#now read in "temp.txt" as SpatialGridDataFrame
SGDF = read.asciigrid("temp1.txt", proj4string = CRS("+init=epsg:4322"))

This assumes that "temp.txt" is a ascii grid file.
HTH,
Ken
On 6/14/2010 11:27 AM, Roger Bivand wrote:

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Siber Rosi wrote:

Dear all, Is it possible to import Esri ascii files which are
compressed in a .gz file direct to R? My example : 111212.asc in an
.gz File I thought there might be a similar command as the
"zip.file.extract"- command. I tried the "gzfile" command, but it did
not work. Do you have any suggestions?

The readGDAL command in rgdal needs a file, I believe, as also does
readAsciiGrid() in maptools. The header is part of the same file, so it
needs to be read in different ways, first to get the metadata, then to
read the data.

Roger

Thank you very much in advance.
Best wishes, Rosi


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Rosi Siber
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
Siam
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Switzerland
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