The settings described in this section are used to define the save type for GridReader, AddTin, and ProjectTinToGrid. These utilities write gridded data, and require the specification of write providers and types to output data to the appropriate format.

Arguments

    -?writeProvider

       This option asks the utility to provide information about the available write|
        providers. Although there are a set of write providers distributed with
        HEC-MetVue, custom write providers may be written, and therefore this
        argument is useful for identifying the available providers. If there are no
        custom providers, the the table below provides a listing of the available write
        providers and types.

        This argument can be used in 2 ways:
                1) No additional arguments: Lists all available write providers.
                2) When used with TIN specification (-infile, -inPath etc.), it will print the
                providers that can write that TIN.

    -writeProvider provider

        Specifies the output provider used to write the resultant TIN.

    -writeType writeType

        Specifies the type of file to write. Many write providers support multiple
        write file types. If a write provider is specified that has multiple
        supported write file types, then this option is required.

Write Providers and Types

Each provider that can write data has one or more supported write types. These write types indicate different file/record formats. Below are the available write providers, and their available write types. Below is a listing of the providers distributed with HEC-MetVue.

Write ProviderWrite TypeDescription
DSS

SHG

This stores a standard hydrologic grid (SHG) to a DSS file.

HRAPThis stores an HRAP (NEXRAD LFM) grid to a DSS file.

WKTThis stores a grid with a coordinate system specified using a WKT string to a DSS file.
ASCII_GridASC_GRIDThis stores an ESRI ASCII grid file.

FLT_GRDThis stores an ESRI binary grid file.
PRISMBILThis stores a PRISM grid file.
NativeFile LEGACY_GRID_HRAPThis stores a gridded dataset as a Metvue legacy format file using an HRAP/LFM projection.

DSS Provider Output Arguments

In addition to the -outFile argument provided to the command line utility, the DSS provider requires the -outPath argument documented below.

    -outPath outputPath

        Specifies the output pathname to write the resulting grids to.

Example: -writeprovider ASCII_Grid -writetype ASC_GRID C:\\Data\grid.asc