ARC/INFO® ASCII Grid Files (*.arc)

ARC/INFO® ASCII Grid files can be opened as scatter sets in SMS. The files are opened through File | Open. To save the data, they must be saved as a scatter point file.

File Format

ncols        ncol                        /* Number of columns in the grid */
nrows        nrow                        /* Number of rows in the grid */
x11corner    x                           /* Lower left x coordinate of grid */
y11corner    y                           /* Lower left y coordinate of grid */
cellsize     size                        /* Grid cell size */
NODATA_value NODATA                      /* Value of an empty grid cell */
z11 z12 z13 ... z1ncols                  /* Values of row 1 */
z21 z22 z23 ... z2ncols                  /* Values of row 2 */
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znrows1 znrows2 znrows3 ... znrowsncols  /* Values of last row */

Sample File

ncols        128
nrows        136
x11corner    422415
y11corner    4515405
cellsize     30
NODATA_value -9999
1287 1286 1286 1288 ...
1288 1288 -9999 1289 ...
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1282 -9999 1283 1284