PCRaster 2
PCRaster Environmental Software
PCRaster is a dynamic modelling system for distributed simulation models.The main applications of PCRaster are found in environmental modelling: geography, hydrology, ecology to name a few. Examples include rainfall-runoff models, vegetation competition models and slope stability models.PCRaster is a raster modelling environment. It uses a scripting language for the description of the processes under study. Dynamic simulation models, that is simulation models that describe the processes through time, can easily be constructed using a rich set of model building blocks and functions.
PCRaster is developed in cooperation with the PCRaster group at Utrecht University.Commercial support and sales is through PCRaster Environmental Software BV, a joined company of Cees Wesseling and me.
PCRaster is developed as part of my PhD study at the University of Utrecht.My thesis can be downloaded here (>>>pdf-file).
PCRaster QuickStart Tutorial
I developed a QuickStart tutorial. Currently, this QuickStart Tutorial contains of 4 modules. The first module can be read here (>>>pdf-file) and the associated datasets and setup can be downloaded here (>>>zip-file).
For more information on these QuickStart tutorials, contact me at willem@pcraster.nl or wvandeursen@carthago.nl.
Importing ArcGIS ascii files in PCRaster
A simple tutorial that describes the process of importing ArcGIS ascii files into PCRaster can be found here (>>>pdf-file).Better approaches are to use the GDAL system. You can use the gdal commands such as gdal_translate for direct conversion to PCRaster
gdal_translate -ot Float32 -of PCRaster -mo PCRASTER_VALUESCALE=VS_SCALAR mymap.asc mymap.map
Note that QGIS (QuantumGIS) also recognises PCRaster maps.