Writer Directives

The directives that are processed by the NGRID writer are listed below. The suffixes shown are prefixed by the current <WriterKeyword>_ in a mapping file. By default, the <WriterKeyword> for the NGRID writer is NGRID.

DATASET

The value for this directive is the path of the output folder where the data will be written.

Required/Optional

Required

Mapping File Syntax

NGRID_DATASET “C:\DATA\NGRID\OUTPUT”

Workbench Parameter

Destination MapInfo Vertical Mapper Grid (NGrid) Folder

DATA_TYPE

Required/Optional

Optional

Values

real16 | real32 (default)

Mapping File Syntax

DATA_TYPE real32

Workbench Parameter

Surface Data Type

CALCULATE_MINMAX_Z

Required/Optional

Optional

Values

Yes (default) | No

Mapping File Syntax

CALCULATE_MINMAX_Z Yes

Workbench Parameter

Calculate Min/Max Z Values