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