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Make GeoTiffs and legends from .grd files


Pre-steps

  1. Open Geosoft Viewer
  2. Drag and drop .grd file into program
  3. The file should show up under Grids in the Data menu to the left

How to create geotiff file from .grd

  1. right click the file and select "Open in New Map"
  2. With the newly opened window in focus (might need to double click the .map file in the left menu) go to Export -> Map
  3. Default settings should be fine, select where you want to save the geotiff

How to brute force legend from .grd file

  1. Right click the file and select "Open in New 3d View"
  2. In the newly opened window, select the grid object under "Plane"
  3. Select the Legend tab in the bottom left
  4. Click "Edit Legend"
  5. Adjust the values to make a reasonable sized and formatted legend.
  6. Example values that might work:
  • Font size 4
  • Decimals 4 (depends on data)
  • Box height 2.5 (does nothing)
  • Box width 10
  • Maxiumum height 150
  • Post min/max True
  1. Screenshot legend and add it into your unity project
  2. Ask Chatgpt what unit this dataset would use, this will be guesswork so keep in mind it might be totally wrong.