DESCRIPTION

r.in.srtm imports SRTM HGT files into GRASS. SRTM Version 1 and improved Version 2 data sets can be downloaded from NASA at this site:
http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/

Gap-filled SRTM Version 3 data can be downloaded from USGS at this site:
https://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/MEASURES/SRTMGL3.003/2000.02.11/

NOTES

SRTM tiles are of 1 degree by 1 degree size. The SRTM filename contains the coordinates which refer to the center of the lower left pixel (e.g., N51E010: lower left cell center at 10E, 51N). To identify a tile name, a grid can be easily visualized by d.grid: 
d.grid size=1
To import TOPEX/SRTM30 PLUS data, use r.in.bin.

SEE ALSO

r.in.bin, r.in.srtm.region (Addon), r.in.nasadem (Addon)

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission homepage at NASA's JPL.
The SRTM Web Forum

REFERENCES

M. Neteler, 2005. SRTM and VMAP0 data in OGR and GRASS. GRASS Newsletter, Vol.3, pp. 2-6, June 2005. ISSN 1614-8746.

AUTHORS

Markus Neteler
Improved by W. Kyngesburye and H. Bowman
Update for SRTM V3 by Markus Metz