Surpac plugins

Overview

These plugins support data formats used by GEOVIA's software package Surpac.

Supported File Types

The file types that are supported by these plugins are described in the table below.

FILE TYPE	EXTENSION	DATA TYPE
String file (ASCII/Binary)	".str"	String data
String Text file	".txt"	String data
Observation file	".obs"	String data
Digital Terrain Model file	".dtm"	3D Object data

Method

The files supported by these plugins are native to Surpac. Attributes associated with String and 3D Object data directly corresponds to the contents of Surpac files. The Surpac plugins support the reading of String, Observation and Digital Terrain Model files while String, String text, and Digital Terrain Model files are supported for writing. Styles files (".ssi") that are specified in string or dtm files are loaded by the Surpac plugins.

Configuration

Surpac plugins have an associated default styles file named "surpac.ssi/mst", which resides in SSI_STYLES. This file can be reconfigured using Surpac's style editing tools.

Messages

No messages are output specifically by the Surpac plugins.

Limitations

No known limitations.