[Swarm-Support] Input data structure

[Eric McLeskey]

I am wondering if it is possible to import spatial data with multiple
attributes per node into a SWARM model?  Here's an example of what I mean.
Imagine a text file containing column headers and then corresponding rows
like this:

node, x, y, z, var1, var2, var3
1, 12.3, 20.1, 11.0, 5,6,-9999
2, 12.4, 20.2, 11.1, 7,8,-9999
3, 12.5, 20.3, 11.2, 9,5,-9999

What would I need to do to use this type of data in SWARM?  Is there a swarm
gui that can handle floating point spatial coordinates?  I currenlty have
some routines that Paul Box wrote that create cell objects that can hold
multiple attributes provided from ascii grid files which can then be
displayed on a 2d raster but I don't think this would work for floating
point data.  Any advice or suggestions?

Thanks,
Eric McLeskey


Eric McLeskey
Graduate Student
Institute for Natural Systems Engineering
Utah State University
1600 Canyon Road
Logan, UT  84321

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