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title: "Other grid formations in Collect Earth"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/60/other-grid-formations-in-collect-earth"
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asked: "2014-10-15T16:52:47"
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# Other grid formations in Collect Earth

Asked by QsFromIUFRO on 2014-10-15

Rather than systematic grids, can I format other grids in Collect Earth? If so, how can I change the grid formation?


## Answer (score 0, by lecrabe on 2014-10-17)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/60/other-grid-formations-in-collect-earth/65

Hello
Yes you can put any type of grid points into Collect Earth (i.e. Random Stratified) but you have to design the grid yourself, in a GIS software or Mathematical tool (R or MatLab for instance).
Collect Earth will not create a grid, just read it.
As Mentionned in this [post][1], the only important thing is that the structure of the file points respects the following structure (a minima)
ID, LAT, LON, ELEV, SLOPE, ASPECT, REGION


  [1]: http://www.openforis.org/support/questions/43/cannot-import-a-csv-file