Error G_Calloc v.to.rast

Question

Using the grass GUI I get this error message:

ERROR: G_calloc: unable to allocate 2004389888 * 8 bytes of memory at raster.c:71

What can i do to remedy this?

This is a request for about 14.9 GB of memory. Maybe you ran out of memory? — gene, Commented Jun 17, 2014 at 16:22
Tell us which operating system and which GRASS GIS version... — markusN, Commented Jun 19, 2014 at 19:03
using Grass 6.4.3 (standard installation with Qgis Vlamiera) for Windows — VeM, Commented Jun 22, 2014 at 8:48
I have opened a ticket for this: trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2404 — markusN, Commented Aug 27, 2014 at 19:58

markusN · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-27 20:00:04Z

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To reduce the memory footprint of v.to.rast with large maps, set in v.to.rast the parameter:

rows=value

to a value much less than the default 4096.

answered Aug 27, 2014 at 20:00

markusN

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Good news: the management of the memory has been improved in v.to.rast, now the amount of memory rather than rows can be specified.
– markusN
Commented Sep 15, 2014 at 4:43

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