On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Yann Chemin <yche...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 23 January 2015 at 16:49, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote:
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>> Yann Chemin <yche...@gmail.com> writes:
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>> > On 23 January 2015 at 15:46, Martin Landa <landa.mar...@gmail.com>
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>> >> Hi,
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>> >> 2015-01-23 9:20 GMT+01:00 Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org>:
>> >> > my motivation to discuss the current welcome screen is that too many
>> >> > potential new users try to launch GRASS, do not get past that screen
>> >> > and
>> >> > walk away ("too difficult"). Yes, and they will likely not read the
>> >> manual
>> >> > but just take another GIS.
>> >> > This is a multiple times reported fact.
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>> >> I have met a lot of GIS specialists who told me: I tried several times
>> >> to use GRASS in different decades and I end up with the same result, I
>> >> didn't managed to get my data in, so I gave up.
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>> >> Yes, I also had those experiences told to me.
>> > Is it possible to open GRASS GIS wxGUI without setting the
>> > GISDB/Location/mapset yet?
>> > Then from "inside the opened software" you will need to go through those
>> > steps anyway before doing anything...
>> > Would that make any psychological difference?
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>> I think this would make a huge difference - especially if the creation
>> could be done by triggerd upon import and
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> hmm that would be cool !
> running r(v).in.* without GISDBASE or Location or mapset could trigger a
> wizard to set them up...This is the current location wizard. The original topic was import and on-the-fly reprojection without the need to create a new location. This can be easily done by either a new script that calls r.in.gdal/v.in.ogr + r.proj/v.proj which creates the new location internally and deletes it when done, or a wizard doing the same thing. The user does not even notice that a temporary location was created. Sextante for example works this way. Markus M > >> >> - asking for a directory (for the db), >> - name of the location, >> - name of the mapset, and >> - taking the other parameter (projection, extend) from the data to be >> imported. >> >> Until a mapset is opened, the non-usable menu items could be greyed >> out. > > > Sounds like a nice option, as it will direct newbies to modules that import > data (then trigger the creation wizard) > >> >> >> Rainer >> >> > >> > >> >> It' a sign in my eyes that we should think how to simplify this step >> >> ;-) >> >> >> >> Martin >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Martin Landa >> >> http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Landa >> >> http://gismentors.eu/mentors/landa >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> grass-dev mailing list >> >> grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev >> >> >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug >> email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de >> PGP: 0x0F52F982 > > > > > -- > ---- > > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
