Re: [GRASS-dev] opening any RS/GIS file in their original format directly in GRASS...

2008-03-14 Thread Jachym Cepicky
Hi, Yann Chemin píše v Pá 14. 03. 2008 v 09:38 +0700: Hello list, many first time users get a little bit estranged by the scientifically robust way of starting GRASS by setting up a DB/location/mapset. While the create location from georeferenced file button in TCLTK gui (not yet in

Re: Re[GRASS-dev] ady to help with GRASS graphics

2008-03-14 Thread Jachym Cepicky
Hi, Robert Szczepanek píše v Čt 13. 03. 2008 v 10:41 -0700: First draft is on my web page http://www.szczepanek.pl/icons.grass/ I have only TclTk interface at the moment to check how it works. I like it - nice work I have problem with the first Display active layers icon. Together with

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #7: Location wizard: should predefine DB connection for new location

2008-03-14 Thread GRASS GIS
#7: Location wizard: should predefine DB connection for new location --+- Reporter: neteler | Owner: hamish Type: defect | Status: assigned Priority: major| Milestone: 6.4.0

Re: [GRASS-dev] opening any RS/GIS file in their original format directly in GRASS...

2008-03-14 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2008/3/14, Yann Chemin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: While the create location from georeferenced file button in TCLTK gui (not yet in wxpython it seems) is an very nice step, this is implemented in wxPython GUI as part of the location wizard [1]. [snip] Martin [1]

Re: [GRASS-dev] opening any RS/GIS file in their original format directly in GRASS...

2008-03-14 Thread Yann Chemin
Did not catch it there, thanks for pointing it out Martin! Yann On 14/03/2008, Martin Landa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, 2008/3/14, Yann Chemin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: While the create location from georeferenced file button in TCLTK gui (not yet in wxpython it seems) is an very nice step,

Re: [GRASS-dev] first users main trouble

2008-03-14 Thread Hamish
Yann Chemin wrote: When processing is done, they think their new map is going to be displayed automatically (it is part of the processing to display output). maybe the refresh button could blink or get a different background color when the display is known to be out of date. Or from the other

[GRASS-dev] WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Self Installer

2008-03-14 Thread marco.pasetti
Hi all, sorry for the late, I'm really drowning in workflows... I don't think this is an appropriate answer. I'm really afraid, I didn't want to give a bad answer! I apologise if I did something wrong! to just shrug it off this way is not the way to go. again, I'm afraid, but sometimes

Re: [GRASS-dev] first users main trouble

2008-03-14 Thread Benjamin Ducke
Just adding a little bit on what wall very first GIS users are banging... Yann Are they really first time GIS users? Or first time GRASS users? If they have had exposition to other GIS before, chances are it will have been ArcGIS or MapInfo -- i.e. a Desktop GIS. If it was a Workstation

Re: [GRASS-dev] wx display monitors starting at 0

2008-03-14 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2008/3/10, Hamish [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I notice in the wx screenshots that the display monitors start counting at 0 not 1. This is all good and well for C Python programmers, but for the average user it's a bit unexpected. range(1, max+1) thoughts? seems to be inspired by naming

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #94: PROJ file sometimes not created with location

2008-03-14 Thread GRASS GIS
#94: PROJ file sometimes not created with location ---+ Reporter: cmbarton | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Type: defect| Status: new Priority: major |

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #94: PROJ file sometimes not created with location

2008-03-14 Thread GRASS GIS
#94: PROJ file sometimes not created with location ---+ Reporter: cmbarton | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Type: defect| Status: new Priority: major |

[GRASS-dev] WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Testing

2008-03-14 Thread marco.pasetti
Hi all, unfortunaltely, at the moment, and for two ore three weeks more, I don't have enough time to build and test grass_trunk and also test and reports errors for WinGRASS installed in a path containing spaces (see WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Self Installer thread for details); I could build GRASS

[GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.3.0

2008-03-14 Thread Martin Landa
Hi all, we are a little bit late with releasing 6.3.0, looking at [1,2] I don't see any (really) blocker issue (maybe vdigit linking problem, but this can wait for 6.3.1 I guess). The wxPython seems to work on Windows (basically), needs a lot fixes and some speed-up optimization (especially for

[GRASS-dev] R: WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Self Installer

2008-03-14 Thread marco.pasetti
Hi, Please, suggest me also the message to display. Benjamin suggested as follows: WARNING: you are about to install GRASS into a directory that has spaces in either its name or the path of directories leading up to it. You may go ahead, but expect trouble and weird behaviour from GRASS

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #71: d.vect: disp=cat or attr draws area shapes

2008-03-14 Thread GRASS GIS
#71: d.vect: disp=cat or attr draws area shapes --+- Reporter: hamish | Owner: martinl Type: defect | Status: assigned Priority: minor| Milestone: 6.4.0 Component: default |

Re: [GRASS-dev] first users main trouble

2008-03-14 Thread Yann Chemin
Yes Benjamin, 2 third or more are generally non-GIS non-geographical background and Windows users. Remaining ArcGIS/ArcView and sometimes i got chance with a couple of BSD teaching guys. Also, for the first time I saw a person (in Thailand) coming up with an Ubuntu laptop, made things easier

[GRASS-dev] Re: R: WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Self Installer

2008-03-14 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 14/03/08 12:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Please, suggest me also the message to display. Benjamin suggested as follows: WARNING: you are about to install GRASS into a directory that has spaces in either its name or the path of directories leading up to it. You may go ahead, but

[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #95: v.select: merge a and b tables

2008-03-14 Thread GRASS GIS
#95: v.select: merge a and b tables -+-- Reporter: wolf | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: minor| Milestone: 6.4.0

Re: [GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.3.0

2008-03-14 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2008/3/14, Benjamin Ducke [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have not followed the v.digit development, but I can get a digitizing toolbar to come up in the Map window (see screenshot). Only problem is: the drop-down box for layer selection is empty, so I can't start editing on any layer! If I

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #94: PROJ file sometimes not created with location

2008-03-14 Thread Michael Barton
Wow!. 24 hr turn around from reported issue to fix. I didn't even have time to find example files. ...and this is typical of GRASS. Any commercial programs able to make this kind of claim? Michael C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate

[GRASS-dev] Re: R: WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Self Installer

2008-03-14 Thread Michael Barton
I like this. Michael C. Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution Social Change Center for Social Dynamics Complexity Arizona State University Phone: 480-965-6262 Fax: 480-965-7671 www: www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton

[GRASS-dev] Re: R: WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Self Installer

2008-03-14 Thread Michael Barton
Very clear. For a bit more optimistic message... WARNING: you are about to install GRASS into a directory that has spaces in either its name or the path of directories leading up to it. You may go ahead, but without customization of some GRASS modules, you may encounter unexpected

[GRASS-dev] New GRASS icons

2008-03-14 Thread Michael Barton
On Mar 13, 2008, at 7:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:41:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Szczepanek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re[GRASS-dev] ady to help with GRASS graphics To: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: [GRASS-dev] opening any RS/GIS file in their original format directly in GRASS...

2008-03-14 Thread Michael Barton
On Mar 13, 2008, at 7:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:38:34 +0700 From: Yann Chemin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GRASS-dev] opening any RS/GIS file in their original format directly in GRASS... To: GRASS Developer Mailing List grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org

[GRASS-dev] Re: grass-dev Digest, Vol 23, Issue 59

2008-03-14 Thread Michael Barton
On Mar 14, 2008, at 2:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yann Chemin wrote: When processing is done, they think their new map is going to be displayed automatically (it is part of the processing to display output). maybe the refresh button could blink or get a different background color

[GRASS-dev] Re: grass-dev Digest, Vol 23, Issue 60

2008-03-14 Thread Michael Barton
On Mar 14, 2008, at 4:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:48:35 +0100 From: Martin Landa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] wx display monitors starting at 0 To: Hamish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: grass5 grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[GRASS-dev] Re: r.univar: allow multiple rasters to be processed

2008-03-14 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Glynn Clements [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some fundamental reason why r.univar has separate cases for CELL/FCELL/DCELL types, rather than just working in DCELL throughout? I can't remember with any certainty why I did it that way; it's been like that since the first CVS

Re: [GRASS-dev] WinGRASS-6.3.0RC5 Self Installer

2008-03-14 Thread Glynn Clements
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, I agree with Glynn: if there is a problem let's try to fix it and not circumvent it. Your great installer will help a lot in getting people to install and test GRASS on windows, but if we already force such solutions on them, they will not be able to correctly

[GRASS-dev] Re: gdalwarp -co COMPRESS issues

2008-03-14 Thread Maciej Sieczka
Frank Warmerdam pisze: Maciej Sieczka wrote: It is very important for all gdalwarp users. I disagree with the above statement. I think it is a small segment of people who create compressed files with gdalwarp, and there is a fairly straightforward workaround (warp then compress). Since

[GRASS-dev] Re: [gdal-dev] Re: gdalwarp -co COMPRESS issues

2008-03-14 Thread Maciej Sieczka
Maciej Sieczka pisze: I took the sample [1] And here's the link to the sample: [1]http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/sieczka/udostepnione/M-33-21-A-b-4.tif Maciek ___ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org

[GRASS-dev] Re: first users main trouble

2008-03-14 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Yann Chemin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, just though to say one thing that first users have trouble with. In itself it is not a problem for half of them after few days of GRASS GIS, but the remaining part just cannot get used to it. When processing is done, they think their new

Re: [GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.3.0

2008-03-14 Thread Hamish
Martin Landa wrote: we are a little bit late with releasing 6.3.0, no big hurry. looking at [1,2] I don't see any (really) blocker issue (maybe vdigit linking problem, but this can wait for 6.3.1 I guess). Before 6.3.0 I would like to finish making r.tileset echo -n portable (trac bug #81)

[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #81: scripts: echo -n not portable

2008-03-14 Thread GRASS GIS
#81: scripts: echo -n not portable --+- Reporter: hamish | Owner: hamish Type: defect | Status: assigned Priority: blocker | Milestone: 6.3.0 Component: default | Version:

Re: [GRASS-dev] GRASS 6.3.0

2008-03-14 Thread William Kyngesburye
On Mar 14, 2008, at 10:28 PM, Hamish wrote: As r.in.wms has been reported to work on Mac 10.5, I infer that the #!/bin/bash used by r.tileset makes it use bash's internal echo (which supports echo -n) instead of a system BSD /bin/echo which does not. (??) Even if that is so, it's probably a