[GRASS-dev] Region problems in grass 6.3 (maybe also 6.1)...

[Brad Douglas]

I see reports go back to the first week of July, so I believe both are
affected.

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 09:25 -0700, Michael Barton wrote:
> I'm glad it's known and has a fix in the works. But why is it just showing
> up now and doesn't affect 6.1?
> 
> Michael
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> Arizona State University
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> 
> > From: Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it>
> > Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:10:48 +0200
> > To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> > Cc: <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>, Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Region problems in grass 6.3 (maybe also 6.1)...
> > 
> > Michael,
> > 
> > this bug I know for > 1 year. I hope that Martin submits his patch.
> > 
> > Markus
> > 
> > Michael Barton wrote on 08/16/2006 08:13 AM:
> >> I can confirm this. There seems no way to satify g.region. We've set the
> >> WIND file manually and still get the same error.
> >> 
> >> We did a make distclean and recompiled today (15 August) and still have the
> >> same results. This is on an FC4 32bit system.
> >> 
> >> I tried the identical actions on my Mac, using 6.1.0 binaries compiled 12
> >> August and had no trouble at all.
> >> 
> >> Did something change with g.region? Could this be due to the parser changes
> >> that Markus mentioned earlier today?
> >> 
> >> Michael
> >> __________________________________________
> >> Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
> >> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
> >> Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
> >> Arizona State University
> >> 
> >> phone: 480-965-6213
> >> fax: 480-965-7671
> >> www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>   
> >>> From: Isaac Ullah <isaac.ullah at asu.edu>
> >>> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:07:09 +0000
> >>> To: <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> >>> Subject: [GRASS-dev] Region problems in grass 6.3 (maybe also 6.1)...
> >>> 
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> 
> >>>       A very interesting and frustrating problem has just presented
> >>> itself to me. The region settings seem to "break" after using the new
> >>> zoom tools from the map display. i get the following error message in
> >>> the Output window:
> >>> 
> >>> region for current mapset is invalid
> >>> line 15: <depths:     0>
> >>> run "g.region"
> >>> 
> >>>     This message displays after zooming a few times, or after attempting
> >>> to do anything at all with "g.region" (including just printing region
> >>> settings). Also, all the new zoom tools in the map display seem to do
> >>> nothing after this message, and I cannot display any of the maps in my
> >>> mapset. I have looked at the WIND file for the afflicted mapsets, and
> >>> they seem perfectly normal. For example, the above error message is
> >>> associated with the following WIND file:
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> proj:       1
> >>> zone:       36
> >>> north:      3742844.70455
> >>> south:      3309044.70455
> >>> east:       944264.754065
> >>> west:       560076.932184
> >>> cols:       12806
> >>> rows:       14460
> >>> e-w resol:  30.0006108
> >>> n-s resol:  30
> >>> top:        1
> >>> bottom:     0
> >>> cols3:      12806
> >>> rows3:      14460
> >>> depths:     1
> >>> e-w resol3: 30.0006108
> >>> n-s resol3: 30
> >>> t-b resol:  1
> >>> 
> >>>  Making a new mapset allows me to run "g.region" without any problems
> >>> until I use the new zooming tools, and then the same problem occurs.
> >>> Restarting GRASS initially allows for the maps to be displayed again,
> >>> but after zooming a bit, or trying to run "g.region" again, the region
> >>> eventually "breaks" again. What I specifically do not understand is why
> >>> the error tells me to run "g.region" when doing so does nothing, and
> >>> seems to even cause the error in the first place. Does anybody have any
> >>> idea what the issue is here? I am using GRASS 6.3, compiled from the CVS
> >>> source yesterday (08/15)... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> 
> >>> Isaac


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