<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I tend to agree. I also found
creating a Location a dounting task for a biginner and ran into difficulties
figuring out how to import data. In part that was because the Spearfish
tutorial misses how to import a data set. I was left with figuring
it out on my own. My first breakthru in importing data was
using USGS SDTS DLG data sets.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'm planning a short GRASS GIS hands-on
intro here in Honolulu. I was thinking of using a native GRASS data
set, but also walking people thru the process of importing SDTS data.
Although having the Spearfish data set on the GNU/Linux distribution would
be a definite plus, I would recommentd some easily importable data to go
with it. Once a biginner learns that by importing a data set he/she
can re-map the location information in GRASS to the data set's georeferencing
information, the road ahead becomes a whole lot smoother.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Although I'm presently working on providing
USGS DLG GRASS-native data sets of the Hawaiian islands, the importance
of people learning how to import their own data sets can not be understated.</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> To:
Bernhard Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de></font>
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"GRASSLIST(engl)" <GRASSLIST@baylor.edu></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> Subject:
[GRASSLIST:492] Re: Shipping data with
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<br><font size=2><tt>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Bernhard Reiter wrote:<br>
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> > how feasible is it to have a default location? <br>
> <br>
> It is important for new users, that they have something<br>
> to start on. To create a location is a tedious task, especially<br>
> for a beginner.<br>
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YES! I went crazy first time!<br>
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> > Would you suggest shipping the spearfish data? <br>
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Yes, but what is the use of spearfish? Not much. OK for practice,
but <br>
nothing else. Something REAL would be great. Perhaps GLOBE
and ETOPO2 <br>
and the shorelines from GMT? I don't know about any copywrongs involved.<br>
May the DCW be freely distributed? And NASA's Blue Marble? The
Global <br>
Ecosystems database? <br>
<br>
But any real data ready for use would be a blessing for a beginner---GRASS
<br>
is hard enough as it is :-/ <br>
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<br>
Gustavo<br>
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