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Mon Aug 21 08:00:00 EDT 1995


The MAPSET should be used to hold thematically or organisationally related
sets of maps for a particular LOCATION.
Eg, for LOCATION Texas you might want a MAPSET  NatParc for all maps to do
with national parcs in Texas, or a MAPSET Chris for Chris' research project.

> 
> Hello,
>         I was trying to get some clarification on the database structures of 
> Grass :-)
> 
> I know that they are set as follows:
> 
> GISDBASE - the top level of the database
>         LOCATIONS - independent databases within GISDBASE
>                 MAPSET - under locations, provides more detail.
> 
> As an example, does this sound OK
> 
> (Country) GISDBASE - United States
> (State)LOCATIONS - Texas, California, New York, etc.
> (City) MAPSET - San Francisco, Dallas, New York, Houston, etc.
> 
> Or should it be organized differently?
> 
> Would appreciate some help in this matter.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Casey
> 
> 
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