[GRASS5] Initial window state

[Roger Miller]

On Sunday 21 July 2002 06:19, Moritz Lennert wrote:

Moritz Lennert wrote:

> As a user, I found GRASS very difficult to get going with, and one of the
> reasons was the region settings. However, I also found that GRASS was the
> only program that forced me to think about regions and projections, and I
> like that. Before, I used ArcView and created maps without ever thinking
> about the (sometimes quite important) issue of projection. Therefore, I
> find the way GRASS does things quite important on a pedagogical level, and
> would find it regrettable if GRASS let the user ignore some of the most
> fundamental questions in cartography.

I don't think that either Radim's proposal or mine would get around the user 
having to think through the projection.  I don't propose creating a new 
location or mapset from the header data and Radim didn't mention a check 
against the projection, though that would be possible.


Roger Miller