[GRASS5] maps with identical name in different mapsets

[Alex Shevlakov]

--- Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it> wrote:
> 
> Mhhh. Ok - an example.
> 
> We have these mapsets activated with g.mapsets:
> 
> neteler PERMANENT dtm belluno
> 
> There may be a file 'dtm10' both in 'dtm' and
> 'belluno'. The user
> may have already forgotten that it exists twice.
> When using d.rast,
> is the mapset search path searched 1. own, 2.
> PERMANENT, 3. alphabetically?
> If yes, will the user remember that the map exists
> twice (I am sure that
> he/she won't remember). 
> Addition: In our project location here we have
> around 5000 maps
> in 76 mapsets, 8 people are adding maps daily. Like
> that I would have to
> always run g.list to verify that I pick the right
> map, perhaps a
> colleage had added a map with same name yesterday in
> a mapset which is
> in my current mapset search path ....
> 
> So this problem exists mostly for work-groups.

It seems to me that it's a kind of situation the workflow should make sense
being used. I would try GPWMS should there have been 
so many users and maps, to manage the tasks and map's names.

--alex
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