[GRASS5] projection definition for new location

Moritz Lennert mlennert at club.worldonline.be
Mon Oct 28 04:41:35 EST 2002


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Hi,

While working on the tutorial, I've come upon a small incoherence in
the projection definition screens for a new location which might
confuse new users:

If I chose D - Other Projection and then ask for a list of available
projections, the first to on this list are ll and utm, both of which
give me the error message:

***
Projection 99 does not support UTM or LL

Please specify projection name
Enter 'list' for the list of available projections
Hit RETURN to cancel request
***

Already, I do not think this message very clear: a "normal" user would
have no idea about "Projection 99", but the second problem is that
when I follow the instruction to "Hit RETURN to cancel request", I
arrive at the screen for defining the default region. In my logic, I
should be arriving at the screen allowing me to chose between x,y, ll,
utm, or other projection.
Then, when I try to cancel the default region definition screen with
Ctrl-C I get a message telling me that the location has been created,
but without projection information.

I would suggest that cancelling during this process actually should
cancel the creation of a location and either exit GRASS or get the
user back to the screen where he/she is asked to give the names of
location, mapset, and database. Second of all, would it be possible to
either remove ll and utm from the projection list in the "other
projection" dialogue, or provide the user with the possibility to go
back up one step and chose either of these two projections ?

Moritz
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