[GRASS5] g|r.region

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:28:33PM +0000, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Brad Douglas wrote:
> 
> > Is there a specific reason to keep r.region around?  Is there a case
> > where you want to have a specific raster in a different metric than the
> > global?
> 
> r.region exists for a specific purpose: to "fix" the region
> information for rasters which were imported without georeferencing
> information.
> 
> > If so, why is there no v.region?
> 
> Ungeoreferenced vector maps are uncommon,

Most CAD drawings are not georeferenced - so in this
"niche" it's very common (unfortunately).

> and there is already v.transform.

Markus