[GRASS-dev] startup

[Helena Mitasova]

Paul,

you are right - I forgot about that text - it is a pretty good, brief 
description
polished by years of use. Maybe it could be added like this

Project Location
button ( named e.g. "info", "what it is", or something like that)

and when you click on it - the text from the old interface could pop up 
in a separate
window if it is possible to do in TclTK, it can even be a more detailed 
description
if needed.
I too find the new wording somewhat confusing, that is why I asked Markus
to post it for more feedback (it may be just me).

But there may be new users who have a completely different opinion so it 
would be good
to hear from them.

Helena





Paul Kelly wrote:
> Hello everyone
> To be honest I think the wording still confuses things a little. 
> Simply because it takes more than 2 or 3 words to explain the concepts 
> of location, mapset, region, co-ordinate system and GIS database. 
> Perhaps better to have minimal wording in the start-up screen and a 
> more detailed explanation in tool-tip help?
>
> When I started using GRASS I hated how complicated it all was and how 
> much
> it made me think about my data and co-ordinate systems but now I 
> really appreciate that---because a thorough understanding of 
> locations, regions etc. is essential to ensuring you get meaningful 
> results out of your GIS analyses.
>
> FWIW I don't think the text in the text-based start-up screen is too 
> bad. Here is my slightly improved version of it:
>
> LOCATION: This is the name of a geographic location. It is defined by a
> co-ordinate system and a rectangular boundary. -spearfish- is
> the sample LOCATION provided with GRASS.
>
> MAPSET: Every GRASS session runs under a particular MAPSET. Associated
> with each MAPSET is a rectangular REGION and a set of maps.
>
> DATABASE: This is the unix directory containing all the GRASS locations.
>
> The REGION defaults to the entire area of the chosen LOCATION.
> You may change it later with the command: g.region
>
>
> Paul
>
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Markus Neteler wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Michael has made updates to the startup screen.
>> The current state of the entrance screen can be seen
>> here:
>> http://mpa.itc.it/markus/tmp/new_grass61_startup_2.jpg
>> (also valid for the release branch).
>>
>> Please comment on further modifications.
>>
>> Markus
>>
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