[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #37: r.in.xyz increase region based on input data

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#37: r.in.xyz increase region based on input data
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  Reporter:  marisn       |       Owner:  hamish     
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned   
  Priority:  minor        |   Milestone:  6.4.0      
 Component:  default      |     Version:  unspecified
Resolution:               |    Keywords:             
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Comment (by glynn):

 r.in.xyz shouldn't change the current region.

 What it probably *should* do is to create a map whose size is based upon
 the input data, rather than using the current region. IOW, the way that
 other r.in.* commands work; unlike most r.* commands, the output from
 r.in.* commands isn't normally based upon the current region.

 This would require two passes, which won't work with input=- if stdin is a
 pipe. But then the same is true of a script which runs r.in.xyz -s,
 g.region, r.in.xyz.

 A script approach should definitely use either $WIND_OVERRIDE or
 $GRASS_REGION rather than modifying WIND.

 On a related note, r.in.xyz should probably have some way to explicitly
 specify the bounds and resolution of the created map, either separate
 n=/s=/e=/w=/res= options and/or a region= option to use a named region.

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