[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] Unable to create new project with Grass

[Michael Barton]

First, try an already created location. Put the location of one of  
the demo data sets into your grass data directory and try to see it.  
Once you can see it OK, quit GRASS (GUI and typing exit from the  
command line), restart GRASS, and try to create a mapset in the demo  
location. If that works, quit GRASS, restart GRASS, and try creating  
a dummy location using EPSG code.

Sorry for the complications, but this can help troubleshoot the problem.

Michael
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On Jan 14, 2008, at 2:04 AM, Jan Schorn wrote:

> Michael Barton escribió:
>>
>>
>> On Jan 13, 2008, at 5:06 AM, grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:26:05 +0000
>>> From: "Jan Schorn" <js.mailinglists at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Unable to create new project with Grass
>>>     6.2.2 in    Ubuntu 7.1
>>> To: grass-user at lists.osgeo.org
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>>>
>>> Hi, list
>>> I installed GRASS 6.2.3 in about 14 computers with i368  
>>> architecture and
>>> Ubuntu 7.10 (Les-ejk repositorios). The only way to create a new  
>>> Location is
>>> using QGIS.
>>> Using GRASS the error explained by Matt occurs.
>>> ¿Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jan
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/1/11, Matt <mlpublic42 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> I am unable to create a new location/project in Grass.  Since I  
>>>> am new to
>>>> both Linux/Ubuntu and Grass there are a nearly infinite ways to  
>>>> go wrong.  I
>>>> have Ubuntu 7.10 installed.  I used Synaptic to install Grass  
>>>> 6.2.2 .  I
>>>> have been able to start Grass and play with the Spearfish and  
>>>> North Carolina
>>>> datasets.  I've made it to page 37 in "Open Source GIS A Grass  
>>>> GIS Approach,
>>>> 3rd ed."  As interesting as North Carolina is, I yearn to create  
>>>> a map of
>>>> western New York.  But when I try to create a new project closer  
>>>> to home, I
>>>> get nowhere.  All the tutorials I've come across treat this as  
>>>> trivial, but
>>>> I'm stuck!
>>>>
>>>> Starting Grass from the "Run Application" applet ("run in  
>>>> terminal" box
>>>> checked), starts Grass in the terminal window and a Grass  
>>>> Startup GUI window
>>>> appears.  Using the Browse button I enter "/home/matt/grass/ 
>>>> grassdata" in
>>>> the GIS Data Directory box.  The previous created directory map1  
>>>> appears in
>>>> the project location box and the Accessible Mapsets window is  
>>>> empty.  At
>>>> this point I've tried several things.  If before starting Grass  
>>>> I put a
>>>> Tiger shp file ( tgr36029lkA.shp) into map1, I'm unable to use  
>>>> it.  If I
>>>> click on EPSG codes and select 4326 and click "Define Location"  
>>>> it tells me
>>>> to restart Grass to find the created location.  When restarted  
>>>> the location
>>>> is not there.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?  Especially how to start a new project using a Tiger  
>>>> shape
>>>> file? (Remember, novice).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Matt
>>
>> Given what you've described, it seems that somehow you've gone too  
>> far down the directory tree. You've got your mapset appearing in  
>> the location list. This will be an invalid "location" because it  
>> does not contain a PERMANENT directory (i.e., mapset). Try backing  
>> up the tree one level. Your new location probably exists at the  
>> next level up.
>>
>> Go back to browse in the data directory selection. It may be the  
>> difference between a single click and double click. But you want  
>> to get the proper directory in the directory selection dialog box.  
>> (In the case above, it should be /home/matt/grass/grassdata *IF*  
>> that is where your location directories are stored. That is, the  
>> nc_spm_07 directory should be inside /home/matt/grass/grassdata.)  
>> Then press OK to return to the startup screen.
>>
>> At this point, you should seek nc_spm_07 on the left side and  
>> PERMANENT, landsat, sqlite, and user1 on the right side. If this  
>> is NOT what you see, redo your data directory selection until it  
>> IS what you see. At this point you can either 1) create a new  
>> mapset INSIDE nc_spm_07 (or other locaiton), or 2) create a new  
>> LOCATION inside your data directory.
>>
>> You should not have to restart GRASS anymore to see a newly  
>> created location or mapset (this instruction is out of date  
>> AFAIK). If you cannot see a new location or mapset, try  
>> reselecting your data directory (i.e., the same one you are  
>> creating a location in).
>>
>> There is very good online help on all this directly accessible  
>> from the startup screen by pressing the "Help" button.
>>
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>>
> Hi Micheal,
>
> Thanks for your answer, but in my case the 'nc_spm_07' directory is  
> not being created. The directory doesn't appear neither '/home/matt/ 
> grassdata' and nor in '/home/matt'.
> I tried the same with the grass packages from the ubuntu  
> repositorios for the 64bit version, and problem also occurs
> The epsg file exists in both cases (/usr/share/proj/epsg). There is  
> no error message.
>
> I'm working with a GRASS version compiled from source and never had  
> this problem.
>
> Jan
>