[GRASS-dev] rasterlib and file layout

[Michael Barton]

On Jul 5, 2009, at 1:35 PM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

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> From: Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com>
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] rasterlib and file layout
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> Hi all,
>
> first step towards rasterlib in GRASS 7 has been done [1]. Let me
> suggest the second one. The file layout should be consolidated.
> Currently vectors are located in 'vector' directory, 3d rasters in
> 'grid3' (or 'g3cell') - should be 'raster3d'.
>
> I would vote for similar approach for raster files in GRASS 7. So
>
> raster/name/cats
> raster/name/cell
> raster/name/cellhd
> raster/name/cell_misc
> raster/name/colr
> raster/name/fcell
> raster/name/hist
> ...
>
> Any comments?
>
> Martin

I agree. I don't know what the down sides are beyond lack of backward
compatibilty (always and issue, but GRASS 7 development is the time to
do it). But this would be a much more manageable structure and offers
the potential for easier raster portability.

Michael