[GRASS-dev] New splash screen for GRASS GIS 7?

Helena Mitasova hmitaso at ncsu.edu
Wed Jan 21 10:44:27 PST 2015


On Jan 21, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Markus Neteler wrote:

> 
> On Jan 21, 2015 6:56 PM, "Vaclav Petras" <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> > > The "project" has been introduced in the past to de-confuse user
> > > coming from "other" GIS.
> > > "Location" alone is not quite clear I fear.
> >
> > I see the motivation but random rename of one thing at one place is just adding to confusion. If we need explanation, then we need something like explanation in some less prominent color, similarly to what is in GUI elsewhere (see attachment). Broad rename is out of question I guess.
> >
> > Project is very ambiguous, it is location, mapset or GUI workspace? For me project is usually mapset, sometimes in combination with GUI workspace and this how I explain that to people.
> 
> In my opinion we should not have the location selection dialog at all. Revolution!
> 
> We should start GRASS right away in latlong like most GIS in the world.
> 
> Then let the user open the dialog to change projection if desired from inside.
> 
> This would avoid a lot of questions right away.

I agree, Helena

> 
> Markus
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