[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3474: Change the GRASS GIS start up to more beginner friendly

[GRASS GIS]

#3474: Change the GRASS GIS start up to more beginner friendly
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 Reporter:  hellik       |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  critical     |  Milestone:  8.0.0
Component:  Startup      |    Version:  svn-trunk
 Keywords:               |        CPU:  All
 Platform:  All          |
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 hi,

 during the GCI contest with young students, we get following feedback:


 {{{
 GRASS GIS is a cool and nice software, but could you make it a little bit
 more beginner-friendly
 }}}

 the startup with choose location/mapset seems often to be confusing

 therefore to broaden the user community, the startup should be changed to:


 {{{
 - start first layer manager and map display into a default ll-
 wgs84-location

 - then offer the dialogue choose location/mapset-new location/mapset

 - introduce a -vintage flag to be able to change to the old behaviour
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3474>
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