[GRASS-dev] Which is the correct WIND convention for creating a new mapset?

Panagiotis Mavrogiorgos pmav99 at gmail.com
Tue May 7 01:20:44 PDT 2019


On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 9:38 PM Markus Metz <markus.metz.giswork at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 6:21 PM Panagiotis Mavrogiorgos <pmav99 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am a bit confused WRT what the expected WIND should be when you create
> a new mapset.
>
> [...]
>
> Is there an established convention?
>
> IMHO, new mapsets should use DEFAULT_WIND from PERMANENT.
>

Thank you Markus, that's what I expected, too.


> But the current region of a new mapset is often adjusted, therefore it
> does not really matter if DEFAULT_WIND or WIND is used.
>

I don't disagree, but still, I don't see what's the benefit of not using
the same convention everywhere. Furthermore, I truly don't understand why 4
different implementations are needed.

with kind regards,
P.
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