r.in.gdal in GRASS5

[Tom Poindexter]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:38:36PM -0500, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> The r.in.gdal command also takes a slightly new tack to projections.  It
> reads the projection of the source dataset, and reports a fatal error if it
> does not match the current location (this check can be disabled with the -o
> flag).  However, instead of the user having to manually define a new location
> and carefully setup the projection parameters, and bounds, it is possible to
> just rerun r.in.gdal, with the "location" parameter set to the name of the
> new location you would like to create.  r.in.gdal will create the location
> and default the projection and extents based on the dataset. 

This is a cool feature Frank, thanks!  I'd like to see more of GRASS deal
with conflicting projections this way.

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Tom Poindexter
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