[GRASSLIST:2032] Re: How to enter coordinates on the DEFINE REGION screen

[Glynn Clements]

radiumfield at netscape.net wrote:

> I have searched far and wide and not found any information providing
> help as to how to enter coordinates in the define region screen. One
> would think someone somewhere would need help with this basic
> operation.
> 
> By trial and error I managed to figure out how to enter degrees. 
> DD:MM:SS. Sounds simple, but there are a multitude of ways to describe
> degrees so luckily I didn't waste too much time on that.
> 
> However I am currently struggling with UTM coordinates. How do you
> enter them on the DEFINE REGION (i.e. start up with a new location)
> screen.

For everything except lat-lon, coordinates are just decimals (integers
or decimal fractions). For lat-lon, you can use either DD:MM:SS[NSEW]
or decimals.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>