[GRASSLIST:127] Re: Considering replacing ESRI

[David Strauch]

On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 04:12  AM, Alexander Pucher wrote:
> I still ask myself, what can ArcInfo do for me that GRASS can't...?

Okay, how about orienting maps to other than true north (which I think 
is called "false northing")?

I had limited experience with ArcInfo etc 10 years ago, but I remember 
that I could reorient maps, which was very useful.  I'm currently 
looking at a mountain range which trends NW-SE, and if I could orient 
my work that way I believe it would be both easier to look at and 
faster to work on, as there wouldn't be any processing time devoted to 
areas outside my area of interest (i.e. the SW and NE corners of my 
current region).

I'm still a newbie to GRASS and have been hoping I would come across a 
way to do this, but lately I have begun to suspect that, as it appears, 
GRASS lacks this capacity.  Can someone prove me wrong?

yrs,
David