[GRASSLIST:4759] Re: Duplicate a Location

[Michael Barton]

A location is simply a directory with GRASS mapset directories in it. By
default, it always contains a mapset named PERMANENT. PERMANENT (or other
mapset dirctory) contains GRASS GIS files and a set of text files specifying
projection parameters and extents. All mapsets in a location have the same
projection and default extents. To copy a location and all the stuff in it,
simply copy the directory. If you want to duplicate a location but make it
empty, make a directory with a PERMANENT directory inside, and copy all the
projection files (DEFAULT_WIND, PROJ_INFO, PROJ_UNITS) from the original
LOCATION/PERMANENT director to the new one.

Michael Barton


On 11/9/04 6:32 AM, "DrakeGis" <drakegis at dacafe.com> wrote:

> Hi All !
>    Is there any way to duplicate a location in GRASS57 (including a way to
> specify the new names for tthe postgres database names) ?
> 
>  Thanks.
> 
>      D.
> 
> 
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