[GRASSLIST:4957] Re: Problems importing Data into lat/lon with negtiv south value

[Glynn Clements]

Paul Kelly wrote:

> [...]
> > I'm fairly certain that r.in.gdal's behaviour (both with and without
> > the -e flag) is intentional.
> 
> I wonder then why it doesn't just extend the current region, as (as I 
> understand it) can be done reliably because the current user definitely 
> has permission to change it, rather than extending the default.

Yeah, I thought that too.

Maybe it's because you can extend the current region yourself with
"g.region rast=...", but g.region doesn't allow you to change the
default region (which is a pretty major deficiency, IMHO).

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>