[GRASSLIST:5598] EPSG codes at startup

[Michael Barton]

Paolo,

Because I don't use EPSG, I hadn't looked at the EPSG startup and so replied
in ignorance. It turns out that there IS a list of EPSG codes that you can
browse and select from...and it is VERY long. Still, it is very much what
you were wishing for. You also have the option of making a new EPSG location
that is not on the list it seems. I am copying the list to make sure that
others know about this alternate (and possibly easier) way of setting up a
location.

Also, I want to note that the startup help--called by the appropriately
named "help" button when GRASS starts up ;-) --is a pretty nice piece of
information for new users. Furthermore, Markus set it up in what appears to
be an extensible help system. So if anyone wants to build on this to make
additional startup help topics, it should be doable.

Michael
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> From: Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
> Organization: Faunalia
> Reply-To: <cavallini at faunalia.it>
> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:50:52 +0100
> To: Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS5] Re: [Fwd: whinging about GRASS again]
> 
> At 08:42, martedì 1 febbraio 2005 you presumably wrote:
>> I don't know much about EPSG codes, but think that it would be a very long
>> list (I don't use them, but I'm sure they are useful to those who do).
> 
> It IS useful to start. I verified this with students. Yes, the problem is with
> the length of the list. Of course a hyerarchical structure would be better,
> but that's going to be more complicated.
> 
>> However, there IS now a button (it says HELP) at the very first screen that
>> takes you to a page that describes the basics of how to set up a location,
>> get your data into GRASS, etc.
> 
> You are right. I missed it. Sorry.
> 
>> For discussions of the UI, it would be helpful if all were talking about
>> the same UI. I see that Russell was looking at 5.7.0. This is about 9
>> months old and has a rather different UI than 6.0.0 beta 1. This is a
>> consequence of this being the development release and pretty rapid
>> development. Not that the 6.0.0 UI couldn't be improved, but it is
>> different from 5.7.0. And both are different from the interface in
>> 5.4--though all are in TclTk.
> 
> I agree, and I would suggest all to move to 6.0 the latest. It is worth the
> while.
> 
> All the best.
> pc
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