[GRASS-user] Help with a projection

[Yamil Ortega]

Hi everybody. I´m really new with the projections and grass, and I need to
 do this example.
 http://grass.itc.it/spearfish/php_grass_earthquakes.php
 
 
 I've been able to do this:
 http://remotesensingjapan.blogspot.com/2007/08/por-fin.html
 
 As you can see, the red points are in the lower left corner. This is
 because the projection is in X,Y mode.
 However, only in X,Y projection I've been able to import the world image
 (http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/7105/world.topo.bathy.200406.3x5400x2700.jp
 g)
 And a haven´t be able to do the projection in Lat-Long format, import the
 map(specially this), and apply the sh file that create the red points.
 
 Can Anyone help me to create the correct projection from sctrach?
 
 Thanks
 Yamil