[GRASS-user] Cannot Create UTM Location: -6.5svn

[Michael Barton]

OK. This fails on another system too.

Rich, what is your OS?

I'm about to suggest that we scrap the spin box and return to a simple text box (rather than the long pull-down) and have it validate only values 1-60.

Michael

On Dec 29, 2009, at 7:16 PM, grass-user-request at lists.osgeo.org wrote:

> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:09:41 -0800 (PST)
> From: Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Cannot Create UTM Location: -6.5svn
> To: grass-users at lists.osgeo.org, Rich Shepard
>        <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> Message-ID: <816235.95036.qm at web110016.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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> 
> Rich wrote:
>> ? I just tried to create a new
>> location for UTM Zone 10 using the wxPython
>> GUI. I could assign a name to the new location, specify
>> defining it from a
>> list, and selecting 'utm' from that dialog box. However, on
>> the next dialog
>> box where the zone is to be entered I cannot change the
>> default '30' to
>> anything but '0'. Is this like the origins with 'll'?
> 
> 
> It's a known bug in the new wx location wizard.
>  https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/842
> 
> Michael & myself have been trying to fix it off-list, but to
> be honest we are mostly stumped. (it works for him on Mac)
> 
> use the text-based location wizard (g.setproj), after starting
> grass with "grass64 -text" or "grass64 -tcltk" from the command
> line. your gui choice is sticky so reset it to wx with g.gui
> later.
> 
> 
> Hamish