[GRASS-user] GRASS Location from scratch: Solved

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 15:25 +0100, "Peter Löwe" wrote:
> > Betreff: Re: [GRASS-user] GRASS Location from scratch: Solved
> > Peter, just out of curiosity: what's the *real* purpose of having this way to
> > create a location? Kind regards, Nikos
> 
> 2 1/2 reasons:

> 1) It builds character => 1 1/2) It's good for you (just like compiling GRASS from the sources!)
> 2) This approach allows to embed GRASS-driven computation in other
> applications: All GRASS ressources are only provided during the
> (outer) scripts execution. I tried to  minimize  on "carry-on luggage"
> for this task - there is no more to need to drag a tarzipped "primary"
> location along.  Real boiled users might even go so far to wget &
> build GRASS from the sources before applying it in such a fashion :-) 

> Peter

Indeed, good reasons. +1 for reason #1