[GRASS-user] link to datasets from other locations?

[Glynn Clements]

Timmie wrote:

> >> How do I link to a raster and vector data in another
> >> location presuming it has the same projection?
> 
> > add the mapset as a symlink to the mapset in the other location,
> > then use the @othermapset notation.
> 
> So sharing data between locations is not really supported?
> Even if I just want to add the layer to the map view?

The only operations which access data in a different location are
those where the data is necessarily in a different location because it
uses a different projection, e.g. re-projection or rectification.

In general, if it's possible for the data to be in the current
location, then it must be.

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