[GRASS-user] Defining a State Plane Coordinate Location

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>  I've not before worked with SPCS in GRASS. I now need to define a new
> location based on the SPCS for Nevada (East), and need to do this manually.
> According to the startup page if I specify
>
> $ grass65 /home/rshepard/grassdata/Nevada-SPCS/PERMANENT
>
> will this make the above the CWD? If so, I assume that I immediately run
> g.setproj and specify 'stp' as the projection name. What reference should I
> use for the projection parameters?

I wouldn't do it this way.

Better use
- the wxGUI location manager from the startup screen
- or create the location from a GIS file (shape, geotiff, ..) with correct
  metadata
- or create from the EPSG code
  (is it this one?http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/3429/ )

Markus


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