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<div class="gmail_quote"><br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt</b> <<a href="mailto:mlpublic42@gmail.com">mlpublic42@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Jan 28, 2008 8:59 PM<br>Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Page 37 "Open Source GIS" by Neteler & Mitasova<br>
To: Markus Neteler <<a href="mailto:neteler@osgeo.org">neteler@osgeo.org</a>><br><br><br>Thanks for the quick reply. <br>When I make the entries you suggest I get the following in an Application Error box:<br>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator: to set an icon, please use -name <profile> and set a profile icon<br>
/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator: to set an icon, please use -name <profile> and set a profile icon<br> while executing<br>"exec -- $env(GISBASE)/etc/grass-xterm-wrapper -T g.proj -n g.proj -e $env(GISBASE)/etc/grass-run.sh g.proj -c georef=$filepath location=$fileLocation"<br>
invoked from within<br>".fileloc.def invoke"<br> ("uplevel" body line 1)<br> invoked from within<br>"uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]"<br> (procedure "tk::ButtonUp" line 22)<br>
invoked from within<br>"tk::ButtonUp .fileloc.def"<br> (command bound to event)<br><br>I'm trying to learn Linux and Grass at the same time and I don't understand the error. I had actually tried this sequence before with the same result. I have Ubuntu 7.10 installed and used Synaptic to install Grass 6.2.2 .
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 28, 2008 4:09 AM, Markus Neteler <<a href="mailto:neteler@osgeo.org" target="_blank">neteler@osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Matt,<br>
<div><br>On Jan 28, 2008 4:23 AM, Matt <<a href="mailto:mlpublic42@gmail.com" target="_blank">mlpublic42@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I am having trouble creating a new project with Grass using the GUI.<br>> Perhaps someone could clarify section 3.2 of the above book. Let's assume I<br>
> have created /home/me/grassdata and I have downloaded the geod_pts_spm.zip<br>> to my desktop.<br><br></div>...ok... For others to test<br><a href="http://www.grassbook.org/ncexternal/" target="_blank">http://www.grassbook.org/ncexternal/</a><br>
-> geod_pts_spm.zip 1.4M (Geodetic points [spm])<br>
<div><br>> Next in the terminal, I type grass -gui and see the Grass startup window and<br><br></div>It would be e.g.<br>grass63 -gui<br>
<div><br>> click the Georeferenced file button under Define new location. The window<br>> which pops up asks for three inputs as the book states. Seems simple<br>> enough, but after trying several variations I am still unable to get it to<br>
> work. Where do I unzip geod_pts_spm.zip before the new location is created?<br><br></div>You can unzip the file anywhere, even in /tmp/.<br>
<div><br>> Using the mync_spm example in the book and assuming the location of<br>> grassdata above, what do I enter for<br>> ** Name of new location<br><br></div>mync_spm<br><br>> ** Path to new location<br>
<br>/home/me/grassdata<br><br>> ** Path to georeference file?<br><br>/tmp/<br><br>The file is gdc.shp, so<br><br>/tmp/gdc.shp<br>
<div><br>> I believe when everything is complete I should have<br>> /home/me/grassdata/mync_spm and several folders below mync_spm, but just to<br>> be sure could you show me what the directory structure should look like<br>
> after the location is created?<br><br></div>It will create a PERMANENT directory within<br>
<div>/home/me/grassdata/mync_spm/<br><br></div>and insert some files there.<br><br>Hope this helps<br><font color="#888888">Markus<br></font></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div><br>