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-<H1>GRASS Quickstart</H1>
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<h2>Geographic Resources Analysis Support System</h2>
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Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System
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@@ -26,9 +10,11 @@ and environmental consulting companies.
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<h2>1. Startup of GRASS GIS</h2>
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-<p> <IMG SRC="grass_start.png" ALT="[GRASS start screen]">
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+ <img src="grass_start.png" alt="[GRASS start screen]">
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+</center>
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-<h3><IMG SRC="circle_1.png" ALT="[(1)]"> Selecting the GIS Database directory</h3>
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+<h3><img src="circle_1.png" alt="[(1)]"> Selecting the GIS Database directory</h3>
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GRASS data are stored in a directory referred to as DATABASE
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(also called "GISDBASE"). This directory has to be created
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@@ -36,25 +22,25 @@ with a file manager or the <tt>mkdir</tt> command, before starting to work
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with GRASS. Within this DATABASE, the projects are organized
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by project areas stored in subdirectories called LOCATIONs.
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-<h3><IMG SRC="circle_2.png" ALT="[(2)]"> Selecting the LOCATION (a project)</h3>
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+<h3><img src="circle_2.png" alt="[(2)]"> Selecting the LOCATION (a project)</h3>
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A LOCATION is defined by its coordinate system, map projection and
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geographical boundaries. The subdirectories and files defining a
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LOCATION are created automatically when GRASS is started the first
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time with a new LOCATION. It is important to understand that each
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projection stays in its own LOCATION.
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-<p>See <IMG SRC="circle_4.png" ALT="[(4)]"> the "Location Wizard" to
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+<p>See <img src="circle_4.png" alt="[(4)]"> the "Location Wizard" to
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easily create a new LOCATION from scratch from a geocoded file, by
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defining the parameters or by selecting the corresponding EPSG projection
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code.
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-<h3><IMG SRC="circle_3.png" ALT="[(3)]"> Selecting the MAPSET (a subproject)</h3>
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+<h3><img src="circle_3.png" alt="[(3)]"> Selecting the MAPSET (a subproject)</h3>
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Each LOCATION can have many MAPSETs. Each MAPSET is a LOCATION's
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subdirectory. New MAPSET can be added at GRASS startup (see related
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button).
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-<h3><IMG SRC="circle_4.png" ALT="[(4)]"> Location Wizard</h3>
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+<h3><img src="circle_4.png" alt="[(4)]"> Location Wizard</h3>
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The "Location Wizard" let's you easily create a new LOCATION. You
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will be guided through a series of dialogues to browse and select
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projections. Find below some rules to define the default raster
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resolution for a new LOCATION.
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-<h3><IMG SRC="circle_5.png" ALT="[(5)]"> Start GRASS</h3>
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+<h3><img src="circle_5.png" alt="[(5)]"> Start GRASS</h3>
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Once you have selected an existing LOCATION/MAPSET or defined a new
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one, you can enter GRASS. The graphical user interface
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<h2>2. Background GRASS Location structure</h2>
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-<p> <IMG SRC="help_loc_struct.png" ALT="[GRASS Location structure]">
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-<i>Fig. 1: GRASS Location structure</i>
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+ <img src="help_loc_struct.png" alt="[GRASS Location structure]"><br>
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+ <i>Fig. 1: GRASS Location structure</i>
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A LOCATION is simply a set of directories which contains the GRASS
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data of a project. Within each LOCATION, a mandatory "PERMANENT"
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-MAPSET exists which contains projection information and some
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-more definitions. It can be used to store the base cartography
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-in it as "PERMANENT" is visible to all users accessing a LOCATION.
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+MAPSET exists which contains projection information and some more
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+definitions. It can be used to store the base cartography in it as
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+"PERMANENT" is visible to all users accessing a LOCATION.
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<h3>Creating and maintaining MAPSETs</h3>
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One motivation to maintain different MAPSETs is to store maps
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<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/index.php">http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/index.php</a>.
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<h2>See also</h2>
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-<a href="index.html">GRASS 7 Reference Manual</a>
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-<a href="grass7.html">Manual page of GRASS 7 launch program</a>
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-<p>© 2005-2010 <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS Development Team</a>
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Martin Landa