#3586: Add XY location to grass command interface
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Reporter: wenzeslaus | Owner: grass-dev@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: 7.6.0
Component: Startup | Version: svn-trunk
Keywords: init, grass.py, location, tmp- | CPU: Unspecified
location, CRS, XY, CLI, gsoc2018 |
Platform: Unspecified |
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Add `-c XY` to create a generic Cartesian coordinate system to `grass`
command (compare options in the current CLI to wxGUI Location Wizard).
The current `--help` lists `-c` (with nothing) as a valid syntax which is
useful for creating new mapset (as opposed to new location) and it was
already there for `grass6`.
`--tmp-location` with `-c` (with nothing) now actually creates XY
location, but that's more a side effect than an intention. Being explicit
and require `XY` seems much safer.
Usage would look like:
{{{
Usage:
grass75 [-h | -help | --help | --h] [-v | --version]
[-c | -c geofile | -c EPSG:code[:datum_trans] | -c XY]
[-e] [-f] [-text | -gtext | -gui] [--config param]
[[[GISDBASE/]LOCATION_NAME/]MAPSET]
grass75 [FLAG]... GISDBASE/LOCATION_NAME/MAPSET --exec EXECUTABLE
[EPARAM]...
grass75 -c [geofile | EPSG | XY] --tmp-location --exec EXECUTABLE
[EPARAM]...
}}}
This is not limited to `-c` only but potentially influences also `--tmp-
location` which may or may not require `-c` (see #3585).
Because of how `--tmp-location` now works, this would change the
interface, hence blocker for 7.6 (it should be resolved before release to
keep the interface clean).
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3586>
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