many first time users get a little bit “estranged” by the scientifically robust way of starting GRASS by setting up a DB/location/mapset.
While the “create location from georeferenced file” button in TCLTK gui (not yet in wxpython it seems) is an very nice step,
I would like your ideas about the feasibility of a CLI command similar to “grass63 rs_image.tif” or “grass63 shapfile.shp” possibly having a right-click option: “open with… => Grass63” like you can see in many OSes these days.
The idea would be to create a temporary location (if not already there and compatible) from this image/GIS_cover data, import it , load layer(s), and display it(them).
One more step could be creating a png out of it, with title, arrow, scale etc… as a thumbnail view of the dataset.
Don’t know, the extents and date/time (if any) could be added in a kind of default location holding footprints of already opened data with standard grass metadata (r.info) available on click over a given footprint… Of course with the thumbnail available somehow directly in the footprint as hyperlink, or as display option (visible/hidden), or just a hyperlink in the metadata, or if metadata can be reformatted (automatically) to html, then embed the thumbnail it…
Many people face a large amount of datasets these days, and knowing where/when/what is each is a challenge.
sorry, started as a simple idea, ended in a kind of cataloging project…
Hi,
Yann Chemin píše v Pá 14. 03. 2008 v 09:38 +0700:
Hello list,
many first time users get a little bit "estranged" by the
scientifically robust way of starting GRASS by setting up a
DB/location/mapset.
While the "create location from georeferenced file" button in TCLTK
gui (not yet in wxpython it seems) is an very nice step,
I would like your ideas about the feasibility of a CLI command similar
to "grass63 rs_image.tif" or "grass63 shapfile.shp" possibly having a
right-click option: "open with... => Grass63" like you can see in many
OSes these days.
The idea would be to create a temporary location (if not already there
and compatible) from this image/GIS_cover data, import it , load
layer(s), and display it(them).
Great idea! And, if the user would exit GRASS, dialog could appear, with
"Save current session [Yes/No]", which would create something like
"GRASS Project File (project_name.grs)", which could start GRASS by
double click (and point GRASS to the right location/mapset and start the
GUI etc.) In the same time, the new created mapset/location would be
moved from "/tmp" to some other chosen directory.
?
Jachym
One more step could be creating a png out of it, with title, arrow,
scale etc... as a thumbnail view of the dataset.
Don't know, the extents and date/time (if any) could be added in a
kind of default location holding footprints of already opened data
with standard grass metadata (r.info) available on click over a given
footprint... Of course with the thumbnail available somehow directly
in the footprint as hyperlink, or as display option (visible/hidden),
or just a hyperlink in the metadata, or if metadata can be reformatted
(automatically) to html, then embed the thumbnail it...
Many people face a large amount of datasets these days, and knowing
where/when/what is each is a challenge.
sorry, started as a simple idea, ended in a kind of cataloging
project...