GRASS Location Wizard

Creating a new location in GRASS

The location wizard enables to create a new location in a few simple steps. It provides a number of ways to set the map projection: from a geodata file (SHAPE, GeoTIFF etc), using an EPSG code, settting parameters manually, etc.

Here an example:

First screen of the Location wizard which is found in the GRASS GIS Startup window:

GRASS Location Wizard: user choices

The location wizard also helps you select the appropriate geodetic datum and transform parameters for your map projection.:

GRASS Location Wizard: choosing the projection

GRASS Location Wizard: choosing the geodetic datum

GRASS Location Wizard: finishing the creation of the new location

You are then brought back to the initial window of GRASS and enter the session with the "Start GRASS" button.