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g.download.location(1grass) GRASS GIS User's Manual g.download.location(1grass)

NAME

g.download.location - Download GRASS Location from the web
Get GRASS Location from an URL or file path

KEYWORDS

general, data, download, import

SYNOPSIS

g.download.location
g.download.location --help
g.download.location url=string [name=name] [path=path] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:


Print usage summary

Verbose module output

Quiet module output

Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:


URL of the archive with a location to be downloaded
URL of ZIP, TAR.GZ, or other similar archive

Project (location) name
Project name (not path to project)

GRASS GIS database directory
Default: path to the current GRASS GIS database

DESCRIPTION

g.download.location downloads an archived (e.g., .zip or .tar.gz) project (previously called location) from a given URL and unpacks it to a specified or current GRASS GIS Spatial Database. URL can be also a local file on the disk. If the archive contains a directory which contains a project, the module will recognize that and use the project automatically. The first directory which is a project is used. Other projects or any other files are ignored.

SEE ALSO

g.mapset, g.mapsets, r.proj, v.proj, g.proj.all

AUTHOR

Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab

SOURCE CODE

Available at: g.download.location source code (history)

Accessed: Thursday Aug 01 05:17:16 2024

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