Changes between Version 66 and Version 67 of GSoC/2020/StartupWindow

Timestamp:

08/22/20 23:36:35 (4 years ago)

Author:

lindakladivova

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GSoC/2020/StartupWindow

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 **Abstract:**\\
-This project focuses on the creation of a more user-friendly GRASS GIS startup. The general idea was to make the initial user’s contact easier and with a less steep learning curve. While programming new GRASS startup GUI several tasks were solved – changes in Location wizard structure, Data Catalog as well as general GUI. The motion was that the Data Catalog will be expanded so that in addition to raster and vector data, it can even manage Locations and Mapsets. Eventually, the Data Catalog took over the role of the startup screen and completely replaced it. After these changes when starting GRASS GIS we are directly redirected to Data Catalog which became the focal point of the whole system.
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+This project focuses on the creation of a more user-friendly GRASS GIS startup. The general idea was to make the initial user’s contact easier and with a less steep learning curve. While programming new GRASS startup GUI several tasks were solved – changes in Location wizard structure, Data Catalog as well as general GUI. The initial motion was that the Data Catalog would be only expanded so that in addition to raster and vector data, it can even manage Locations and Mapsets. Eventually, the Data Catalog took over the role of the Startup screen and completely replaced it. After these changes when starting GRASS GIS we are directly redirected to Data Catalog which became the focal point of the whole system.
 
 **The state of the art BEFORE the start of GSoC:**\\
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+Every new GRASS GIS user was always redirected to the Startup screen, where he had to perform several steps (set up a grass database, location, and mapset). It was quite confusing without knowing what each of these elements actually means. So It can happen that a new potential (satisfied) user could give up working with this software right at the beginning (I speak from my own experience). And that's a shame because GRASS GIS offers a lot of great features! Before GSoC the main role was played by the Startup screen and after somewhat confusing setup the GRASS was launched on the Layers tab. At this point, the Data Catalog only allowed to work with layers and did not allow to manage mapsets and locations. It also does not allow adding more than one database.
 
 **The state of the art AFTER GSoC:**\\
+First, let's focus on the first important utility, and that is the Location Wizard. This guide for creating a new location has changed quite a lot. The first page has been streamlined and somewhat misleading names of the individual attributes have also been changed. Similarly, the next page, originally named "Choose method for creating a new location", is now much more clearly defined with the new name "Select Coordinate Reference System (CRS)". CRS can be newly specified using WKT string. However, the biggest change has affected the page with the original name "Choose EPSG Code", now "Select CRS from list". This window newly supports dynamic search as well as a hyperlink to EPSG pages, which changes dynamically according to the filter set by user.