## NAME

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

## KEYWORDS

general, data, download, import

## SYNOPSIS

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

### Flags:

--help
  Print usage summary
--verbose
  Verbose module output
--quiet
  Quiet module output
--ui
  Force launching GUI dialog

### Parameters:

url=string [required]
  URL of the archive with a location to be downloaded
  URL of ZIP, TAR.GZ, or other similar archive
name=name
  Location name
  Location name (not location path)
path=path
  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`) 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 location, the module will recognize that and use the location automatically. First directory which is a location is used. Other locations 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)

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