g.download.project(1grass)
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NAME
g.download.project - Download GRASS project from the
web
Get GRASS project from an URL or file path
KEYWORDS
general, data, download, import
SYNOPSIS
g.download.project
g.download.project --help
g.download.project 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 project to be downloaded
URL of ZIP, TAR.GZ, or other similar archive - name=name
-
Project (location) name
Project name (not path to project) - path=path
-
GRASS database directory
Default: path to the current GRASS database
DESCRIPTION
g.download.project 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 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.
EXAMPLES
Download the full GRASS sample project within a running session
Download and unpack the full North Carolina sample project into
the user’s HOME directory:
g.download.project url=https://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/north_carolina/nc_spm_full_v2beta1.tar.gz path=$HOME
Download the full GRASS sample project in a temporary session
In a temporary session, download and unpack the full North
Carolina sample project into the user’s HOME directory:
grass --tmp-project XY --exec g.download.project url=https://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/north_carolina/nc_spm_full_v2beta1.tar.gz path=$HOME
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.project source code (history)
Accessed: Thursday Jun 18 12:50:28 2026
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