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setups a format and directory where the actual data will be stored,
however in GRASS Database the data will be created as standard maps.

<h3>Starting GRASS GIS using GUI</h3>
<h3>Starting GRASS GIS</h3>

After launching GRASS GIS, the startup window will open (Fig. 2).
After launching GRASS GIS for the first time,
the GUI opens in a default Location <code>world_latlong_wgs84</code>.
From there a new Location and Mapset can be created.

<p>
<center>
<img src="grass_start.png" alt="startup window with numbered fields"><br>
<i>Fig. 2: GRASS GIS startup window</i>
<img src="grass_start.png" alt="GRASS GIS GUI after first start"><br>
</center>

The startup windows provides these functions:

<ol>
<li>Selecting the GRASS GIS Database directory.
<li>Selecting the Location (e.g. a project or area).
See the <em>Location Wizard</em> (4) for creating new Locations.
<li>Selecting the Mapset (a subproject or task).
Creating a new Mapset requires only name.
<li>The <em>Location Wizard</em> for creating new Locations
based for example, on existing georeferenced file or EPSG code.
<li>Download a sample Location from the Internet.
<li>Start GRASS GIS once you have selected an existing Location and Mapset
or defined a new one. The graphical user interface
<a href="wxGUI.html">wxGUI</a> will open and provide you with a
menu system, map visualization tool, digitizer, and more.
</ol>

<h3>Starting GRASS GIS using command line</h3>

GRASS GIS can be started with given Database, Location and Mapset
GRASS GIS can be also started with a given Database, Location and Mapset
from the command line. For example, the following will start
in a given Mapset with only command line interface:

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<h3>Creating a New Location with the Location Wizard</h3>

The <a href="wxGUI.html">wxGUI</a> graphical user interface provides a
The <a href="wxGUI.html">GUI</a> provides a
graphical <em>Location Wizard</em> which lets you easily create a
new Location for your own data. You will be guided through a series of
dialogues to browse and select predefined projections or to
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<p>
After defining a new Location, wxGUI starts automatically.
<!-- TODO: how GUI start actually works -->
If data were already imported, you can add them into the Layer Manager now
and display them.
More data can be imported into the Location, e.g. using import options in
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