## NAME

g.download.location - Download GRASS project (location) from the web
Get GRASS project 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:

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

## DESCRIPTION

g.download.location has been renamed to g.download.project and exists for backwards compatibility reasons. It will be removed in the next major version.

## SEE ALSO

g.download.project

## AUTHOR

Vaclav Petras, NCSU GeoForAll Lab

## SOURCE CODE

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

Accessed: Wednesday Feb 04 01:05:01 2026

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