.. _GRASSdatabase-label:

GRASS database management
=========================

PyGRASS imlements the classes described bellow:

* :class:`~pygrass.gis.Gisdbase`
* :class:`~pygrass.gis.Location`
* :class:`~pygrass.gis.Mapset`
* :class:`~pygrass.gis.VisibleMapset`
  
These classes are used to manage the infrastructure of GRASS database:
GIS data directory, Location and Mapset. Details about the GRASS GIS
database management (locations and mapsets) can be found in the `GRASS
GIS 7 User's Manual: GRASS GIS Quickstart
<http://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/manuals/helptext.html>`_.

.. _Region-label:

Region management
=================

The :class:`~pygrass.gis.region.Region` class it is useful to obtain
information about the computational region and to change it. Details
about the GRASS GIS computational region management can be found in
the `GRASS GIS Wiki: Computational region
<http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Computational_region>`_.

The classes are part of the :mod:`~pygrass.gis` module.