We investigate parameters
for the symmetric space H = G∕K, G =GL(n,R), K =O(n), in the sense of positive
definite quadratic forms. This leads to a description for the fundamental domain H∕Γ
where Γ is an arithmetic subgroup of G. We also see interesting relations with the
Siegel sets. This enables us to explicitly describe Satake compactifcations of
H∕Γ. We will also consider the behavior at the “bottom” of the fundamental
domains.