GRASS GIS 6.2.0 released 31 Oct 2006

https://grass.itc.it

This new stable release adds hundreds of new features, support for the latest GIS data formats, and includes new translations for many languages.

The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for spatial modeling, visualization of both raster and vector data, geospatial data management and analysis, processing of satellite and aerial imagery, and production of sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS combines powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines into a single integrated software package.

The GRASS GIS project is developed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (the GPL) by volunteers the world over. GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the professional world in that it is developed and distributed by users for users, mostly on a volunteer basis, in the open, and is given away for free. Emphasis is placed on interoperability and unlimited access to data as well as on software flexibility and evolution rate. The source code is freely available allowing for immediate customization, examination of the underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and fast bug fixing.

GRASS is used around the world in academic and commercial settings as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies.

The software can be downloaded from https://grass.itc.it/download/ , https://grass.ibiblio.org/download/ and numerous mirror sites.

Thanks to all developers, testers and (new) users!

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GRASS GIS News RSS feed available

Finally also the GRASS GIS Web site comes with RSS feed https://grass.osgeo.org/index.xml. All in preparation of the 6.2.0 release to be expected in hopefully a couple of hours…

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GRASS GIS 6.2.0RC3 published

The hopefully final release candidate GRASS GIS 6.2.0RC3 has been published. The following fixes have been done:

  • r.le.setup fixes (Glynn, Hamish)
  • default color map range (bug #5212) (Glynn)
  • fix v.digit/toolbox.tcl for tcl8.3 (Hamish)
  • update to EPSG 6.11.1 (Markus)
  • close GRASS after creating new location from file (Markus)
  • Fine tune intro text when launching GRASS in text mode (Paul)
  • gis.m zooming in mapcanvas.tcl (Michael)
  • missing Polish EPSG codes (Frank, Maciej)
  • initial Arabic translation (A. Masoud)

See also the GRASS Wiki Roadmap. This release candidate should be very close (or even almost identical) to the final release of GRASS 6.2.0.

Thanks to all contributors – coders and testers!

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OSGeo.org Hires an Executive Director

Frank Warmerdam, president of OSGeo.org announces that OSGeo has succeeded in hiring Tyler Mitchell as a full time executive director from November 2006 onwards. The full press release gives some background. There have been lengthy discussions if an Executive Director is needed and desired for a community driven foundation, but in the end it was decided that a hired “Ed” is essential as driving force – to get stuff done. Tyler will give organizational support for the quickly growing OSGeo community and act as “to-go” person and contact point. The idea is to give support to the various committees and act as shortcut between the various subcommunities as constituted by the OSGeo software, education and public geodata projects. Of course he will also play a major role in promoting the ideas and concepts of OSGeo around the globe. A detailed job description was prepared and approved by the board based on further reflections.

Welcome, Tyler!

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QGIS with experimental WFS support

How nice: the development version of QGIS (in SVN) now comes with WFS support as Marco Hugentobler informs us. And it even works! Let’s see if the new plugin still gets included into the upcoming 0.8 binary release. Since QGIS 0.8 Preview 2 is already available, it will only reach the next release. But thanks to the GFOSS development model we can use it anyway…

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