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GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released

GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released
19 February 2012
https://grass.osgeo.org

We are pleased to announce the release of a new stable version of GRASS GIS. This release fixes bugs discovered in version 6.4.1 of the program and adds a number of new features. This release includes over 760 updates to the source code since 6.4.1. As a stable release series, the 6.4 line will enjoy long-term support and incremental enhancements while preserving backwards-compatibility with the entire GRASS 6 line.

The new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) has been updated with many new features and tools. Python is now a fully supported scripting language, including an updated Python toolkit to simplify the authoring of personal scripts, support for NumPy based array calculations, and a Python application interface for the GRASS C libraries. Additionally, MS-Windows support continues to mature.  GRASS 6.4.2 debuts ten new modules, a new GUI cartographic composer tool, a new GUI object-oriented modeling environment, and improved infrastructure for installing community supplied add-on modules.

Read the full story at
https://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html

About GRASS GIS

The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) and geospatial analysis toolkit. For nearly three decades, GRASS has provided powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for spatial modeling of raster and vector data, visualization, the management and analysis of geospatial information, and the processing of satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce sophisticated presentation graphics and publication-quality hardcopy maps. GRASS has now been translated into twenty languages and supports an extensive array of data formats. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the academic and professional worlds in that it is developed and distributed by users for users, mostly on a volunteer basis. Its code and spatial processing algorithms are open and transparent, and the software is distributed free of charge. The source code is also freely available, allowing for immediate customization, examination of the underlying algorithms, the addition of new features, and faster identification and patching of bugs.

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50.000th commit to GRASS GIS SVN!

The 50.000th svn commit comes from Martin Landa!

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:07 PM, <svn_grass@osgeo.org> wrote:
> Author: martinl
> Date: 2011-12-31 05:07:24 -0800 (Sat, 31 Dec 2011)
> New Revision: 50000
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> Modified:
>   grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/dbmgr/manager.py

… congratulations and
Happy New Year!

Markus

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New data set: Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010

USGS has published a new nice data set called the “Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010” (GMTED2010). It is offered at three different resolutions (approximately 1,000, 500, and 250 meters).

Example (MEA = mean dataset) Trento – Garda Lake – Verona area (Northern Italy):

The 250m product looks quite smooth -a nice new DEM product…

Data download: https://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data/Products_and_Data_Available/GMTED2010

GRASS GIS processing steps: see here

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Video: GRASS GIS development visualization from 1999 to 2011

Watch how the community based GRASS GIS software development works! You can see how the individual contributors modify and expand the source code.

GRASS GIS 6.4 development visualization from 1999 to 2011 with Gource

The corresponding timeline is available at https://grass.osgeo.org/devel/grasshist.html

Download the high resolution version from https://grass.fsv.cvut.cz/video/

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Cool Science 2.0 Web tools

Working in research or likewise? The ongoing Web evolution is bringing us new tools to reduce annoying work to minimum. Enjoy our link collection for saving quite some time when having to exchange documents, information or draft new documents quickly together from scratch…

Topics covered:

  • Tired of sending proposal or article drafts per email?
  • Writing proposals or tutorials online together (1): set up a Wiki
  • Doh – cannot I combine both and have a Wiki in my Dropbox public folder?
  • Writing proposals or tutorials online together (2): Realtime editing
  • Unable to remember these strange Etherpad/Titanpad links?
  • How to send large attachments without killing your partner’s inbox?
  • Need for phone conference but no headset available or desired?
  • Need to schedule meetings in different timezones?
  • Some bibliography to manage?
  • Got the document only as PDF but need Word/OpenOffice editable text version?
  • Cool Firefox browser addons for the scientific production and travelling researchers
  • Using PostgreSQL database and want to connect OpenOffice Base to it?
  • Need coordinates of addresses?

Enjoy at https://gis.cri.fmach.it/cool-science-2-0-tools/

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Ecological indicators extracted from satellite data: High performance computing with GRASS GIS

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

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Incontro per la promozione del Software Libero nelle Pubbliche Amministrazioni

27 Febbraio 2008

Trento Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Via S. Croce, 77

La Fondazione Bruno Kessler è lieta di annunciare l’incontro: ”SI PUÃ’ FARE – Software Libero nelle Pubbliche Amministrazioni” , organizzato nell’ambito del progetto E-society della Provincia Autonoma di Trento, in collaborazione con il consorzio dei Comuni Trentini.

Siete invitati a portare il contributo della vostra presenza alla giornata, che metterà a confronto esperti internazionali con i temi dell’operare quotidiano della Pubblica Amministrazione, delle imprese e del mondo della formazione.

Saranno affrontate questioni relative ai formati dei dati, alle licenze d’uso, ai concetti di standard, interoperabilità e accessibilità, anche in relazione alla formulazione di bandi pubblici di fornitura. Ampio spazio sara` dedicato all’illustrazione e alla discussione di iniziative e progetti a carattere locale.

Programma
9:00 Apertura dei lavori

  • Introduzione del Presidente della Fondazione Bruno Kessler, ANDREA ZANOTTI
  • Saluto del Presidente del Consorzio dei Comuni Trentini, RENZO ANDERLE

9:15 Interventi

  • Progetto E-Society: Linee guida in materia di interoperabilità dei sistemi informatici e di Software Open Source, GIANLUCA SALVATORI, Assessore Ricerca e Innovazione Provincia autonoma di Trento.
  • Questionario Interoperabilità, ARIANNA DEMOZZI, Ufficio Statistica, Provincia Autonoma di Trento.
  • La questione dei formati aperti e gli standard, HUGO LEITER, Consorzio dei Comuni della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano.

10:45 Pausa caffè — dimostrazioni
11:15 Interventi

  • Caso di studio: L’Ospedale Classificato di San Pancrazio, MICHELE LANZA
  • Caso di Studio: Comune di Trento, ROBERTO RESOLI e GIACOMO FIORONI
  • Licenze d’uso e acquisizione di Software Libero, MARCO CIURCINA, Studio Legale.it
  • Caso di Studio: Comune di Predazzo, ALBERTO FELICETTI

13:00 Pausa Pranzo
14:30 Interventi

  • Caso di studio: Comune di Riva del Garda, GIACOMO CENINI
  • Software Libero e Pubblica Amministrazione, CRISTHOPHER GABRIEL, Truelite, Srl.
  • Strumenti Open Source per l’interoperabilità fra pubbliche amministrazioni: un’esperienza nell’ambito socio sanitario, MARCO PISTORE , Fondazione Bruno Kessler.

16:00 Pausa caffè — dimostrazioni
16:30 Interventi

  • Caso di studio: Comune di Storo, STEFANO BERTUZZI e GIOVANNI BERTI
  • Caso di studio: Software Libero e didattica, VINCENZO D’ANDREA, Università di Trento.
  • La comunità trentina del Software Libero: Linux Trent, DIAOLIN (Giuliano Natali).
  • CENTROS — il Centro di Competenza per il Software Open Source
  • BRUNO CAPRILE, Fondazione Bruno Kessler

17:30 Chiusura dei lavori

Alla giornata parteciperanno, con loro dimostrativi, le seguenti imprese:
AXIA Studio — https://www.axiastudio.it
MPA Solutions — https://www.mpasol.it/
OpenContent — https://www.opencontent.it/
OPEN IT — https://www.openit.it/
Posit SC– https://www.posit.it
Wildix — https://www.wildix.com/
Organizzazione : Cristina Moretto, moretto@fbk.eu –Tel. +39 0461 314520 Fax +39 0461 314591
Ulteriori informazioni sull’incontro https://centros.fbk.eu

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