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Nice new winGRASS 7 with R-integration

In winGRASS 7 (download standalone installer) the Windows batchfiles for use with R (https://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/) are now integrated for a smooth GRASS-R-coupling in MS-Windows. For the usage see here:
https://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/R_statistics#Usage_III

Note that this integration is available for Linux users for a long time, however, finally also the winGRASS user can enjoy this integration!

Thanks to Helmut Kudrnovsky from the GRASS GIS team and to the Windows batchfiles for use with R team.

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Big bug bashing for GRASS 6!

In order to prepare the upcoming GRASS GIS 6.4.3 release, a major bugtracker cleanup has been done for GRASS 6 over the past few days. More than open 370 trac tickets (back to GRASS 6.4.0) were revisited, updated or closed: the GRASS GIS bugsquashing team submitted over 140 code changes, and subsequently 88 tickets could be closed in these few days. The few remaining critical tickets are being worked on, leading to a new stable GRASS GIS 6.4.3 release to be expected soon.

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GRASS GIS Community Sprint 2012 – 23-28 May 2012, Prague, Czech Republic

The next “GRASS GIS Community Sprint” will take place from May 23 to May 28, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic directly following the Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2012 conference.

This GRASS Community Sprint is a great occasion for you to support the development by actively contributing to the source code, manuals or likewise. It is a get together for GRASS project members and supporters to make decisions and tackle larger problems. For this meeting, we welcome people committed to improving the GRASS GIS project. This includes developers, documenters, bug reporters, translators and others.

Timing and Duration:

May 23, 2012 (day of arrival) – May 28, 2012 (day of departure)

Venue:

Department of Mapping and Cartography Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague

For more detailed information, please visit
https://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2012

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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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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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GRASS 6.4.2RC1 released

A first release candidate of GRASS 6.4.2 is now available.

Source code:
 https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/
 https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.2RC1.tar.gz

winGRASS binaries:
  https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/

To get the RC1 source code from SVN:
 svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20111010_grass_6_4_2RC1/

An announcement has been drafted at
 https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2RC1-News

Key improvements of the GRASS 6.4.2 release include enhanced portability for MS-Windows (native support), major fixes for the new wxPython based portable graphical interface, and new functionality (new network tools, zonal support for univariate statistics, image processing improvements, GRASS Python Library extensions, an embedded interactive Python Shell, an experimental Graphical Modeler, and new Cartographic Composer front-end to ps.map).

Release candidate management at
 https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning

Please join us in testing this release candidate for the final release.

Thanks to all contributors!

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GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released

GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released
12 April 2011
https://grass.osgeo.org

We are pleased to announce that the new stable version GRASS 6.4.1 has been released. This release fixes some bugs discovered in the GRASS 6.4.0 source code and a few new features (over 560 updates to the source code with respect to 6.4.0 have been added). As a stable release 6.4 will enjoy long-term support.

GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements to the GIS. Our new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) is debuted, Python is now a fully supported scripting language, and for the first time since its inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS runs natively also on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows.

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, in the open, and is given away for free. The source code is also freely available, allowing for immediate customization, examination of the underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and faster patching of bugs.

Full story at https://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass641.html

About GRASS GIS

The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) providing powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS has now been translated into twenty languages and supports a huge array of data formats.

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GRASSCommunity Sprint: 20-25 May 2011, Prague, Czech Republic

A “GRASS Community Sprint” will take place in May in Prague, Czech Republic directly following the upcoming Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2011 conference. This GRASS Community Sprint is a great occasion for you to support the development by actively contributing to the source code, the manuals or likewise. It is a get together for GRASS project members and supporters to make decisions and tackle larger problems. For this meeting, we welcome people committed to improving the GRASS GIS project. This includes developers, documenters, bug reporters, translators and others.

Timing and Duration:

Friday, May 20, 2011 (day of arrival) – Wednesday, May 25, 2011

  • Friday is day of arrival – first meeting in the evening (after the conference) to define the agenda
  • Saturday to Tuesday full day
  • Wednesday is the last day

Of course you may join or leave the community sprint whenever you want.

Venue:

Department of Mapping and Cartography
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Czech Technical University in Prague

For more detailed information, please visit
https://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2011

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First release candidate of GRASS 6.4.1 now available

A first release candidate of GRASS 6.4.1 is now available.

Source code:
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.1RC1.tar.gz

Windows Binaries:
https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.4.1RC1-1-Setup.exe

More binaries will become available shortly.

To get the RC1 source code from SVN:
svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20110103_grass_6_4_1RC1

An announcement has been drafted at
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1RC1-News

All RC news will be merged into the final announcement later.

Since the 6.4.0 release in September 2010 almost 390 source code
modifications have been made to the 6.4.x release branch. Key
improvements of the GRASS 6.4.1 release include enhanced
portability for MS-Windows (native support), fixes for the new
wxPython based portable graphical interface, and new functionality.

Release candidate management at
https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning

Please join us in testing this release candidate for the final release.

Thanks to all contributors!

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OSGeo Japan Chapter receives "Japanese OSS Encouragement Award"

IPA (IT promotion agency Japan), a government agency, has announced that the OSGeo Japan Chapter will be awarded “Japanese Open Source Software Encouragement Award” on 28th October 2010.

IPA (IT promotion agency Japan) has earlier funded the internationalization of GRASS GIS and Mapserver and it is just that they have been fast it recognizing the good work done by OSGeo and the Japan Local Chapter.

The Japan chapter was established in late 2006 and the local community has been growing steadily and dedicating effort to promoting FOSS4G.

Press release by IPA (in Japanese)
https://www.ipa.go.jp/about/press/20101015_2.html

About the award
IPA grants “Japanese OSS Contributor Award” to a developer who has established and has been managing the development project which has the nfluence, to a superior developer who takes an active role in the global projects and to a contributor to spread the Open Source Software. Also IPA grants “Japanese Open Source Software Encouragement Award” to the individual or the group which has a remarkable activity to develop and/or spread OSS.

About IPA
https://www.ipa.go.jp/english/about/index.html

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