-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Markus Neteler <[email protected]> > To: GRASS-announce list <[email protected]> > Cc: GRASS user list <[email protected]>, DebianGIS > <[email protected]>, > [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: [GRASS-user] GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:38:08 +0200 > > Press Release > The GRASS Development Team announces > GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released > > We are pleased to announce the release of GRASS GIS 6.4.0, the first > in the new line of 6.4 stable releases. As a stable release 6.4 will > enjoy long-term support. The next release (6.4.1) will introduce a few > new features which are still undergoing final testing, but after that > all further 6.4 releases will be bugfix-only. Due to our highly > conservative stabilization policy this is the first official version > of GRASS to introduce new features since October 2006 and supersedes > the previous stable line of GRASS 6.2. As such the floodgates are open > and there are many new features to explore and many new structural > improvements to be found in the software. > > 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 will now run > natively on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows! In addition to > bringing the software to a host of new users, the ability to run GRASS > on any common computer platform furthers our goal of open access to > the software. We hope you will enjoy the ability to use this program > on the systems that are most convenient to you and your work. > > Due to the freshness of WinGrass there may still be a few rough edges > yet to discover, but after more than a year of dedicated testing and > quality-assurance review we are very pleased with the results. Users > can be confident to use this version for their day to day work, indeed > due to the open development model many already do. Existing UNIX and > Mac users will be happy to know that these new features do not disrupt > the base GIS which remains as solid as ever and fully backwards > compatible with earlier GRASS 6.0 and 6.2 releases. The venerable > Tcl/Tk GUIs are also still available if you prefer to use them. > > The GRASS software including over 400 built-in analysis modules and > 100 community supplied add-on modules and toolboxes can be downloaded > for free from the main GRASS website at http://grass.osgeo.org, or > from many local mirrors worldwide. In addition to the extensive > documentation which comes with the software, our Wiki help system > contains a wealth of user supplied tips and tricks, tutorials, and > guides. > > Since 6.4 entered the testing phase work has begun on GRASS 7 and is > progressing rapidly, including many new wxGUI improvements and tools > which we hope to bring over for the upcoming 6.4.1 release. > > > About GRASS GIS > The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to > as GRASS, is a 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. > > GRASS is a founding member of The Open Source Geospatial Foundation > (OSGeo), a non-profit legal entity which has enjoyed extraordinary > growth. We expect that this formal infrastructure will guarantee that > the GRASS community will be well supported and vibrant far into the > future. > > GRASS is currently used around the world in academic and commercial > settings as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental > consulting companies. It runs on a variety of popular hardware > platforms and is Free open-source software released under the terms of > the GNU General Public License. > > Users are encouraged to study, customize, extend, improve, and (if > necessary) diagnose and repair the inner workings of any part of the > program. We believe that scientific progress depends on the > reproducibility of results, which in turn depends on the unhindered > ability of the user to know, evaluate, double-check, and learn from > all algorithms and methodologies used in the process of their work. > > > Screenshots > * Screenshots of GRASS in action > Platforms supported by GRASS > GNU/Linux, Mac OS X/Darwin, Microsoft Windows (native using MinGW or > with full UNIX support via Cygwin), Sun Solaris (SPARC/Intel), Silicon > Graphics Irix, HP-UX, DEC-Alpha, AIX, the BSD family, iPAQ/Linux and > other UNIX compliant platforms. GRASS runs on both 32 and 64 bit > systems with large data file (>2GB) support for most key modules. > > > Software download/CDROM > * http://grass.osgeo.org > * http://grass.ibiblio.org > * numerous mirror sites > * GRASS on CDROM/DVD > > The new source code is available now and binary packages for major > operating systems will be published shortly. > > For details on GRASS software capabilities please refer to: > http://grass.osgeo.org/intro/general.php, and the Wiki collaborative > help system. > > > What's new in GRASS 6.4.0 > (selected improvements from the nearly 9,000 updates to the source > code) > * Source code quality/libraries: > * Many internal adjustments needed for native MS-Windows > support, for example safely handling spaces in file > names. > * Programmer's Manual: continued Doxygen integration and > automated generation into PDF and HTML formats. > Publicly available for download and perusal. > * Improved policies for code submission specified in the > SUBMITTING files for documentation, Python, Tcl/Tk, > and shell scripts > * New Python scripting language library containing many > helper functions > * All modules: --quiet and --verbose message modes > * All modules: --script flag generates boilerplate for > shell scripts with parser and GUI support > * Batch mode for launching GRASS for non-interactive > processing tasks > * DBMI: SQL parser extended (support for DROP COLUMN, > ASC/DESC keyword in ORDER BY clause, etc.) > * Partial differential equations library with OpenMP > multi-processor support > * Major clean-up of the display architecture (libraries > and drivers): the drivers no longer maintain a > palette; all colors are now specified directly as > R/G/B values > * The "default" datum transformation parameters are now > first in the list instead of last > * Ability to create new locations using EPSG codes with > the g.proj module > * Message translation (i18N): many new translated > messages, new languages including Vietnamese and > Arabic > * Documentation/man pages: various fixes and > improvements (more examples added, including graphics, > improved style, new introductory pages) > * Documentation: various terminology issues fixed and > terms unified > * Symbols: A number of new icons, support for symbol > rotation > * Graphical User Interface (GUI): > * g.gui: New frontend command to launch GUI sessions > * wxPython GUI: > * Complete GUI rewrite in Python/wxWidgets > * gis.m Tcl/Tk GUI: > * GIS manager extended with mouse placement of > text and scale bars and menu updates > * Updated Tcl/Tk profile and georectification > GUI tools > * New interactive command console with output > window > * New interfaces for interactive raster > reclassification, raster recoding, custom > raster color rules, and vector > reclassification > * New animation tool to display raster map > series as an animation > * Improved startup screen and interface, including > searchable EPSG codes list and better custom datum > support > * NVIZ: Major revamp of interface; output directly to > MPEG or other FFmpeg supported formats > * QGIS integration: GRASS toolbox extended, available > from Quantum GIS > * Drivers: > * DBF driver: extended column type support > * HTMLMAP display driver: NEW - Prepares clickable HTML > image map templates (port from GRASS 5) > * PostScript display driver: NEW - Renders display > directly into a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript > file > * Cairo display driver: NEW - Renders display directly > into a number of image formats using the Cairo > rendering engine > * New and major updates for modules and scripts since GRASS > 6.2.3: > * db.dropcol: NEW - Drops a column from selected > attribute table > * db.droptable: NEW - Drops an attribute table > * db.in.ogr: NEW - Imports attribute tables in various > formats > * db.login: Support for interactive password entry > (invisible passwords) > * db.out.ogr: NEW - Exports attribute tables into > various formats > * d.barscale: North arrow for lat/lon locations > * d.out.file: Expanded to use the Cairo and PostScript > display drivers to allow export to ps, eps, svg, and > pdf formats > * d.path: Support for use from GUI and non-interactive > mode > * d.rast.edit: Rewritten in Tcl/Tk > * d.shadedmap: NEW - Drapes a semi-transparent raster > over a shaded relief map > * d.text, d.font: Updated to accept TrueType fonts and > maintain a database of system fonts > * g.dirseps: NEW - Internal utility for converting > directory characters (MS-Windows) > * g.extension: NEW - Utility for downloading and > installing Add-on modules > * g.findetc: NEW - Internal utility for locating support > files > * g.gui: NEW - Launches a GRASS graphical user interface > (GUI) session > * g.message: NEW - Internal utility for printing quiet > and verbose messages in scripts > * g.mkfontcap: NEW - Internal utility for generating a > list of available system fonts > * g.mremove: Support for use from GUI > * i.atcorr: NEW - Performs atmospheric correction using > the 6S algorithm > * i.landsat.rgb: Vast speed improvement > * ps.map: Various improvements including new map border > control, rotated and scaled symbols, and allowing > geogrid from lat/lon locations > * r3.gwflow: NEW - Models transient, confined > groundwater flow in three dimensions > * r3.stats: NEW - Generates volume statistics for > raster3d maps > * r3.univar: NEW - Calculates univariate statistics from > the cells of a 3D raster map > * r.bilinear: This module has been replaced by > r.resamp.interp > * r.category: NEW - Manages raster map category values > and labels (replaces r.cats) > * r.colors: Support for equalized histogram, reversed, > logarithmically scaled, rules-from-file, and more > * r.gwflow: NEW - Models transient, confined groundwater > flow in two dimensions > * r.in.wms: Various fixes and more robust when dealing > with flaky WMS servers > * r.in.xyz: Support for extended statistics > * r.le suite: Various fixes and modernization > * r.li suite: NEW - Advanced toolset for multiscale > analysis of landscape structure. > Including single and multi-processor enabled modules: > r.li.cwed, r.li.dominance, r.li.edgedensity, r.li.mpa, > r.li.mps, r.li.padcv, r.li.padrange, r.li.padsd, > r.li.patchdensity, r.li.patchnum, r.li.richness, > r.li.setup, r.li.shannon, r.li.shape, and > r.li.simpson > * r.mfilter.fp: NEW - Raster map custom matrix filter > (floating point version) > * r.out.gdal: New C implementation replaces shell script > version, region sensitive with color export ability > * r.out.xyz: NEW - Exports a raster map to a text file > as x,y,z values based on cell centers > * r.profile: Report data outside the current region as > invalid > * r.proj: Replaced with an improved version > * r.resamp.interp: NEW - Resamples raster map layers to > a finer grid using interpolation > * r.resamp.stats: NEW - Resamples raster map layers to a > coarser grid using aggregation > * r.support: Enhanced control of meta-data > * r.support.stats: NEW - Support module which updates > raster map statistics > * r.univar: Support for extended statistics > * r.watershed: Vast speed improvement > * r.what.color: NEW - Queries colors for a raster map > layer > * v.db.dropcol: NEW - Drops a column from the attribute > table connected to a given vector map > * v.db.join: NEW - Allows to join a table to a vector > map table > * v.db.renamecol: NEW - Renames a column in the > attribute table connected to a given vector map > * v.db.univar: NEW - Calculates univariate statistics on > selected table column for a vector map > * v.digit (Tcl/Tk): Rewritten for use without X11 > * v.digit (wxPython): NEW - All new vector map digitizer > rewritten in wxPython > * v.edit: NEW - Edits a vector map, allows adding, > deleting and modifying selected vector features > * v.generalize: NEW - Generalization of vector features > using a number of smoothing techniques > * v.in.db: More efficient implementation of the where= > option > * v.in.wfs: NEW - Import GetFeatures from WFS format > * v.net.visibility: NEW - Visibility graph construction > * v.out.svg: NEW - Exports a vector map to SVG format > * v.proj: Better handling of z coordinates in 3-D > vectors > * v.support: NEW - Updates vector map metadata > * v.surf.idw, v.surf.bspline, and v.surf.rst: Work with > massive datasets imported without topology (e.g. > LIDAR) > * v.to.3d: NEW - Performs transformation of 2D vector > features to 3D > > A more detailed description of changes can be found in the previous > announcements of the GRASS 6.3 development preview release and the > GRASS 6.4.0 release candidate series. > > For a comprehensive list of changes see the 6.4 ChangeLog file. > > For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.4.0 see the > online manuals and the GRASS 6.4 module list. > > > We are always looking for testers, code developers, and technical > writers to help us maintain and accelerate the development cycle. The > GRASS GIS project is developed under the terms of the GNU General > Public License (the GPL) in the open 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. > > Release history: > > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC1 released 23 Dec 2008 > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC2 released 12 Jan 2009 > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC3 released 26 Jan 2009 > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC4 released 12 Apr 2009 > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC5 released 9 Jun 2009 > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC6 released 20 Mar 2010 > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC7 released 27 Aug 2010 > * GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released 3 September 2010 (see also technical > announcement) > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Short version > ______________________________________________________________________ > GRASS Development Team > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
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