GRASS GIS Report 2009

GRASS GIS Report 2009

 * Contact name: Markus Neteler, PSC Chair

Key Accomplishments
* the top 5-10 key items that the project or PSC accomplished this period


 * Several GRASS 6.4.0 release candidates published which includes the new graphical user interface, native MS-Windows support new functionality and many fixes and improvements
 * New winGRASS 6.4.0RCsvn stand-alone package
 * Google Summer of Code 2009 participation with two projects
 * Start of GRASS 7 development with many new features

Participation in conferences

 * 20-23 Oct 2009: FOSS4G 2009 in Sydney - Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial in Sydney, Australia
 * 17-18 Sep 2009: Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2009 - Free and Open Source Software in Geoinformatics, Prague, Czech Republic
 * 8-10 Jul 2009: OGRS 2009 - International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium
 * 17-19 Mar 2009: FOSSGIS 2009, Hannover, Germany
 * 25-27 Feb 2009: Xth Meeting of the Italian GRASS and GFOSS users, Cagliari, Italy
 * February 2009: North Carolina GIS
 * August 2009: 17th Int. conference on Geoinformatics, Fairfax, VA
 * September 2009: Geomorphometry, Zurich
 * October 2009: Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual meeting, Portland, OR
 * December 2009: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual meeting, San Francisco

Areas for Improvement

 * any weaknesses in process, software, management, etc. that you plan to address or recognise need some help


 * develop migration guides for public administration
 * develop a sponsorship program

Opportunities to Help

 * list areas that could use some help from members and readers of the report

Outlook for 2010

 * this is the motivational part that is meant to inspire readers to keep their eyes open for great stuff in 2009 :)