GRASS GIS Report 2008 - Revision history

Wiki-Yjacolin: Undo revision 37678 by Yjacolin (Talk)

2009-04-10T20:20:08Z

Undo revision 37678 by Yjacolin (Talk)

Wiki-Yjacolin: remove grass logo for exporting the wiki page

2009-04-10T20:17:21Z

remove grass logo for exporting the wiki page

Neteler: +Visibility at conferences and workshops

2009-03-07T20:54:14Z

+Visibility at conferences and workshops

Wiki-DylanBeaudette: /* Key Accomplishments */

2009-03-05T21:22:08Z

Key Accomplishments

Neteler: polished

2009-03-04T22:23:20Z

polished

Wiki-HamishBowman: +logo

2009-03-02T07:09:46Z

+logo

Wiki-HamishBowman: /* Key Accomplishments */ tense

2009-02-26T06:17:39Z

Key Accomplishments: tense

Wiki-HamishBowman: /* Key Accomplishments */ grass book explaination

2009-02-26T06:16:46Z

Key Accomplishments: grass book explaination

Wiki-HamishBowman: /* Outlook for 2009 */ links

2009-02-25T11:32:57Z

Outlook for 2009: links

Wiki-HamishBowman: /* Key Accomplishments */ links

2009-02-25T11:29:09Z

Key Accomplishments: links

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	== GRASS GIS ==		== GRASS GIS ==

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 === Key Accomplishments ===
 * GRASS 6.3.0 released - a technology preview ([http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html announcement])
 * GRASS 6.4.0 prepared and release candidates published ([http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/WikiStart#Releases details])
 * Work on [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7Planning GRASS 7] started
-* Integration of GRASS into the [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass OSGeo4W installer] now active and productive
+Users and developers:
 * New developers acquired: '''5''' to main archive, '''12''' to AddOns repository.
 * More than 1000 subscribers in the grass-user mailing list
 : (470 in grass-dev, many more in the other [http://grass.osgeo.org/community/support.php GRASS mailing lists])
 * Three [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html Google Summer of Code] projects awarded and completed.
-* [http://www.grassbook.org/ 3rd edition of Neteler and Mitasova's GRASS Book] published by Springer.
+Books and book chapters:
-: <font size="-2">--HB: ''while not per se a direct accomplishment of the project or PSC, it is an important milestone for the community that such a book has been published about it (repeatedly) by a major scientific publishing house.''</font>
+* [http://www.grassbook.org/ 3rd edition of Neteler and Mitasova's GRASS Book] published by Springer, an important milestone for the community that such a book has been published (repeatedly) by a major scientific publishing house
 * Chapter about GRASS published in [http://www.springer.com/geography/gis+cartography/book/978-3-540-74830-4 Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling].
-* [http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics Translations]: more than 10 languages are well supported
+Visibility at conferences and workshops:
 === Areas for Improvement ===

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 * [http://www.grassbook.org/ 3rd edition of Neteler and Mitasova's GRASS Book] published by Springer.
 : <font size="-2">--HB: ''while not per se a direct accomplishment of the project or PSC, it is an important milestone for the community that such a book has been published about it (repeatedly) by a major scientific publishing house.''</font>
 * [http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics Translations]: more than 10 languages are well supported
 === Areas for Improvement ===

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 * Contact name: '''[[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]'''
 === Key Accomplishments ===
-Web site: http://grass.osgeo.org
+* GRASS 6.3.0 released - a technology preview ([http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html announcement])
+* GRASS 6.4.0 prepared and release candidates published ([http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/WikiStart#Releases details])
 * Work on [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7Planning GRASS 7] started
-* Integration in [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass OSGeo4W] efforts now active
+* Integration of GRASS into the [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass OSGeo4W installer] now active and productive
-* New developers acquired: '''x''' to main archive, '''y''' to AddOns repository.
+* New developers acquired: '''5''' to main archive, '''12''' to AddOns repository.
 * More than 1000 subscribers in the grass-user mailing list
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 : <font size="-2">--HB: ''while not per se a direct accomplishment of the project or PSC, it is an important milestone for the community that such a book has been published about it (repeatedly) by a major scientific publishing house.''</font>
-* [http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics Translations]: ''metrics? new LANGs added this year?''
+* [http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics Translations]: more than 10 languages are well supported
 === Areas for Improvement ===
-* SVN history "annotate" ability for Trac source code browser desired
+* An automated build environment, especially for the OSGeo4W installer is desired
-* ...
+* Development of a framework for efficient and [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Updating_GRASS_Documentation#Translations semi-automated translations of the 400+ module help pages]
 === Opportunities to Help ===
 * Find more [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Translation_Team translators] among the (power) users
-: - Develop a framework for efficient and [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Updating_GRASS_Documentation#Translations  semi-automated translations of the 400+ module help pages]
+* Publish more "GRASS use cases" in the [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/ GRASS Wiki] to inspire newcomers
 * We require more volunteers for [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass help with native MS Windows packaging] and testing
+* Crossover with QGIS: QGIS [http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/GrassCookbook grass-plugin] and [http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/Adding_New_Tools_to_the_GRASS_Toolbox toolbox] maintainer(s) required
 === Outlook for 2009 ===
 * Vector topology speedup
 * Overhaul of raster library
 * Cartography GUI extension programmed
 * [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_SoC_Ideas Further participation] in Google Summer of Code (we hope)
-* Stability on MS Windows leading to explosion of new users
+* Stability on MS Windows leading to incredible gain of new users
-* Move/removal of [http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/index.php web-svn] documentation to our [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki] site; move/removal of devel material from MediaWiki to our [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki TracWiki] site
+* Move/removal of [http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/index.php web-svn] documentation to our [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki] site; move/removal of development material from MediaWiki to our [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki TracWiki] site
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 * Three [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html Google Summer of Code] projects awarded and completed.
-* ''want this on the list Markus?:
+* [http://www.grassbook.org/ 3rd edition of Neteler and Mitasova's GRASS Book] published by Springer.
-: [http://www.grassbook.org/ 3rd edition of Neteler and Mitasova's GRASS Book published by Springer]''
+: <font size="-2">--HB: ''while not per se a direct accomplishment of the project or PSC, it is an important milestone for the community that such a book is published about it (repeatedly) by a major scientific publishing house.''</font>
-* Translations: [http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics]
+* [http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics Translations]: ''metrics? new LANGs added this year?''
 * ...