Difference between revisions of "GRASS GIS Report 2012"

Revision as of 18:40, 12 January 2013

- DRAFT, please expand

Updated and modernized GRASS web site launched
GRASS 6.4.2 released, see details
GRASS 6.4.3RC2 released, see details
WinGRASS 6.4.3RC2 stand-alone package, MacOSX installer and Linux package released
Google Summer of Code 2012 participation with three projects:

Pietro Zambelli : Python high level map interaction for GRASS GIS

Eric Momsen: Image Segmentation in GRASS GIS

Stepan Turek: GRASS GIS WxGui front end for vector analysis modules

21-23 May 2012: GRASS GIS Community Sprint 2012, Prague, Czech Republic (press release)
Presentations at FOSS4G and geoscience conferences:
- 21-22 May 2012: FOSS4G-CEE, Prague, Czech Republic
- 3-7 December 2012:AGU, Open source geospatial for geosciences session
Feb 2012: GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting 2012, Italy - XIII Meeting degli utenti di lingua Italiana di GRASS e FOSS4G, Italy

OSGeo Research and Education Laboratories with GRASS GIS applications and development among their activities launched at
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
GRASS used at university courses - put links here:
- North Carolina State University
- Arizona State University
Many papers that include GRASS GIS development and applications were published in scientific journals and conference proceedings:

developers, power users providing support to newcomers, translators, documentation editors and others who would like to help are always welcome,

help in preparing more marketing material: update flyers and poster in different languages

release of GRASS6.4.3
continue improvements in GRASS7.0
organize GRASS GIS Community Sprints, participation at FOSS4G and other conferences
participation in Google Summer of Code

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 **Arizona State University
 * Many papers that include GRASS GIS development and applications were published in scientific journals and conference proceedings:
-:Clinch, A.S., Russ, E.,Oliver, R.C., Mitasova H., and Overton, M.F. 2012, Remote sensing estimation of Hurricane Irene soundside surge elevations on the North Carolina Outer Banks, Shore and Beach 80, p. 1-10.
+:[http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.php some examples in earth sciences]
-:Barton, M.C., Ullah, I.T., Bergin, S.M., Mitasova, H., Sarjoughian, H., 2012, Looking for the Future in the Past: Long-Term Change in Socioecological Systems, Ecological Modelling 241, p. 42-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.010
-:Hardin E., Kurum O., Mitasova H., Overton MF, 2012, Least cost path extraction of topographic features for storm impact scale mapping, Journal of Coastal Research 28(4), p. 970-978.
-:Mitas, O., Mitasova, H., Brothers G., Weaver K., 2012, Managing change at dune landscape, Proc. 7th Int. Coastal and Marine Tourism Congress, Ed. D. Korteweg Maris, NRIT Media and NHTV Breda, Netherlands, pp. 61-74.
-:Mitasova H., Harmon R.S., Weaver K.J., Lyons, N.J. and Overton, M.F., 2012, Scientific visualization of landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology 137(1), p. 122-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.09.033)
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