Difference between revisions of "GRASS GIS Report 2012"

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Contact name: Helena Mitasova, PSC Vice-Chair

Key Accomplishments

Updated and modernized GRASS GIS Web site launched (press release)
GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released, see details
GRASS GIS 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 successful 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

Many improvements in GRASS GIS 7 development version, see new features

Participation in conferences

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

Education and Research

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 GIS used at university courses:
- North Carolina State University, USA
- Archeology, Arizona State University, USA
- University of Basilicata, Italy. (Some training course material in Italian available here)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (Some training course material in French available here)
Many papers that include GRASS GIS were published in scientific journals and conference proceedings in 2012:
- some examples in earth sciences
- Looking for the future in the past: Long-term change in socioecological systems
- Reference paper: Neteler, M., Bowman, M.H., Landa, M. and Metz, M. (2012): GRASS GIS: a multi-purpose Open Source GIS. Environmental Modelling & Software, 31: 124-130 (DOI)
Training:
- GRASS used for GIS training by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
- Workshop Introduction to GRASS GIS. GEOSTAT 2012, 3-8 Sep 2012, Muenster, Germany
- Workshop The temporal GRASS GIS framework: Introduction and application. GEOSTAT 2012, 3-8 Sep 2012, Muenster, Germany

Areas for Improvement

Develop a migration guide for public administration
Improve the existing sponsorship program

Opportunities to Help

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

see more details on how to get involved

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

Outlook for 2013

Release of GRASS GIS 6.4.3
Continue improvements in GRASS GIS 7.0, technology preview release planned
Organize GRASS GIS Community Sprints
Participation at FOSS4G and other conferences
Participation in Google Summer of Code

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 === Education and Research===
 * OSGeo Research and Education Laboratories with GRASS GIS applications and development among their activities launched at
-**[http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA]
+** [http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA]
-**[http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Open_Source_Geospatial_Research_and_Education_Laboratory Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic]
+** [http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Open_Source_Geospatial_Research_and_Education_Laboratory Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic]
-*GRASS used at university courses - put links here:
+* GRASS GIS used at university courses:
-**[http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea582/common/GIST.html North Carolina State University, USA]
+** [http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea582/common/GIST.html North Carolina State University, USA]
-**Arizona State University, USA
+** Archeology, Arizona State University, USA
-**University of Basilicata, Italy. ([http://www.slideshare.net/madi468/corso-di-modelli-e-gis-per-lambiente-1 Some training course material in Italian available here])
+** University of Basilicata, Italy. ([http://www.slideshare.net/madi468/corso-di-modelli-e-gis-per-lambiente-1 Some training course material in Italian available here])
-**Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium ([http://164.15.12.207/cours/course/view.php?id=13 Some training course material in French available here])
+** Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium ([http://164.15.12.207/cours/course/view.php?id=13 Some training course material in French available here])
 * Many papers that include GRASS GIS were published in scientific journals and conference proceedings in 2012:
-:[http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.php some examples in earth sciences]
+** [http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/publications.php some examples in earth sciences]
-:[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380012000786 Looking for the future in the past: Long-term change in socioecological systems]
+** [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380012000786 Looking for the future in the past: Long-term change in socioecological systems]
-*GRASS used for GIS training by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
+** Reference paper: Neteler, M., Bowman, M.H., Landa, M. and Metz, M. (2012): ''GRASS GIS: a multi-purpose Open Source GIS.'' Environmental Modelling & Software, 31: 124-130 ([http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.11.014 DOI])
+* Training:
+** GRASS used for GIS training by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
+** Workshop [http://geostat-course.org/Topic_NetelerMetz_2012 Introduction to GRASS GIS]. GEOSTAT 2012, 3-8 Sep 2012, Muenster, Germany
+** Workshop [http://geostat-course.org/Topic_Gebbert The temporal GRASS GIS framework: Introduction and application]. GEOSTAT 2012, 3-8 Sep 2012, Muenster, Germany
 === Areas for Improvement ===