Difference between revisions of "GRASS GIS Report 2008"

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Web site: http://grass.osgeo.org
 
Web site: http://grass.osgeo.org
  
* GRASS 6.3.0 released (technology preview)
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* [http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html GRASS 6.3.0 released] (technology preview)
* GRASS 6.4.0 prepared and release candidates published
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* [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/WikiStart#Releases GRASS 6.4.0 prepared and release candidates published]
* Work on GRASS 7 started
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* Work on [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7Planning GRASS 7] started
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* Integration in [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass OSGeo4W] efforts now active
 
* Integration in [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass OSGeo4W] efforts now active
 
* New developers acquired: '''x''' to main archive, '''y''' to AddOns repository.
 
* New developers acquired: '''x''' to main archive, '''y''' to AddOns repository.
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* More than 1000 subscribers in the grass-user mailing list
 
* More than 1000 subscribers in the grass-user mailing list
: (470 in grass-dev, many more in the other GRASS mailing lists)
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: (470 in grass-dev, many more in the other [http://grass.osgeo.org/community/support.php GRASS mailing lists])
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* In total '''22 TB of downloads''' from grass.osgeo.org in 2008
 
* In total '''22 TB of downloads''' from grass.osgeo.org in 2008
 
: ([http://grass.osgeo.org/logs-bin/awstats.pl?month=all&year=2008&output=main&config=grass.osgeo.org&framename=index statistic]; not including downloads from mirror sites)
 
: ([http://grass.osgeo.org/logs-bin/awstats.pl?month=all&year=2008&output=main&config=grass.osgeo.org&framename=index statistic]; not including downloads from mirror sites)

Revision as of 04:22, 25 February 2009

GRASS GIS

Key Accomplishments

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

Web site: http://grass.osgeo.org

  • Integration in OSGeo4W efforts now active
  • New developers acquired: x to main archive, y to AddOns repository.
  • More than 1000 subscribers in the grass-user mailing list
(470 in grass-dev, many more in the other GRASS mailing lists)
  • In total 22 TB of downloads from grass.osgeo.org in 2008
(statistic; not including downloads from mirror sites)
  • Three Google Summer of Code projects awarded and completed.
  • want this on the list Markus?:
[3rd edition of Neteler and Mitasova's GRASS Book published by Springer]
  • Translations: metrics?
  • ...

Areas for Improvement

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

  • SVN history "annotate" ability for Trac source code browser desired
  • ...

Opportunities to Help

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

- Develop a framework for efficient and semi-automated translations of the 400+ module help pages
  • ...

Outlook for 2009

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

  • Vector topology speedup
  • Overhaul of raster library
  • Cartography GUI extension programmed
  • Further participation in Google Summer of Code (we hope)
  • Stability on MS Windows leading to explosion of new users
  • Move/removal of web-svn documentation to MediaWiki; move/removal of devel material from MediaWiki to TracWiki
  • ...