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=== Key Accomplishments === | === Key Accomplishments === | ||
| + | Major software releases: | ||
* GRASS 6.3.0 released - a technology preview ([http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html announcement]) | * 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]) | * 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 | * 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 | ||
| + | * In total '''22 TB of downloads''' from grass.osgeo.org in 2008: (detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/logs-bin/awstats.pl?month=all&year=2008&output=main&config=grass.osgeo.org&framename=index statistics]; not including downloads from mirror sites) | ||
| − | + | Users and developers: | |
* New developers acquired: '''5''' to main archive, '''12''' to AddOns repository. | * New developers acquired: '''5''' to main archive, '''12''' 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 [http://grass.osgeo.org/community/support.php GRASS mailing lists]) | : (470 in grass-dev, many more in the other [http://grass.osgeo.org/community/support.php GRASS mailing lists]) | ||
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* Three [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html Google Summer of Code] projects awarded and completed. | * Three [http://code.google.com/soc/2008/osgeo/about.html Google Summer of Code] projects awarded and completed. | ||
| + | * [http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics Translations]: more than 10 languages are well supported | ||
| − | * [http://www.grassbook.org/ 3rd edition of Neteler and Mitasova's GRASS Book] published by Springer | + | Books and book chapters: |
| − | + | * [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 | |
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* 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]. | * 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:// | + | Visibility at conferences and workshops: |
| + | * 29 Sep-3 Oct 2008: [http://www.foss4g2008.org/ FOSS4G 2008 Conference], Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| + | * 18-19 Sep 2008: [http://geoinformatics.fsv.cvut.cz/wiki/index.php/Geoinformatics_FCE_CTU_2008 Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2008 Conference], Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| + | * 8-9 May 2008: [http://www.perseo.lettere.unipd.it/workshop08/doku.php 3° Workshop Open Source], Free Software e Open Format nei processi di ricerca archeologica, Padua, Italy | ||
| + | * 1-3 Apr 2008: [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/2008 FOSSGIS 2008], Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany | ||
| + | * 3-5 Mar 2008: [http://www.sigte.udg.es/jornadassiglibre II Open Source GIS Users Meeting] (Spanish FOSS) | ||
| + | * 21-22 Feb 2008: [http://www.grassmeeting2008.unipg.it/ IX Meeting degli Utenti Italiani di GRASS - GFOSS], Perugia, Italy | ||
=== Areas for Improvement === | === Areas for Improvement === | ||
Latest revision as of 13:20, 10 April 2009
GRASS GIS
- Contact name: Markus Neteler
- Web site: http://grass.osgeo.org
Key Accomplishments
Major software releases:
- GRASS 6.3.0 released - a technology preview (announcement)
- GRASS 6.4.0 prepared and release candidates published (details)
- Work on GRASS 7 started
- Integration of GRASS into the OSGeo4W installer now active and productive
- In total 22 TB of downloads from grass.osgeo.org in 2008: (detailed statistics; not including downloads from mirror sites)
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 GRASS mailing lists)
- Three Google Summer of Code projects awarded and completed.
- Translations: more than 10 languages are well supported
Books and book chapters:
- 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 Open Source Approaches in Spatial Data Handling.
Visibility at conferences and workshops:
- 29 Sep-3 Oct 2008: FOSS4G 2008 Conference, Cape Town, South Africa
- 18-19 Sep 2008: Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2008 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
- 8-9 May 2008: 3° Workshop Open Source, Free Software e Open Format nei processi di ricerca archeologica, Padua, Italy
- 1-3 Apr 2008: FOSSGIS 2008, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
- 3-5 Mar 2008: II Open Source GIS Users Meeting (Spanish FOSS)
- 21-22 Feb 2008: IX Meeting degli Utenti Italiani di GRASS - GFOSS, Perugia, Italy
Areas for Improvement
- An automated build environment, especially for the OSGeo4W installer is desired
- Development of a framework for efficient and semi-automated translations of the 400+ module help pages
- Unrelated to the GRASS development: a SVN history "annotate" ability for Trac source code browser would be helpful
Opportunities to Help
- Find more translators among the (power) users
- Publish more "GRASS use cases" in the GRASS Wiki to inspire newcomers
- We require more volunteers for help with native MS Windows packaging and testing
- Crossover with QGIS: QGIS grass-plugin and toolbox maintainer(s) required
Outlook for 2009
- Vector topology speedup
- Overhaul of raster library
- Partially addition of parallelization (mostly using openMP)
- Cartography GUI extension programmed
- Further participation in Google Summer of Code (we hope)
- Stability on MS Windows leading to incredible gain of new users
- Move/removal of web-svn documentation to our MediaWiki site; move/removal of development material from MediaWiki to our TracWiki site