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
- 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)
- University of Genoa, Italy (Numerical cartograpy and GIS (IT) [1])
- 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