tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348973232024-03-19T09:20:36.727+01:00GFOSS - Free Software GIS at your fingertipsmarkusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-45271584998880396492013-09-17T00:26:00.003+02:002024-01-02T13:37:57.176+01:00GFOSS blog migrated to new server: please update your feed reader<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-34988261469269239892013-07-29T21:21:00.000+02:002013-07-29T21:21:45.470+02:004th GRASS GIS Community Sprint: Exciting achievements<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The GRASS GIS community is delighted to present the outcome of the <strong>4th Community Sprint</strong> that took place in a warm and sunny <strong>Prague, Czech Republic, from July 12 to July 18, 2013</strong>. The event happened after the <a href="http://geoinformatics.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Geoinformatics_FCE_CTU_2013">Geoinformatics conference</a>
at the Czech Technical University in Prague. The Community Sprint was
once more a creative gathering of both long-term and new developers, as
well as users.<br />
This meeting was held in the light of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/30-years-of-GRASS-GIS"><strong>30 YEARS OF GRASS GIS</strong></a>!<br />
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<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/home/history/"><img alt="30 YEARS OF GRASS GIS!" height="165" src="http://grass.osgeo.org/uploads/images/grass_gis_30_years_logo_500px.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="30 YEARS OF GRASS GIS!" width="172" /></a><br />We wish to cordially thank the <strong>Department of Mapping and Cartography</strong>, Faculty of Civil Engineering, <br /><strong>Czech Technical University</strong> in Prague for hosting and technical support. In particular, we gratefully acknowledge our <strong>association sponsors <a href="http://osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a> and <a href="http://www.fossgis.de/">FOSSGIS e.V.</a></strong>, and many <strong>individual donors</strong>: <em>Peter
Löwe, Andrea Borruso, Massimo Di Stefano, Alessandro Sarretta, Joshua
Campbell, Andreas Neumann, Jon Eiriksson, Luca Casagrande, Karyn O
Newcomb, Holger Naumann, Anne Ghisla, Helena Mitasova and Lubos Mitas,
Dimitris Tamp, Mark Seibel, Markus Metz, and Tawny Gapinski</em>.
These financial contributions were used to cover costs such as meals and
to help reducing travelling and accommodation expenses for participants
with far arrival who came on own expenses.<br /><br />Developers and users who joined the event <strong>came from various countries like Italy, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Sri Lanka/France, USA </strong>and<strong> Germany</strong>.<br />
The Community Sprint focused on:<br />
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<li>testing/bugfixing of the <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures">upcoming GRASS 7 version</a>,</li>
<li>backporting new functionalities to the stable GRASS 6.4 series,</li>
<li>testing/bugfixing related to Mac OS X, MS-Windows and Linux,</li>
<li>presenting and developing the new <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/TemporalGISAlgebra">Temporal GIS Algebra in GRASS 7</a>,</li>
<li>connecting GRASS 7 with the <a href="http://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/">planetary science software ISIS</a>,</li>
<li>discussing integration with <a href="http://www.rasdaman.org/">rasdaman.org</a> software, a powerful multidimensional raster processor,</li>
<li>creating 3D vector test data for 3D interpolation,</li>
<li>discussing vector conflation,</li>
<li>discussing Bundle Block Adjustments,</li>
<li>presenting the state of <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures">image processing in GRASS 7</a>, and discussing its future,</li>
<li>improving documentation, with focus on image processing and Temporal GIS Algebra,</li>
<li>developing/refactoring and bugfixing several wxGUI's components,</li>
<li>further developing customizable <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/wxGUI.toolboxes.html">wxGUI Toolboxes</a> concept,</li>
<li>improving <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/development/translations/">translation</a> in Polish and Romanian languages,</li>
<li>fixing v.krige in GRASS7 and proposing merge with the recently developed v.kriging module,</li>
<li>meeting between <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_SoC_Ideas_2013#Accepted_Ideas">Google Summer of Code 2013</a> mentor and students.</li>
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<br />A lot of topic oriented discussions happened among small groups
of participants: for more detailed information, please visit the Wiki
pages at <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013">http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013</a> and the related discussion page at <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013">http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013</a><br /><br /><strong>About GRASS GIS</strong><br />The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/">GRASS GIS</a>,
is an Open Source Geographic Information System providing powerful
raster, vector and geospatial processing capabilities in a single
integrated software suite. GRASS GIS includes tools for spatial
modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management and
analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and aerial
imagery. It also provides the capability to produce sophisticated
presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS GIS has been translated
into about twenty languages and supports a huge array of data formats.
It is <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/">distributed freely</a> under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). GRASS GIS is an official project of the <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a> (OSGeo).<br />
<br /><em>GRASS GIS Development Team, July 2013</em><br /><br />Translations: <a href="http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Bericht_GRASS_GIS_Community_Sprint_2013">DE</a></div>
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markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0Prague, Czech Republic50.0755381 14.4378004999999849.749331100000006 13.79235349999998 50.4017451 15.083247499999981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-61456162903058549002013-07-11T17:06:00.001+02:002013-07-11T17:06:25.490+02:00GRASS GIS 6.4.3RC4 released<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Fourth (and last) release candidate of GRASS GIS 6.4.3 with improvements and stability fixes</b><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">A fourth release candidate of GRASS GIS 6.4.3 is now available.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Source code download:</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/<wbr></wbr>grass64/source/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC4.tar.gz" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/<wbr></wbr>grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC4.<wbr></wbr>tar.gz</a></li>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Binaries download:</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><ul style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.4.3RC4-1-Setup.exe" target="_blank">winGRASS 6.4.3RC4 standalone installer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass" target="_blank">winGRASS 6.4.3RC4 in OSGeo4W installer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/grass64-rc/" target="_blank">Arch Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="http://software.opensuse.org/package/grass" target="_blank">openSUSE One-Click installer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/files/grass_mac/OSX10.6-snowleopard/" target="_blank">Mac OS X 10.6 Snow leopard</a></li>
<li>... further packages will follow shortly.</li>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">To get the GRASS GIS 6.4.3RC4 source code directly from SVN:</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20130710_grass_6_4_3RC4 </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Key improvements</b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of this release include some new functionality (assistance for topologically unclean vector data), fixes in the vector network modules, fixes for the wxPython based portable graphical interface (attribute table management, wxNVIZ, and Cartographic Composer), fixes in the location wizard for Datum transform selection and support for PROJ.4 version 4.8.0, improvements for selecting the Python version to be used, enhanced portability for MS-Windows (native support, fixes in case of missing system DLLs), and more translations (esp. Romanian).</span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
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See also our detailed announcement:<br /> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.3RC4-News" target="_blank">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/<wbr></wbr>wiki/Release/6.4.3RC4-News</a><br /><br />First time users should explore the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/documentation/first-time-users" target="_blank">first steps tutorial</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>after installation.<br /><br />Release candidate management at<br /> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning" target="_blank">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/<wbr></wbr>wiki/Grass6Planning</a><br /><br />Please join us in testing this release candidate for the final release.</div>
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Consider to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>donate pizza or beer</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for the upcoming GRASS GIS Community Sprint in Prague:</div>
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<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/donations/" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/<wbr></wbr>donations/</a></div>
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<br />Thanks to all contributors!</div>
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markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-84191983369124049222013-07-09T01:03:00.001+02:002013-07-09T17:26:49.253+02:00Support the upcoming GRASS GIS Community Sprint with a (micro)donation!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Have you been using GRASS GIS within your company or for your
daily tasks? Would like to express your satisfaction and give something back
to these terrific software developers to make them even happier during the July's <b><a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013">GRASS GIS Community Sprint in Prague</a></b>?</div>
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Sure - so don't think twice and support the developers with a (micro)donation!</div>
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Please contact Markus Neteler (<a href="mailto:neteler@osgeo.org">neteler@osgeo.org</a> - GRASS GIS PSC Chair) for further details.<br />
Wait - it is also possible to <b>buy a round of beer for the developers with a quick click</b> using the PayPal "Buy [pizza/beer/...] Now" button below:<br />
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<b>About the <span class="il">Community</span> <span class="il">Sprint</span></b><br />
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A "<span class="il">Community</span> <span class="il">Sprint</span>"
is a get-together for members and supporters of <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/">GRASS GIS</a> and related <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a>
projects to make decisions and tackle larger problems. Developers and
contributors are donating their valuable time, so appreciate direct or
in-kind funding made available for the sprint meeting to cover out-of-pocket expenses. All of the work that takes place at the <span class="il">community</span> <span class="il">sprint</span> will be directly contributed back into the GRASS GIS project to the benefit of everyone who uses it.</div>
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See the outstanding results from <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2011">2011</a>, and <a href="http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2012">2012</a>!</div>
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markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com1Prague, Czech Republic50.0755381 14.4378004999999849.749331100000006 13.79235349999998 50.4017451 15.083247499999981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-17779738734376844342013-05-17T06:21:00.000+02:002013-05-17T06:21:54.143+02:00FOSS4G-CEE 2013: Program published!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Join us at <a href="http://2013.foss4g-cee.org/">FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe (FOSS4G-CEE) 2013</a> from 16th - 20th June, National Library of Romania, Bucharest, Romania.<br />
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You will meet well known <a href="http://2013.foss4g-cee.org/program/keynote-speakers"><b>Keynote Speakers</b></a> (random order): Jeff McKenna, Paul C. Smits, Jáchym Čepický, Schuyler Erle, Maria Antonia Brovelli, Dirk Frigne, Markus Neteler, Alyssa Wright, and Radu Puchiu.<br />
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Check the long list of <b>Practical Workshops and Oral Presentations</b> at: <a href="http://2013.foss4g-cee.org/program/schedule">http://2013.foss4g-cee.org/program/schedule</a><br />
Check out for the additional Code Sprint, the Open GeoData Hackathon, and the Open Data Side Event.<br />
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How to arrive? See <a href="http://2013.foss4g-cee.org/venue/map">http://2013.foss4g-cee.org/venue/map</a></div>
markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com2Bucharest, Romania44.4325 26.10388890000001544.0697015 25.458441900000015 44.795298499999994 26.749335900000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-35839311553759232202013-02-14T10:14:00.002+01:002013-09-08T18:54:27.305+02:00Back home from heart surgery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>Disclaimer: strictly offtopic :) Just a personal health state report, nutshell version...</i><br />
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Maybe some have noted my temporal "disappearance" from email and such in January. The reason was that I spent almost 50 days in hospital since beginning of December. So, what happened?<br />
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On <b>10th December</b> I went to the "<a href="http://www.dctv.unipd.it/on-line/Home/Sezioni/Cardiochirurgia.html">Centro Gallucci</a>" of the Padua University Hospital for "routine" examinations in preparation for a future surgery (I know of my heart problems for years; they did not have much effect on my life since I was asymptomatic). But after the initial examinations they scheduled me for an emergency surgery. Err, little shock...<br />
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Eventually, I got the open heart surgery on <b>3rd January</b> ("Bentall-De Bono" method, 7hs of surgery in total, 2hs heart in standstill). During the surgery they realized that the heart state was even worse than known before, with an estimated life expectancy of perhaps months only not having it done immediately (they got me from the cliff). Anyway, the surgery went well, I have now a mechanical valve + ascending aorta (so, you can hear me now :p). BTW: you go in awake, the Padua staff was really nice. And interesting to see how they prepare the surgery, a busy moment (then send make you sleep in no time).<br />
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On <b>10th January</b> I was send to the rehabilitation center (<a href="http://www.codivillaputti.it/">Codivilla-Putti </a>hospital, Cortina d'Ampezzo). However, I got a complication which is not uncommon: inner bleedings with a starting cardiac tamponade as discovered some days later. On <b>14th January</b>, during heavy snowfall at Cortina, high speed ambulance ride back to Padua, with immediate drainage surgery (lung area and heart, removing more than 2l of liquid). Not really fun... (this little surgery also on a Monday, same time, same room, same staff!). But after some days I got way better. Just 10% of my body weight was meanwhile gone.<br />
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On <b>23rd January</b> I was brought back again to the Cortina rehabilitation center where I spend two nice weeks - no more issues so far :-)<br />
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Since <b>5th February</b> I am back home - and will stay here for a longer while. Various odds and ends need to be resolved first - the recovery is long but steady!</div>
markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-7902661128516873742012-12-20T23:08:00.000+01:002012-12-20T23:08:08.478+01:00GRASS GIS 6.4.3RC2 source code and selected binaries releasedA <b>second release candidate of GRASS GIS 6.4.3</b> with improvements and stability fixes is now available.<br /><br />Source code:<br /> <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/">http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/</a><br /> <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC2.tar.gz">http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.3RC2.tar.gz</a><br /><br />Selected Binaries (more will be published)<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.4.3RC2-1-Setup.exe">http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/WinGRASS-6.4.3RC2-1-Setup.exe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass">http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-grass</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/files/grass_mac/OSX10.6-snowleopard/GRASS-6.4.3RC2.pkg.zip">http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/files/grass_mac/OSX10.6-snowleopard/GRASS-6.4.3RC2.pkg.zip</a></li>
<li><a href="http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tzotsos:/Application:/Geo/">http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tzotsos:/Application:/Geo/</a></li>
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<br />To get the RC2 source code from SVN:<br /> svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20121218_grass_6_4_3RC2/<br /><br />An announcement has been drafted at<br /> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.3RC2-News">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.3RC2-News</a><br /><br />Key improvements of the GRASS 6.4.3 release include some new functionality (image processing tools), major speedup for some vector modules, fixes for the wxPython based portable graphical interface, improvements for the Python API, enhanced portability for MS-Windows (native support), and more translations.<br /><br />Release candidate management at<br /> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning</a><br /><br />Please join us in testing this release candidate for the final release.<br /><br />Thanks to all contributors!markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-87220826524752331712012-12-17T21:59:00.000+01:002012-12-17T21:59:32.725+01:00Jeff McKenna new President of the OSGeo FoundationThe OSGeo Board of Directors have named Jeff McKenna as its new President. The previous President, Frank Warmerdam, has stepped down, and the OSGeo Board is extremely grateful for his leadership. Mr. McKenna brings years of experience in the geospatial industry, and has been involved in the MapServer web mapping project since its early days. He was also one of the founding forces behind the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) international conference, and has dedicated himself to promoting the use of Open Source geospatial software through FOSS4G events all around the world.<br />
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Mr. McKenna explains, “I'm honored to be named as the new President of OSGeo. I plan to continue the wonderful work of our past presidents Frank and Arnulf. The OSGeo community is now thriving and vibrant, with FOSS4G regional events operating all across the world; I plan to continue spreading this passion for Open Source geospatial, and help introduce our knowledge to both decision makers and technical users. Decision makers all around the world should be exposed to our experts through our communities, our regional events, our local chapters, and also through our professional service providers. There is much work still to be done in spreading our knowledge of Open Source geospatial through all of these networks.”markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-72486584753248365582012-12-13T20:23:00.000+01:002012-12-13T20:23:27.725+01:00The GRASS GIS team will organize a <b>GRASS GIS Community Sprint</b> from <b>2-7 Feb, 2013</b> in Genova, Italy. The sprint is at the same time of the "XIV Meeting degli Utenti Italiani GRASS e Gfoss" at the University of Genova.<br /><br />We would like to invite you to financially support this upcoming Community Sprint! The past sprints have been very successful as we expect for the upcoming one.<br /><br />Important Web page:<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013</a><br /><br />Please consider to <b>donate</b>:<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/donations/">http://grass.osgeo.org/donations/</a><br /><br /><b>Background info</b><br />
The <b>GRASS GIS Community Sprint</b> is a great occasion for folks to support the development by actively contributing to the source code, manuals or likewise. The community sprint is a <b>get-together</b> for GRASS project members and supporters and related OSGeo projects to take decisions and tackle larger problems. For this meeting, we welcome people committed to improving the GRASS GIS project and the interfaces to QGIS, GDAL, PostGIS, R-stats. Sextante. gvSIG, OGC Services and more. This includes developers, documenters, bug reporters, translators and other OSGeo supporters. Not only the "C Tribe" will be addressed but also Python or whatever the participants prefer.markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com2Genoa, Italy44.4056499 8.94625644.2241544 8.630399 44.5871454 9.262113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-28843585511546206132012-11-07T23:24:00.001+01:002012-11-10T14:02:11.799+01:00ArcGIS vs QGIS etc Clipping Contest Rematch revisited<strike>Earlier this</strike> Last year, in June, Don Meltz wrote an interesting blog "<a href="http://donmeltz.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/11/arcgis-vs-qgis-clipping-contest-rematch/">ArcGIS vs QGIS Clipping Contest Rematch</a>" where he let compete ArcGIS and Quantum GIS in a clipping contest. The <strike>benchmark</strike> contest data set in question is a 878MB ZIP file (<a href="http://www.donmeltz.com/_files/ContourClipTest.zip">ContourClipTest.zip</a>). The blog page gained a lot of comments, even from ESRI since some ArcGIS versions crashed on this test data set.<br />
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Find below the various timings compiled from the blog and the <b>comments</b>:<br />
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Proprietary software</h4>
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<tr><td><i><b>Software</b></i></td><td><i><b>Processing time</b></i></td><td><i><b>Hardware/Software</b></i></td></tr>
<tr><td>ArcGIS 9.3</td><td>crash after 1h 9min: ERROR 999999: Error executing function. Invalid Topology [4gb file limit.] Failed to execute (Clip)</td><td>unknown</td> </tr>
<tr><td>ArcGIS 10.0</td><td>crash likewise</td><td>unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td>ArcGIS 10.1</td><td>ESRI promise to calculate it in 34 seconds in this updated version (did anyone test?)</td><td>unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td>GlobalMapper (version?)</td><td>30 mins</td><td>unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td>GlobalMapper v11.02</td><td>49 sec</td><td>Windows XP w/ 3.5GB RAM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manifold 8 (64bit)</td><td>31 min</td><td>Windows XP64 16 gb. RAM and 2.33 GHz</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<i>Note: The two GlobalMapper results are a bit funny, perhaps always minutes?</i><br />
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Free and Open Source Software</h4>
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<tr><td><i><b>Software</b></i></td><td><i><b>Processing time</b></i></td><td><i><b>Hardware/Software</b></i></td></tr>
<tr><td>Quantum GIS (version?; Simple features)</td><td>4-5 min</td><td>unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td>GRASS GIS 7 (topological GIS)</td><td>5 min</td><td>Dell PowerEdge 2950 from 2008, Intel Xeon 2.66GHz, 8GB RAM</td></tr>
<tr><td>gvSIG</td><td>to be done</td><td><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>PostGIS</td><td>to be done</td><td><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<i>Notes: Hope volunteers will test this also on gvSIG and PostGIS (and other FOSSGIS)! Please report...</i>markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-68751009515861076742012-11-07T17:19:00.002+01:002012-11-07T17:19:53.894+01:00GFOSSDAY 2012 + OSMit2012 @ Torino, Italy with GRASS GIS workshopThe program of the GFOSSDAY 2012 + OSMit2012 @ Torino, Italy, has been published:<br />
<a href="http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2012/programma">http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2012/programma</a><br />
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We offer there a GRASS GIS workshop on Friday 16th Nov 2012 at 9:30. You are welcome!<br />
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Location:<br /><a href="http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2012/locations">Centro Incontri Regione Piemonte, Corso Stati Uniti 23, Torino, Italy</a><br />
<br />markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0Corso Stati Uniti, 23, 10128 Turin, Italy45.0629996 7.670182145.0615976 7.6677146 45.0644016 7.6726496tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-48115033953821223042012-10-25T19:07:00.002+02:002012-10-25T19:07:32.741+02:00Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan Receives Sol Katz Award<b>Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan</b> was honored today with the <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz">2012 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software</a> during the inaugural session of the <a href="http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia/">FOSS4G-India 2012 conference</a> in Hyderabad, India. The award was presented by Ravi Kumar and Vundavallu Aruna Kumar, Member of Parliament. Venka received a memento on behalf of the OSGeo-India Chapter. Venka's dedication to FOSS4G and his community work around the world, promoting open source geospatial, is second to none. He has been involved in OSGeo since the foundation was formed in 2006, and we are lucky to have such a strong global voice in him. The OSGeo foundation wishes to thank Venka for his wonderful dedication.<br /><br /><b>Background</b><br /><br />The <b>Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software</b> is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.<br /><br /><b>Sol Katz</b> was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's, Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called MOSS (Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS. He was also one of the first involved in public data translator utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM is still available at <a href="ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/">ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</a>. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed. His legacy will always live on in the GFOSS world.<br /><br /><b>Recipients</b><br /><br />2012: Venkatesh Raghavan<br />2011: Martin Davis<br />2010: Helena Mitasova<br />2009: Daniel Morissette<br />2008: Paul Ramsey<br />2007: Steve Lime<br />2006: Markus Neteler<br />2005: Frank WarmerdammarkusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-72350270788312923472012-09-01T15:02:00.000+02:002012-09-01T15:11:54.231+02:00Nice new winGRASS 7 with R-integrationIn winGRASS 7 (<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software.php#g70x">download</a> standalone installer) the Windows batchfiles for use with R (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/">http://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/</a>) are now integrated for a smooth GRASS-R-coupling in MS-Windows. For the usage see here:<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/R_statistics#Usage_III">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/R_statistics#Usage_III</a><br />
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Note that this integration is available for Linux users for a long time, however, finally also the winGRASS user can enjoy this integration!<br />
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<i>Thanks to Helmut Kudrnovsky from the GRASS GIS team and to the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/batchfiles/" id="project_summary_link"><span itemprop="description">Windows batchfiles for use with R</span></a> team.</i>markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-38814239082704530332012-08-22T15:45:00.002+02:002012-09-01T15:02:28.206+02:00Big bug bashing for GRASS 6!In order to prepare the <b>upcoming GRASS GIS 6.4.3 release</b>, a major <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/">bugtracker</a> cleanup has been done for GRASS 6 over the past few days. More than open 370 trac tickets (back to GRASS 6.4.0) were revisited, updated or closed: the GRASS GIS bugsquashing team submitted <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/timeline">over 140 code changes</a>, and subsequently <b>88 tickets</b> could be <b>closed</b> in these few days. The few remaining critical tickets are being worked on, leading to a new stable GRASS GIS 6.4.3 release to be expected soon.markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-13191976637872873532012-07-10T00:47:00.000+02:002012-07-10T00:47:07.703+02:00New OSGeo charter members!A big WELCOME to the new OSGeo charter members!<br />
<ul>
<li>Barend Kobben Netherlands</li>
<li>Angelos Tzotsos Greece</li>
<li>Anita Graser Austria</li>
<li>Victor Olaya Spain</li>
<li>Pedro-Juan Ferrer Spain</li>
<li>Andrea Aimee Italy</li>
<li>Jean-Roc Morreale France</li>
<li>Serena Coetzee South Africa</li>
<li>Michael Smith USA</li>
<li>Karel Charvat Czech Republic</li>
<li>Jan Jezek Czech Republic</li>
<li>Vasile Craciunescu Romania</li>
<li>Thomas Bonfort France</li>
<li>Mauricio Miranda Argentina</li>
<li>Peter Löwe Germany</li>
<li>Massimiliano Cannata Italy</li>
<li>P.K.Sinha India</li>
<li>Brian Hamlin USA</li>
<li>Ragi Yaser Burhum Peru</li>
<li>Dimitris Kotzinos Greece</li>
<li>César Medina Chile</li>
<li>Doug Newcomb USA</li>
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Great to see the improving global coverage...markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-4134682040195630002012-03-31T12:06:00.002+02:002012-03-31T22:37:39.502+02:00GRASS GIS Community Sprint 2012 - 23-28 May 2012, Prague, Czech RepublicThe next "<b>GRASS GIS Community Sprint</b>" will take place from <b>May 23 to May 28, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic</b> directly following the Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2012 conference.<br />
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This GRASS Community Sprint is a great occasion for you to support the development by actively contributing to the source code, manuals or likewise. It is a get together for GRASS project members and supporters to make decisions and tackle larger problems. For this meeting, we welcome people committed to improving the GRASS GIS project. This includes developers, documenters, bug reporters, translators and others.<br />
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<i>Timing and Duration:</i><br />
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May 23, 2012 (day of arrival) - May 28, 2012 (day of departure) <br />
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<i>Venue:</i><br />
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Department of Mapping and Cartography Faculty of Civil Engineering,
Czech Technical University in Prague<br />
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For more detailed information, please visit<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2012">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2012</a>markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-68722031906205878032012-02-20T22:47:00.001+01:002012-02-20T22:47:49.493+01:00GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released<br />
<strong>GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released </strong><br />
19 February 2012<br />
<a data-cke-saved-href="http://grass.osgeo.org" href="http://grass.osgeo.org/">http://grass.osgeo.org</a><br />
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We are pleased to announce the release of a new stable version of GRASS
GIS. This release fixes bugs discovered in version 6.4.1 of the program
and adds a number of new features. This release includes <strong>over 760 updates</strong> to the source code since 6.4.1. As a stable release series, <strong>the 6.4 line will enjoy long-term support</strong> and incremental enhancements while preserving backwards-compatibility with the entire GRASS 6 line.<br />
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The <strong>new <span data-scayt_word="wxPython" data-scaytid="19">wxPython</span> graphical user interface</strong> (<span data-scayt_word="wxGUI" data-scaytid="20">wxGUI</span>) has been updated with many new features and tools. <strong>Python</strong>
is now a fully supported scripting language, including an updated
Python toolkit to simplify the authoring of personal scripts, support
for <span data-scayt_word="NumPy" data-scaytid="21">NumPy</span> based array calculations, and a Python application interface for the GRASS C libraries. Additionally, <strong>MS-Windows support</strong> continues to mature. GRASS 6.4.2 debuts ten new modules, a new GUI <strong>cartographic composer tool</strong>, a new GUI object-oriented <strong>modeling environment</strong>, and improved infrastructure for installing community supplied <strong>add-on modules</strong>.<br />
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Read the full story at<br />
<a data-cke-saved-href="http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html" href="http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html">http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html</a><br />
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<strong>About GRASS GIS</strong><br />
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The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to
as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) and
geospatial analysis toolkit. For <strong>nearly three decades</strong>,
GRASS has provided powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing
engines in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for
spatial modeling of raster and vector data, visualization, the
management and analysis of geospatial information, and the processing of
satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to
produce sophisticated presentation graphics and publication-quality
hardcopy maps. GRASS has now been translated into twenty languages and
supports an extensive array of data formats. It is distributed under the
terms of the GNU General Public License (<span data-scayt_word="GPL" data-scaytid="22">GPL</span>).<br />
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GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the academic
and professional worlds in that it is developed and distributed by
users for users, mostly on a volunteer basis. Its code and spatial
processing algorithms are open and transparent, and the software is
distributed free of charge. The source code is also freely available,
allowing for immediate customization, examination of the underlying
algorithms, the addition of new features, and faster identification and
patching of bugs.markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0Via Mach, 38010 San Michele all'Adige Province of Trento, Italy46.192903217560477 11.13496541976928746.191529217560479 11.132497919769287 46.194277217560476 11.137432919769287tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-81596098300358858692011-12-31T14:46:00.001+01:002011-12-31T16:42:17.402+01:0050.000th commit to GRASS GIS SVN!The <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/50000">50.000th svn commit</a> comes from Martin Landa!<br />
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On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:07 PM, <<a href="mailto:svn_grass@osgeo.org">svn_grass@osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br />
> Author: martinl<br />
> Date: 2011-12-31 05:07:24 -0800 (Sat, 31 Dec 2011)<br />
> New Revision: 50000<br />
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> Modified:<br />
> grass/trunk/gui/wxpython/<wbr></wbr>dbmgr/manager.py</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mbd8v2fKdhg/Tv8tJ4J2UVI/AAAAAAAAADI/u8PgFW6gxIU/s1600/jockeyposter1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="102" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mbd8v2fKdhg/Tv8tJ4J2UVI/AAAAAAAAADI/u8PgFW6gxIU/s200/jockeyposter1.jpg" width="200" /></a>... congratulations and <br />Happy New Year!<br />
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Markus</span>markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-61619644314410022872011-12-01T15:12:00.001+01:002011-12-01T23:47:45.118+01:00New data set: Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010USGS has published a new nice data set called the "Global Multi-resolution Terrain Elevation Data 2010" (GMTED2010). It is offered at three different resolutions (approximately 1,000, 500, and 250 meters).<br />
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Example (MEA = mean dataset) Trento - Garda Lake - Verona area (Northern Italy):<br />
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The 250m product looks quite smooth -a nice new DEM product...<br />
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Data download: <a href="http://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data/Products_and_Data_Available/GMTED2010">http://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data/Products_and_Data_Available/GMTED2010</a><br />
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GRASS GIS processing steps: see <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Global_datasets#Global_Multi-resolution_Terrain_Elevation_Data_2010_.28GMTED2010.29">here</a><br />
<br />markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0Trento, Italy46.0667123 11.119059145.9785773 10.961130599999999 46.1548473 11.2769876tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-20881624679616085342011-11-11T16:22:00.001+01:002011-11-11T16:23:06.371+01:00Video: GRASS GIS development visualization from 1999 to 2011Watch how the community based GRASS GIS software development works! You can see how the individual contributors modify and expand the source code.<br />
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The corresponding timeline is available at <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/grasshist.html">http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/grasshist.html</a><br />
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Download the high resolution version from <a class="external free" href="http://grass.fsv.cvut.cz/video/" rel="nofollow">http://grass.fsv.cvut.cz/video/</a><br />markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-36312474523343263082011-10-23T00:33:00.000+02:002011-10-23T00:33:22.914+02:00Creating 3D buildings from OpenStreetMap dataIt is fairly easy to create 3D buildings from OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps, essentially by extruding the 2D footprint polygons to 3D.<br />
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For the procedure using OSGeo software, see<br />
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<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Extrude_2D_polygons_to_3D">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Extrude_2D_polygons_to_3D</a>markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-56541818101853828572011-10-23T00:29:00.000+02:002011-10-23T00:29:00.703+02:00GRASS 6.4.2RC1 releasedA first release candidate of GRASS 6.4.2 is now available.<br />
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Source code:<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/">http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/</a><br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.2RC1.tar.gz">http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.2RC1.tar.gz</a><br />
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winGRASS binaries:<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/">http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/binary/mswindows/native/</a><br />
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To get the RC1 source code from SVN:<br />
svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20111010_grass_6_4_2RC1/<br />
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An announcement has been drafted at<br />
<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2RC1-News">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.2RC1-News</a><br />
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Key improvements of the GRASS 6.4.2 release include enhanced portability for MS-Windows (native support), major fixes for the new wxPython based portable graphical interface, and new functionality (new network tools, zonal support for univariate statistics, image processing improvements, GRASS Python Library extensions, an embedded interactive Python Shell, an experimental Graphical Modeler, and new Cartographic Composer front-end to ps.map).<br />
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Release candidate management at<br />
<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning">http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass6Planning</a><br />
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Please join us in testing this release candidate for the final release.<br />
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Thanks to all contributors!markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-79167390819409955392011-04-14T23:52:00.000+02:002011-04-14T23:52:18.174+02:00GRASS GIS 6.4.1 releasedGRASS GIS 6.4.1 released<br />
12 April 2011<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/">http://grass.osgeo.org</a><br />
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We are pleased to announce that the new stable version GRASS 6.4.1 has been released. This release fixes some bugs discovered in the GRASS 6.4.0 source code and a few new features (over 560 updates to the source code with respect to 6.4.0 have been added). As a stable release 6.4 will enjoy long-term support.<br />
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GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements to the GIS. Our new wxPython graphical user interface (wxGUI) is debuted, Python is now a fully supported scripting language, and for the first time since its inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS runs natively also on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows.<br />
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GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the academic and professional worlds in that it is developed and distributed by users for users, mostly on a volunteer basis, in the open, and is given away for free. The source code is also freely available, allowing for immediate customization, examination of the underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and faster patching of bugs.<br />
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Full story at <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass641.html">http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass641.html</a><br />
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About GRASS GIS<br />
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The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) providing powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines in a single integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to produce sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS has now been translated into twenty languages and supports a huge array of data formats.markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-1285615334650576792011-02-26T23:05:00.000+01:002011-02-26T23:05:13.430+01:00GRASSCommunity Sprint: 20-25 May 2011, Prague, Czech RepublicA "<b><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2011">GRASS Community Sprint</a></b>" will take place in May in Prague, Czech Republic directly following the upcoming <a href="http://geoinformatics.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Geoinformatics_FCE_CTU_2011"><i>Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2011 conference</i></a>. This GRASS Community Sprint is a great occasion for you to support the development by actively <b>contributing to the source code, the manuals or likewise</b>. It is a get together for GRASS project members and supporters to make decisions and tackle larger problems. For this meeting, we welcome people committed to improving the GRASS GIS project. This includes <b>developers, documenters, bug reporters, translators and others.</b><br />
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<i>Timing and Duration:</i><br />
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Friday, May 20, 2011 (day of arrival) - Wednesday, May 25, 2011<br />
<ul><li> Friday is day of arrival - first meeting in the evening (after the conference) to define the agenda</li>
<li>Saturday to Tuesday full day</li>
<li>Wednesday is the last day</li>
</ul>Of course you may join or leave the community sprint whenever you want. <br />
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<i>Venue:</i><br />
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Department of Mapping and Cartography<br />
Faculty of Civil Engineering<br />
Czech Technical University in Prague<br />
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For more detailed information, please visit<br />
<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2011" target="_blank">http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/<wbr></wbr>GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_<wbr></wbr>2011</a><br />
<a href="http://geoinformatics.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Geoinformatics_FCE_CTU_2011" target="_blank"></a>markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34897323.post-52320961613234391532011-02-03T20:50:00.000+01:002011-02-03T20:50:51.333+01:00Happy birthday, OSGeo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="64" src="http://www.osgeo.org/files/logos/logos.png" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">OSGeo turns 5! Happy birthday...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Time flies - already five years passed after the "<a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html.html">Chicago weekend</a>" on 4th February 2006 when the Free and Open Source GIS umbrella foundation, today known as <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">OSGeo Foundation</a> was designed and established. Indeed, it was an intensive weekend when a group of GIS project leaders and likeminded people gathered to address the need of joining various communities into a new ecosystem.</div><div style="text-align: left;">As of now, more than 15,000 unique subscribers read and discuss in <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/admin/">more than 150 mailing lists</a> and other cyber-media. OSGeo has become the central place for <b>collaborative development of open geospatial technologies, public data and educational material</b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Looking forward to the next 5 years of activity!</div>markusNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423454135377880456noreply@blogger.com1