From jsanz at osgeo.org Fri Oct 2 10:03:53 2015 From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 19:03:53 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] ISPRS Special Session: FOSS4G Message-ID: ISPRS 2016 - 12th July - 19th July 2016 - Prague Special Session SpS10 - FOSS4G (coorganized with OSGeo) Keywords: Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics(FOSS4G), geospatial research platform and systems for developing new applications crossing the new frontiers towards the Internet of Places, Big Geospatial Data processing and analytics and complex simulations essential for understanding and managing the earth systems, human societies and their interaction 30th November 2015: Submission of full papers 13th December 2015: Submission of abstracts More info: http://www.isprs2016-prague.com/ -- Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor Politecnico di Milano From jsanz at osgeo.org Fri Oct 9 09:35:38 2015 From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 18:35:38 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OpenGIS Conference, Moscow, Russia, 21-22 November, 2015 Message-ID: This is an announcement for OpenGIS Conference, Moscow, Russia, 21-22 November, 2015 First Open GIS conference happened in 2012 and brought together diverse crowd of 250 people from 150 organizations. We had about 50 presentations and 12 workshops. This year we expect at least the same numbers or more. The conference runs two simultaneous presentation streams plus one or two sequence of workshops. This conference is grassroots and organized by members of Russian GIS-Lab and OpenStreetMap communities. Attendance and workshops are free. Registration: http://gisconf.ru/profile (in Russian, if you don't speak it, simply sent short information about yourself to info at gisconf.ru). --------- Maxim Dubinin From jsanz at osgeo.org Fri Oct 23 12:20:47 2015 From: jsanz at osgeo.org (Jorge Sanz) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:20:47 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] GRASS GIS 7.0.2 RC1 released Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming GRASS GIS 7.0.2 version What's new in a nutshell This upcoming stability release provides a series of stability fixes and manual improvements. This first release candidate GRASS GIS 7.0.2RC1 provides 160 fixes and improvements. About GRASS GIS 7: Its graphical user interface supports the user to make complex GIS operations as simple as possible. A new Python interface to the C library permits users to create new GRASS GIS-Python modules in a simple way while yet obtaining powerful and fast modules. Furthermore, the libraries were significantly improved for speed and efficiency, along with support for huge files. A lot of effort has been invested to standardize parameter and flag names. Finally, GRASS GIS 7 comes with a series of new modules to analyse raster and vector data, along with a full temporal framework. For a detailed overview, see the list of new features. As a stable release series, 7.0.x will enjoy long-term support. Source code download: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.2RC1.tar.gz To get the GRASS GIS 7.0.2 RC1 source code directly from SVN, see here. Binaries download: winGRASS 7.0.2RC1 standalone installer winGRASS 7.0.2RC1 in OSGeo4W installer Ubuntu installer ... further binary packages for other Linux distributions and Mac OSX will follow shortly. More details: See also our detailed announcement: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/7.0.2-News http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures (overview of new 7.0 stable release series) First time users may explore the first steps tutorial after installation. About GRASS GIS The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (http://grass.osgeo.org/), commonly referred to as GRASS GIS, 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 can be used either as a stand-alone application or as backend for other software packages such as QGIS and R geostatistics. It is distributed freely under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). GRASS GIS is a founding member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). The GRASS Development Team, October 2015