[OSGeo Africa] GRASS GIS 6.1.0 released 11 August 2006

[Craig von Hagen]

Thanks Byron,

But just a clarifcation, Geovis is not open source,
but is available at no cost to NGO's, research
institutes and other not for profit agencies. Geovis
is specifically designed for facilitating the land
cover mapping process only and therefore is not a
fully functional GIS or RS program.

Regards
Craig


--- "Byron A.O. Anangwe" <banangwe at rcmrd.org> wrote:

> Hello Sindile,
> 
> I would like to recommend to you TerraNova GeoVIS
> which was used
> extensively by the FAO and FAO Africover group.
> Visit the Africover
> website and sign up as a user to download the
> software.
> 
> Kind regards.
> 
> Byron A. Okubasu Anangwe
> Data Management & Dissemination Office
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Sindile Bidla" <SXJBIdla at dla.gov.za>
> To: <africa at africa.osgeo.org>,<GavinF at mintek.co.za>
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:37:16 +0200
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo Africa] GRASS GIS 6.1.0 released
> 11 August 2006
> 
> > Good day
> > 
> > Has anyone have experience on OSS GIS application
> that could be ideal
> > in a educational environment (preferably on a
> Windows platform).  Any
> > information will be greately appreciated.
> > 
> > >>> GavinF at mintek.co.za 08/11/06 1:42 PM >>>
> > 
> > The GRASS Development Team announces:
> > 
> > GRASS GIS 6.1.0 released 11 August 2006
> > 
> > A new technology preview version of GRASS GIS is
> being released today
> > in preparation for the next benchmark release,
> GRASS 6.2. This
> > feature
> > release, version 6.1.0, improves upon the previous
> stable version of
> > GRASS by adding hundreds of new features as well
> as support for the
> > latest GIS data formats.
> > 
> > The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System,
> commonly referred
> > to
> > as GRASS, is a Geographic Information System (GIS)
> combining powerful
> > raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines
> into 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 is currently used around the world in
> academic and commercial
> > settings as well as by many governmental agencies
> and environmental
> > consulting companies. It runs on a variety of
> popular hardware
> > platforms and is Free open source software
> released under the terms
> > of
> > the GNU General Public License.
> > 
> > Joining GRASS's well-developed raster engine the
> GRASS 6 series
> > introduced a new topological 2D/3D vector engine
> featuring support
> > for
> > vector network analysis and SQL-based DBMS
> management of linked
> > attributes. This release improves the integration
> and functionality
> > of
> > the raster and vector engines, and 3D raster
> (voxel) support has been
> > greatly enhanced.
> > 
> > A new graphical GIS manager and menu system has
> been implemented,
> > while the old GUI display manager has been
> retained and improved for
> > legacy support. The NVIZ visualization tool has
> been enhanced to
> > display 3D vector data and voxel volumes and
> supports the creation of
> > on-the-fly MPEG animations. Additional
> improvements include
> > substantial message translation (i18n) with
> support for FreeType
> > fonts, including multi-byte Asian characters, and
> tools to allow new
> > project locations to be automatically generated
> from input data or
> > EPSG code.
> > 
> > This is the first release of GRASS as a proposed
> founding project of
> > the new Open Source Geospatial Foundation. In
> support of the movement
> > towards consolidation in the open source
> geospatial software world,
> > GRASS is tightly integrated with the latest
> GDAL/OGR libraries. This
> > enables access to an extensive range of raster and
> vector formats,
> > including OGC-conformal Simple Features. GRASS
> also makes use of the
> > highly regarded PROJ.4 software library with
> support for most known
> > map projections and the easy definition of new and
> rare map
> > projections via custom parameterization.
> > 
> > Full announcement:
> > 
> http://grass.itc.it/announces/announce_grass610.html
> 
> > 
> > Short project description
> > 
> http://grass.itc.it/announces/abstract_grass610.txt 
> > 
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Craig von Hagen
FAO - GLCN/Africover/SWALIM Projects
PO Box 30470-00100
Nairobi, Kenya

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