[GRASS-SVN] r31049 - grass-web/trunk/announces

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Sun Apr 20 03:13:50 EDT 2008 

Author: hamish
Date: 2008-04-20 03:13:50 -0400 (Sun, 20 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 31049

Modified:
   grass-web/trunk/announces/announce_grass630.html
Log:
fourth set of announcement changes

Modified: grass-web/trunk/announces/announce_grass630.html
===================================================================
--- grass-web/trunk/announces/announce_grass630.html	2008-04-20 07:00:50 UTC (rev 31048)
+++ grass-web/trunk/announces/announce_grass630.html	2008-04-20 07:13:50 UTC (rev 31049)
@@ -123,87 +123,94 @@
 
 
 <h3>What's new in GRASS 6.3.0</h3>
-(selected improvements)
+(selected improvements from the more than 3450 minor and important fixes)
+<!-- 3483 CVS changes since 6.2.2: `grep -c '^2' ChangeLog_6.2.2-6.2.3` -14 VERSION admin = 3469 -->
 
 <!--
-New things since:
- 2006-08-11 12:52  markus  * include/VERSION: Switched development to 6.3.cvs
-
-see also:
- http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.3.0RC1-News
- http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.3.0RC2-News
- http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.3.0RC3-News
- http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.3.0RC4-News
- http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.3.0RC5-News
- http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.3.0RC6-News
+This list should cover new things not backported since 6.2 was branched from HEAD:
+  2006-08-11 12:52  markus  * include/VERSION: Switched development to 6.3.cvs 
 -->
 
 <ul>
  <li>Source code quality/libraries:
  <ul>
-  <li> Many fixes for native support on MS-Windows (MinGW based)
+  <li> Many fixes for native MS-Windows support (MinGW based)
   <li> <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/grass/grass6_progman/">Programmer's Manual</a>:
        continued Doxygen integration and automated generation into PDF and HTML
        formats. Publicly available for download and perusal.
   <li> Improved policies for code submission specified in the
-    SUBMITTING, SUBMITTING_PYTHON, SUBMITTING_TCLTK, and SUBMITTING_SCRIPTS files
+    SUBMITTING files for documentation, Python, Tcl/Tk, and shell scripts
   <li> GRASS-SWIG prototype interface improved (library bindings for Perl and Python)
-  <li> Support for automatic creation of script templates
-  <li> Quiet and verbose modes for all modules
-
-  <li> DBMI: SQL parser extended (support for DROP COLUMN, ASC/DESC keyword in ORDER BY clause, etc.)
+  <li> All modules: <tt>--quiet</tt> and <tt>--verbose</tt> message modes
+  <li> All modules: <tt>--script</tt> flag generates boilerplate for shell scripts
+    with parser and GUI support
+  <li> Batch mode for launching GRASS for non-interactive processing tasks
+  <li> DBMI: SQL parser extended (support for DROP COLUMN, ASC/DESC keyword
+   in ORDER BY clause, etc.)
   <li> Partial differential equations library with OpenMP support (gpdelib)
-  <li> Moved aggregate functions into separate statistics library; modified r.series, r.neighbors to use statistics library
-
+  <li> Moved aggregate functions into separate statistics library
   <li> Display driver: add R_bitmap() and supporting infrastructure
+  <li> Major clean-up to the display architecture (libraries and drivers):
+    the drivers no longer maintain a palette; all colours are specified
+    directly as R/G/B values
   <li> Segmentation library polished
   <li> Cdhc library for testing normality & exponentiality polished
-  <li> pkgconfig/grass.pc now usable
-  <li> Use G_mkdir() instead of system("mkdir ...")
-  <li> Slovakia/hermannskogel datum updated, Krovak support added
-  <li> "Default" datum transformation parameters are now first in the list instead of last
+  <li> "Default" datum transformation parameters are now first in the list
+    instead of last
+  <li> Create new locations using EPSG codes with <b>g.proj</b>
+  <li> Message translation (i18N): translations continued, new languages
+    including Vietnamese and Arabic
+ <li> Documentation/man pages: various fixes and improvements (more examples added,
+   including graphics, improved style, new introductory pages)
+ <li> Documentation: various terminology issues fixed and terms unified
+ <li> Symbols: New icons, support for symbol rotation
 
+
 </ul>
 
 <li>  Graphical User Interface (GUI):
 <ul>
-<!--
- <li> <b>gis.m</b>:
+
+ <li><b>g.gui</b>: New frontend command to launch GUI sessions
+
+ <li> <b>gis.m Tcl/Tk GUI</b>:
  <ul>
-   <li> replacing x11 displays with TclTk canvases. This allows controls to go on the map display window, including zooming, panning, measure, profile, query, and autolaunching of NVIZ to display all active map layers.
-   <li> GIS manager extended with mouse placement of text and scale bars and menu updates
-   <li> new TclTk profiler and georectifier (raster and vector maps).
-   <li> New interactive command console with output window.
-   <li> New interface tools for interactive creation of custom color tables. 
-   <li> New interfaces for interactive raster reclassification, raster recoding, and vector reclassification.
-   <li> New animation tool to display raster map series as an animation. Pure TclTk replacement and update for Xganim module.
+   <li> GIS manager extended with mouse placement of text and scale bars
+     and menu updates
+   <li> Updated Tcl/Tk profile and georectification GUI tools
+   <li> New interactive command console with output window
+   <li> New interfaces for interactive raster reclassification, raster
+     recoding, custom raster color rules, and vector reclassification
+   <li> New animation tool to display raster map series as an animation
  </ul>
- <li> <b>g.gui/wxgrass</b>:
+
+ <li> <b>wxPython GUI</b>:
  <ul>
-   <li> Complete <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS">GUI rewrite in Python/wxWidgets</a>
- <ul>
- <li> Improved startup screen and interface, including searchable EPSG codes list and better custom datum support
- <li> Major revamp of NVIZ interface
- <li> QGIS integration: GRASS toolbox extended, available from <a href="http://www.qgis.org">Quantum GIS</a>
- <li> all modules: --script flag generates boilerplate for shell scripts with parser/GUI support
- <li> changed limited Tcl HTML browser to system wide HTML browser for help system
- <li> updated descriptive text on GRASS intro screen
- <li> major clean-up to the display architecture (libraries and drivers): the drivers no longer maintain a palette; all colours are specified directly as R/G/B values.
--->
+   <li> Complete <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS">GUI
+     rewrite in Python/wxWidgets</a>
+ </ul>
+
+ <li> Improved startup screen and interface, including searchable EPSG
+   codes list and better custom datum support
+ <li> NVIZ: Major revamp of interface; output directly to MPEG or other
+   FFmpeg supported formats
+ <li> QGIS integration: GRASS toolbox extended, available from
+   <a href="http://www.qgis.org">Quantum GIS</a>
 </ul>
 
 <li> Drivers:
 <ul>
  <li> DBF driver: extended column type support
  <li> <b>HTMLMAP display driver</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
-  Prepares clickable HTML image map templates (port from GRASS 5)
+   Prepares clickable HTML image map templates (port from GRASS 5)
  <li> <b>PostScript display driver</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
-  Renders display directly into a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript file
+   Renders display directly into a PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript file
  <li> <b>Cairo display driver</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
-  Renders display directly into a number of image formats using the Cairo rendering engine
+   Renders display directly into a number of image formats using the Cairo
+   rendering engine
 </ul>
 
-<li> New Modules and Scripts since GRASS 6.2.3:
+<li> New and major updates for modules and scripts since GRASS 6.2.3:
 <ul>
  <li> <b>db.dropcol</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Drops a column from selected attribute table
@@ -211,10 +218,15 @@
    Drops an attribute table
  <li> <b>db.in.ogr</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Imports attribute tables in various formats
+ <li> <b>db.login</b>: Support for interactive password entry (invisible passwords)
  <li> <b>db.out.ogr</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Exports attribute tables into various formats
+ <li> <b>d.barscale</b>: North arrow for lat/lon locations
+ <li> <b>d.rast.edit</b>: Rewritten in Tcl/Tk
  <li> <b>d.shadedmap</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Drapes a semi-transparent raster over a shaded relief map
+ <li> <b>d.text</b>, <b>d.font</b>: Updated to accept TrueType fonts and
+   maintain a database of system fonts
  <li> <b>g.dirseps</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Internal utility for converting directory characters (MS-Windows)
  <li> <b>g.findetc</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
@@ -225,33 +237,50 @@
    Internal utility for printing quiet and verbose messages in scripts
  <li> <b>g.mkfontcap</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Internal utility for generating a list of available system fonts
+ <li> <b>g.mremove</b>: Support for use from GUI
  <li> <b>i.atcorr</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Performs atmospheric correction using the 6S algorithm
+ <li> <b>i.landsat.rgb</b>: Vast speed improvement
+ <li> <b>ps.map</b>: Various improvements including new map border control,
+   rotated and scaled symbols, and allowing geogrid from lat/lon locations
  <li> <b>r3.gwflow</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Models transient, confined groundwater flow in three dimensions
  <li> <b>r3.stats</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Generates volume statistics for raster3d maps
  <li> <b>r3.univar</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Calculates univariate statistics from the cells of a 3D raster map
+ <li> <b><strike>r.bilinear</strike></b>:
+   This module has been replaced by 'r.stats.interp'
  <li> <b>r.category</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Manages raster map category values and labels (replaces r.cats)
+ <li> <b>r.colors</b>: Histogram equalizated, reversed, logarithmic scaling,
+   rules-from-file and more
  <li> <b>r.gwflow</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Models transient, confined groundwater flow in two dimensions
+ <li> <b>r.in.wms</b>:
+   Various fixes and more robust when dealing with flaky WMS servers
+ <li> <b>r.in.xyz</b>: Support for extended statistics
+ <li> <b>r.le suite</b>: Various fixes and modernization
  <li> <b>r.li suite</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
-   A toolset for multiscale analysis of landscape structure.<BR>Including:
+   Advanced toolset for multiscale analysis of landscape structure.
+   <BR>Including single and multi-processor enabled modules:
    r.li.cwed, r.li.dominance, r.li.edgedensity, r.li.mpa, r.li.mps, r.li.padcv,
    r.li.padrange, r.li.padsd, r.li.patchdensity, r.li.patchnum, r.li.richness,
    r.li.setup, r.li.shannon, r.li.shape, r.li.simpson, and r.mfilter.fp
- <li> <b>r.out.gdal</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
-   Exports raster maps into a multitude of formats (replaces old shell script version)
+ <li> <b>r.out.gdal</b>: New C implementation replaces shell script version,
+    <i>region sensitive</i>, with color export ability
  <li> <b>r.out.xyz</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Exports a raster map to a text file as x,y,z values based on cell centers
+ <li> <b>r.profile</b>: Rreport data outside the current region as invalid
+ <li> <b>r.proj</b>: Replaced with an improved version
  <li> <b>r.resamp.interp</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Resamples raster map layers to a finer grid using interpolation
  <li> <b>r.resamp.stats</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Resamples raster map layers to a coarser grid using aggregation
  <li> <b>r.support.stats</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Support module which updates raster map statistics
+ <li> <b>r.univar</b>: Support for extended statistics
+ <li> <b>r.watershed</b>: Vast speed improvement
  <li> <b>r.what.color</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Queries colors for a raster map layer
  <li> <b>v.db.dropcol</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
@@ -262,78 +291,25 @@
    Renames a column in the attribute table connected to a given vector map
  <li> <b>v.db.univar</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Calculates univariate statistics on selected table column for a vector map
- <li> <b>v.digit</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
-   Vector map digitizer (rewritten for wxPython)
+ <li> <b>v.digit</b> (Tcl/Tk): Rewritten for use without X11
+ <li> <b>v.digit</b> (wxPython): <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   All new vector map digitizer rewritten in wxPython
  <li> <b>v.edit</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Edits a vector map, allows adding, deleting and modifying selected vector features
  <li> <b>v.generalize</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Generalization of vector feaures using a number of smoothing techniques
+ <li> <b>v.in.db</b>: More efficient implimentation of the where= option
  <li> <b>v.in.wfs</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Import GetFeatures from WFS format
  <li> <b>v.net.visibility</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Visibility graph construction
  <li> <b>v.out.svg</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Exports a vector map to SVG format
+ <li> <b>v.proj</b>: Better handling of z coordinates in 3-D vectors
  <li> <b>v.support</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
    Updates vector map metadata
-
-
-<!--
- <li> Message translation (i18N): translations continued, new language Vietnamese, Arabic
- <li> All modules: keywords added in description
- <li> Documentation/man pages: various fixes and improvements (more examples added, including graphics, improved style, new introductory pages)
- <li> Documentation: various terminology issues fixed and terms unified
- <li> Batch job support: if "GRASS_BATCH_JOB=/path/to/script.sh" is set, the script is executed as a batch job and exit when it is complete
- <li> Scripts: grass-xterm-wrapper script instead of hardcoded xterm
- <li> <b>d.barscale</b>: north arrow for lat/lon locations
- <li> <b>db.login</b>: interactive password added (for invisible password)
- <li> <b>d.font</b>: contains d.font.freetype
- <li> <b>d.text.new</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - merge of d.text and d.text.freetype, several encoding and positioning fixes
- <li> <b>g.mremove</b>: fix for prompting in GUI
- <li> <b>g.pnmcomp</b>: allow writing out alpha (mask) image
- <li> <b>g.region</b>: bottom &gt; top bug fixed
- <li> <b>g.setproj</b>: move projection parameter information from C source code into external text files; Krovak added
- <li> <b>i.group</b>: simple group listing bugfix
- <li> <b>i.landsat.rgb</b>: use C implementation of r.univar for speed
- <li> <b>i.spectral</b>: export to PNG image added
- <li> <b>nviz</b>: improved user interface, fix for Tk8.5
- <li> <b>ps.map</b>: add border controls, allow geogrid from lat/lon locations, disallow scalebar from lat/lon locations (incorrect due to curvature)
- <li> <b>ps.map</b>: various fixes
- <li> <b>r3.gwflow</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> -  confined groundwater flow in 3D
- <li> <b>r.bilinear</b>: This module is deprecated. Please use 'r.stats.interp' instead.
- <li> <b>r.colors</b>: new predefined color tables added
- <li> <b>r.flow</b>: 3d length fix and 64bit crash fix
- <li> <b>r.gwflow</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - confined and unconfined groundwater flow in 2D
- <li> <b>r.in.srtm</b>: added PIXELTYPE SIGNEDINT to header file for r.in.gdal to recognize negative values (SRTM etc)
- <li> <b>r.in.wms</b>: various fixes
- <li> <b>r.le.*</b>: various updates to GRASS 6
- <li> <b>r.li.*</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - landscape structure analysis suite (single and multiprocessor implementation)
- <li> <b>r.out.gdal</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - now C implementation, region sensitive, with color export if present
- <li> <b>r.out.vrml</b>: formerly called p.out.vrml
- <li> <b>r.out.xyz</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - export a raster map as x,y,z, to a text file
- <li> <b>r.profile</b>: don't report data outside of current region
- <li> <b>r.proj</b>: Fix cubic interpolation equation
- <li> <b>r.proj.seg</b>: improved implementation of r.proj for large raster maps (to substitute r.proj)
- <li> <b>r.resamp.interp</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - Resamples raster map layers using interpolation
- <li> <b>r.resamp.stats</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - resamples raster map layers using aggregation
- <li> <b>r.univar</b>: extended stats
- <li> <b>r.watershed</b>: speedup
- <li> <b>v.centroids</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - add missing centroids
- <li> <b>v.db.dropcol</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - drops column from attribute table
- <li> <b>v.db.renamecol</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - renames table columns
- <li> <b>v.digit</b>: split v.digit icons into two rows for 800x600 screens
- <li> <b>v.dissolve</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - dissolve common boundaries
- <li> <b>v.edit</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - edits a vector map; allows adding, deleting and modifying objects in a vector map
- <li> <b>v.extract</b>: don't crash on DBMI failure
- <li> <b>v.in.db</b>: no longer copy the entire table if where= option is used
- <li> <b>v.in.ogr</b>: locale bug fixed; memory leak fixed
- <li> <b>v.lidar.*</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - Lidar data analysis tools
- <li> <b>v.out.svg</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - vector to SVG export
- <li> <b>v.proj</b>: leave z co-ordinates in 3-D vectors untouched by default
- <li> <b>v.support</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - set/update vector map metadata in the header file
- <li> <b>v.surf.bspline</b>: <font color=red>NEW</font> - bspline interpolation
- <li> <b>v.surf.idw</b>: don't require topology to be built for input vector points file
- -->
+ <li> <b>v.surf.idw</b> and <b>v.surf.rst</b>: Work with massive datasets
+   imported without topology (e.g. LIDAR)
  </ul>
 </ul>
 
@@ -342,7 +318,10 @@
   <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/source/ChangeLog_6.3.0.gz">6.3 ChangeLog</a> file.</p>
 <P>
 For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.3.0 see the
-<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/index.html">online manuals</a>.</p>
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/manuals/html63_user/index.html">online manuals</a>
+and the 
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassmanuals/grass63_module_list.pdf">GRASS 6 module list</a>.
+</p>
 
 <p><BR><i>We are always looking for testers, code developers, and technical
 writers to <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/index.php">help us</a> maintain and accelerate

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