[GRASS-SVN] r38651 - grass-web/trunk/announces

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+GRASS GIS releases version 6.4.0
+[DATE]
+http://grass.osgeo.org
+
+GRASS 6.3.0 is a "technology preview" release, the first beta on the
+path to GRASS 6.4-stable, and also marks the start of work on GRASS 7.
+As such GRASS 6.3.0 is not intended to be a stable release with ongoing
+support, but after five months of quality-assurance review users can be
+confident to use this version for their day to day work, indeed due to
+the open development model many already do.
+
+This release brings hundreds of new module features, supported data
+formats, and language translations, as well as a number of exciting
+enhancements to the GIS. A prototype of the new wxPython user interface
+is debuted, and for the the first since its inception with a port from 
+the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS will run on a non-UNIX based platform:
+MS-Windows. This is currently still in an experimental state and we hope
+that widespread testing of 6.3.0 will mean the 6.4 release of WinGRASS
+will be fully functional and robust. Existing users will be happy to
+know that these new features do not disrupt the base GIS which remains
+as solid as ever and fully backwards compatible with earlier GRASS 6.0
+and GRASS 6.2 releases.
+
+Several infrastructure changes accompany this release with the project
+becoming a founding member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
+(OSGeo). This includes a new home for the website, the Wiki help system,
+source code repository, community add-on module repository, integrated
+bug tracking system, and formal membership for the project in a non-profit
+legal entity. We hope that these changes will guarantee that the GRASS
+community will be well supported and vibrant well into the future.
+
+
+The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) is a Geographic
+Information System (GIS) used for spatial modeling, visualization of
+both raster and vector data, geospatial data management and analysis,
+processing of satellite and aerial imagery, and production of
+sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS combines
+powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines into a
+single integrated software package.
+
+The GRASS GIS project is developed under the terms of the GNU General
+Public License (the GPL) by volunteers the world over. GRASS differs
+from many other GIS software packages used in the professional world
+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. Emphasis
+is placed on interoperability and unlimited access to data as well as
+on software flexibility and evolution rate. The source code is freely
+available allowing for immediate customization, examination of the
+underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and fast bug fixing.
+
+GRASS is currently used around the world in academic and commercial
+settings as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental
+consulting companies.
+
+
+Software download at http://grass.osgeo.org/download/ and numerous
+mirror sites.
+
+Full story at http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass640.html


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+   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+   <meta name="Author" content="GRASS Development Team">
+   <title>GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released</title>
+   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://grass.osgeo.org/sitestyle.css">
+</head>
+<body bgcolor="#ffffff">
+
+<div align="right">
+[ <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/index.php">HOME</a> ]
+</div>
+
+<center>
+<img src="http://grass.osgeo.org/images/grasslogo_vector_small.png" alt=" _\|/_ GRASS GIS logo" hspace="22">
+<BR>
+<BR>
+
+<b>The GRASS Development Team announces</b>
+
+<h2>GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released [DATE]</h2>
+</center>
+<BR>
+
+We are happy to announce the latest release of
+ <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS GIS</a>, the first stable release
+with new features since GRASS 6.2 first arrived in October 2006.
+
+<P>
+Officially this is a "technology preview" release, the first beta on the
+path to GRASS 6.4-stable, and it also marks the start of work on GRASS 7.
+As such GRASS 6.3.0 is not intended to be a stable release with ongoing
+support, but after five months of quality-assurance review we are very
+pleased with the results. Users can be confident to use this version for
+their day to day work, indeed due to the open development model many
+already do.
+
+<P>
+Besides the hundreds of new module features, supported data formats, and
+language translations, GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements
+to the GIS. A prototype of the new wxPython user interface is debuted, and
+for the first time since its inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in
+1983, GRASS will run on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows. This is
+currently still in an experimental state and we hope that widespread
+testing of 6.3.0 will mean the 6.4 release of WinGRASS will be fully
+functional and robust. Existing UNIX and Mac users will be happy to
+know that these new features do not disrupt the base GIS which remains
+as solid as ever and fully backwards compatible with earlier GRASS 6.0
+and GRASS 6.2 releases.
+
+<P>
+Several infrastructure changes accompany this release with the project
+becoming a founding member of the <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">Open
+Source Geospatial Foundation</a> (OSGeo).
+This includes a new home for the <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">website</a>,
+the <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wiki help system</a>,
+<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/trunk">source code repository</a>,
+community <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass-addons">add-on
+module repository</a>,
+integrated <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/report">bug tracking system</a>,
+and formal membership for the project in a non-profit legal entity. We hope
+that these changes will guarantee that the GRASS community will be well
+supported and vibrant well into the future.
+
+<p>
+The <i>Geographic Resources Analysis Support System</i>, commonly referred to
+as GRASS, is a 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.
+
+<P>
+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
+<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>.
+
+
+
+<h3>Screenshots</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/index.php">Screenshots</a>
+of GRASS 6.4 in action
+</ul>
+
+<h3>Platforms supported by GRASS</h3>
+
+<p>GNU/Linux, Mac OS X/Darwin, Microsoft Windows (native using MinGW or with
+full UNIX support via Cygwin), Sun Solaris (SPARC/Intel), Silicon Graphics
+Irix, HP-UX, DEC-Alpha, AIX, BSD, iPAQ/Linux and other UNIX compliant platforms.
+GRASS runs on both 32 and 64 bit systems with large files (&gt;2GB) supported by
+many key modules.
+
+
+<h3>Software download/CDROM</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php#g63x">http://grass.osgeo.org</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://grass.ibiblio.org/download/index.php#g63x">http://grass.ibiblio.org</a></li>
+<li>numerous <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/mirrors.php">mirror sites</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/cdrom.php">GRASS on CDROM/DVD</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+The new source code is available now and binary packages for major operating
+systems will be published shortly.</p>
+
+<p>
+For details on GRASS software capabilities please refer to:
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/intro/general.php">http://grass.osgeo.org/intro/general.php</a>,
+the previous announcements of
+<a href="announce_grass620.html">GRASS 6.2.0</a>,
+<a href="announce_grass621.html">GRASS 6.2.1</a>,
+<a href="announce_grass622.html">GRASS 6.2.2</a>, and
+<a href="announce_grass623.html">GRASS 6.2.3</a>,
+and the <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wiki
+collaborative help system</a>.
+
+
+<h3>What's new in GRASS 6.4.0</h3>
+(selected improvements from the more than 3400 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 -->
+
+<!--
+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 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 files for documentation, Python, Tcl/Tk, and shell scripts
+  <li> GRASS-SWIG prototype interface improved (library bindings for Perl and Python)
+  <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
+  <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> "Default" datum transformation parameters are now first in the list
+    instead of last
+  <li> Create new locations using EPSG codes with g.proj
+  <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>g.gui</b>: New frontend command to launch GUI sessions
+
+ <li> <b>gis.m Tcl/Tk GUI</b>:
+ <ul>
+   <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>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> <b>NVIZ</b>: Major revamp of interface; output directly to MPEG or
+   other FFmpeg supported formats
+ <li> <b>QGIS integration</b>: GRASS toolbox extended, available from
+   <a href="http://www.qgis.org">Quantum GIS</a>
+</ul>
+
+<li> Drivers:
+<ul>
+ <li> <b>DBF driver</b>: 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)
+ <li> <b>PostScript display driver</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   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
+</ul>
+
+<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
+ <li> <b>db.droptable</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   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.out.file</b>: Expanded to use the Cairo and PostScript display
+   drivers to allow export to ps, eps, svg, and pdf formats
+ <li> <b>d.path</b>: Support for use from GUI and non-interactive mode
+ <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> -
+   Internal utility for locating support files
+ <li> <b>g.gui</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   Launches a GRASS graphical user interface (GUI) session
+ <li> <b>g.message</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   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.resamp.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>: Support for equalized histogram, reversed,
+  logarithmically scaled, 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> -
+   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, and r.li.simpson
+ <li> <b>r.mfilter.fp</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   Raster map custom matrix filter (floating point 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>: Report 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</b>: Enhanced control of meta-data
+ <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> -
+   Drops a column from the attribute table connected to a given vector map
+ <li> <b>v.db.join</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   Allows to join a table to a vector map table
+ <li> <b>v.db.renamecol</b>: <font color="red">NEW</font> -
+   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> (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 features using a number of smoothing techniques
+ <li> <b>v.in.db</b>: More efficient implementation 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> <b>v.surf.idw</b> and <b>v.surf.rst</b>: Work with massive datasets
+   imported without topology (e.g. LIDAR)
+ </ul>
+</ul>
+
+<P>
+For a comprehensive list of changes see the
+  <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/source/ChangeLog_6.4.0.gz">6.4 ChangeLog</a> file.</p>
+<P>
+For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.4.0 see the
+<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
+the development cycle.</i>
+
+The GRASS GIS project is developed under the terms of the
+<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>
+(the GPL) <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/index.php">in the open</a> by
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/community/index.php">volunteers</a> the
+<a href="http://mapserver.gdf-hannover.de/grassusers/map.phtml">world over</a>.
+
+GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the professional
+world 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.
+
+Emphasis is placed on interoperability and unlimited access to data as well as
+on software flexibility and evolution rate.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Release history:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.0RC1-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC1</a> released 24 Oct 2007
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.0RC2-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC2</a> released 20 Nov 2007
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.0RC3-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC3</a> released 30 Nov 2007
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.0RC4-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC4</a> released 9 Jan 2008
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.0RC5-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.0RC5</a> released 19 Feb 2008
+<li> GRASS GIS 6.4.0 released [DATE]
+</ul>
+
+<hr>
+<a href="abstract_grass630.txt">Short version</a> |
+<a href="abstract_grass630_CZ.txt">Short version (CZ)</a> |
+<a href="abstract_grass630_PL.txt">Short version (PL)</a>
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+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php">GRASS Development Team</a><br>
+Date: 23 April 2008 (last changed: $Date$)
+</address>
+</body>
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