[GRASS-SVN] r45944 - grass-web/trunk/announces

Wed Apr 13 10:24:01 EDT 2011

Author: neteler
Date: 2011-04-13 07:24:01 -0700 (Wed, 13 Apr 2011)
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GRASS 6.4.1 release announcement

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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 6.4.1 released</title>
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+
+<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 6.4.1 released 12 April 2011</h2>
+</center>
+<br>
+<table width="80%" align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" cellpadding="40"><tr><td>
+
+We are pleased to announce that a new stable version of
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">GRASS GIS 6.4.1</a> has been released.
+This release fixes some bugs discovered in the 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.
+
+<p>
+GRASS 6.4 brings a number of exciting enhancements to the GIS. Our new
+<em>wxPython graphical user interface</em> (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.
+
+<h3>What's new in GRASS 6.4.1</h3>
+
+A detailed description of changes can be found in the
+<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1-News">GRASS 6.4.1 Release News</a> page.
+
+<p>
+For a comprehensive list of changes see the
+  <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.1.gz">6.4 ChangeLog</a> file.
+
+<h3>About GRASS GIS</h3>
+
+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. GRASS has now been
+translated into twenty languages and supports a huge array of data formats.
+
+<p>
+GRASS is a founding member of <a href="http://www.osgeo.org">The Open
+Source Geospatial Foundation</a> (OSGeo), a non-profit legal entity which
+has enjoyed extraordinary growth. We expect that this formal infrastructure
+will guarantee that the GRASS community will be well supported and vibrant
+far into the future.
+
+<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/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU General Public License</a>.
+
+<p>
+The GRASS software including over 400 built-in analysis modules and 100 community
+supplied add-on modules and toolboxes can be downloaded for free from the
+main GRASS website at
+ <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org">http://grass.osgeo.org</a>, or from many
+local mirrors worldwide. In addition to the extensive documentation which
+comes with the software, our
+ <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki">Wiki help system</a>
+contains a wealth of user supplied tips and tricks, tutorials, and guides.
+
+<p>
+Users are encouraged to study, customize, extend, improve, and (if
+necessary) diagnose and modify the inner workings of any part of the program.
+We believe that scientific progress depends on the reproducibility of results,
+which in turn depends on the unhindered ability of the user to know, evaluate,
+double-check, and learn from all algorithms and methodologies used in the process
+of their work.
+
+
+<h3>Screenshots</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/index.php">Screenshots</a>
+of GRASS 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, the BSD family, iPAQ/Linux and other UNIX
+compliant platforms. GRASS runs on both 32 and 64 bit systems with large
+data file (&gt;2GB) support for most key modules.
+
+
+<h3>Software download/CDROM</h3>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/download/index.php">http://grass.osgeo.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 along with selected binary packages.</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>,
+and the <a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki">Wiki
+collaborative help system</a>.
+
+
+<h3>Documentation and Support</h3>
+
+For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.4.1 see the
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/">online manuals</a>
+and the 
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/grassmanuals/grass64_module_list.pdf">GRASS 6.4 module list</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p><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/licenses/gpl-2.0.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/6.4.1RC1-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.1RC1</a> released 3 Jan 2011
+<li> <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1RC2-News">GRASS GIS 6.4.1RC2</a> released 17 Mar 2011
+
+
+<li> <b>GRASS GIS 6.4.1 released 12 April 2011</b> (see also <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.1-News">technical announcement</a>)
+</ul>
+
+<hr>
+<a href="abstract_grass641.txt">Short version</a>
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+<a href="abstract_grass641_PL.txt">Short version (PL)</a>
+<a href="abstract_grass641_DE.txt">Short version (DE: Kurzfassung)</a> |
+<a href="riassunto_grass641.txt">Short version (IT: riassunto)</a>
+-->
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php">GRASS Development Team</a><br>
+Date: 12 April 2011 (last changed: $Date: 2010-09-11 07:55:56 +0200 (Sat, 11 Sep 2010) $)
+</address>
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