[GRASS-SVN] r57258 - grass-web/trunk/announces

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Author: hamish
Date: 2013-07-24 05:48:14 -0700 (Wed, 24 Jul 2013)
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release announcement blurb for 6.4.3

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+GRASS GIS 6.4.3 released on the 30th Anniversary of GRASS 1.0
+30 July 2013
+http://grass.osgeo.org
+
+
+Thirty years to the day that GRASS GIS 1.0 was released on July 30
+1983, the GRASS Development Team is proud to announce the immediate
+release of GRASS GIS 6.4.3! This is the major new release for 2013 and
+a continuation of the long-running GRASS 6 stable series.
+
+Source code and selected installers for Linux, MS Windows, and MacOS X
+are available for download now at http://grass.osgeo.org/download/
+
+Over 800 new features and bug-fixes have been applied since last
+year's 6.4.2, with the primary focus being on stability and
+efficiency. The most user-visible changes are in new wx-based GUI,
+which has had a major update and is now both more mature and
+featureful. With this new release the MS Windows version (WinGRASS) is
+nearing feature-parity with the UNIX and Mac versions of GRASS and is
+now far more stable and bug-free than in earlier releases.
+
+Backwards compatibility at the module level is maintained with all
+earlier GRASS 6 releases, so there is no need to modify any of your
+existing user-scripts or workflows. Users of 6.4.2 can install this
+version with full confidence.
+
+A number of new modules have been added for processing LANDSAT and
+MODIS satellite data, and a new vector statistics module is also
+introduced. Many new symbols and north arrows are available, and the
+user will find an improved and easier to use wizard for creating
+custom project locations with precise map projection and datum
+support. Community-contributed add-on modules are now more easily and
+robustly installed from an online archive. Other major developments
+include enhancements to the Python scripting library and numerous
+software-compatibility fixes and translation updates. We welcome
+Romanian as our twenty-fourth language!
+
+For a detailed description of the major technical changes, visit
+http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/6.4.3-News
+
+For more information on GRASS's three decades of development,
+visit http://grass.osgeo.org/history/
+
+
+Meanwhile, the development of GRASS 7 is now in full swing with its
+many new features, modules, and cross-platform enhancements coming
+along nicely. Stay tuned for an early feature-preview pre-release
+coming soon!
+
+
+About GRASS GIS
+
+The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to
+as GRASS, is an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) and
+geospatial analysis toolkit. For three decades, GRASS has provided
+powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines in a single
+integrated software suite. GRASS includes tools for spatial modeling
+of raster and vector data, visualization, the management and analysis
+of geospatial information, and the processing of satellite and aerial
+imagery. It also provides the capability to produce sophisticated
+presentation graphics and publication-quality hardcopy maps. GRASS has
+now been translated into twenty-four languages and supports an
+extensive array of data formats. It is distributed under the terms of
+the GNU General Public License (GPL).
+
+GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the
+academic and professional worlds in that it is developed and
+distributed by users for users, mostly on a volunteer basis. Its
+extensive collection of code and spatial processing algorithms are
+open and transparent, and the software is distributed free of charge.
+The source code is also freely available, allowing for immediate
+customization, examination of the underlying algorithms, the addition
+of new features, and faster identification and patching of bugs.
+
+
+--
+The GRASS Development Team
+http://grass.osgeo.org


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