[GRASS-user] Grass Book

[Markus Neteler]

Vishal,

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:41:32PM +0530, Vishal Mehta wrote:
> Markus, Helena,
> 
> I have been stalling on buying your book for one reason only- the vector
> stuff changed between Grass 5.x and Grass 6.
> 
> I'm assuming your new edition (3/07) will include Grass6 and examples based
> on new vector things?

Right!

> I have definitely been struggling with vector in Grass, especially with the
> database part, and the interactions between vector and raster (e.g.
> efficiently extracting raster data from multiple rasters corresponding to a
> vector layer). Any chance your new edition will ahve examples on these
> aspects?

yes, that will be the case.
Meanwhile, the Wiki and list list might be helpful.

regards

 Markus

 
> Thanks,
> vishal
> 
> On 6/1/06, Markus Neteler <neteler at itc.it> wrote:
> >
> >pmarc wrote on 05/29/2006 02:47 PM:
> >
> >> Markus, Helena,
> >>
> >> I am almost buying the Grass Book from our friend at Hannover, but
> >> before doing this, I must ask if you are planning a new edition in the
> >> near future...
> >
> >
> >In fact we have recently signed the contract for the 3rd edition. Deadline
> >is in December, so don't expect it on the market before spring 2007.
> >
> >Now it depends on how you define "near future" :-)
> >
> >Best
> >Markus
> >
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