[GRASS-user] Compare GRASS versions

[Micha Silver]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Jenny Turner
> <jennyturner1980 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Greetings
>> I'm preparing a small GIS tool to High School students to do some image
>> processing, image vizualization etc and I'm thinking of using GRASS since is
>> free and pretty much do what I need. But I realized that 6.4, 6.5 and 7 have
>> different characteristics, functionalities.
>>     
>
> 6.4 and 6.5 are rather close, 7 is starting to deviate.
>
>   
Also, don't ignore the option of QGIS. With the GRASS plugin you can do 
quite a lot, and it's easier and quicker to get started and visualize 
results.
The ready made QGIS installations usually include GRASS 6.4
>> What I need to know is if there
>> is any document that compares and assesses these 3 versions in order to
>> characterizes each one.
>>     
>
> To my knowledge there is none. The Wiki would be the right place to
> start it.
>
>   
>> For instance GRASS6.5 is able to have dynamic
>> wxpython scripts (e.g. v.krige) that is an interesting funcionality.
>>     
>
> Yes - but for stability reasons (in case you need it in production), you
> may consider 6.4. If functionality is missing and available in later
> versions, it could be discussed to backport it for 6.4.1 if not too
> complicated. Otherwise, take the next higher version number.
>
> Markus
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