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GRASS 6.2.2. announcement drafted

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GRASS GIS releases version 6.2.2
11 April 2007
http://grass.itc.it

GRASS 6.2.2 is a new stable release which fixes several bugs discovered in
the 6.2.1 source code. This release is solely for stability purposes and adds
no new features. Besides bug fixes it also includes a number of new message
translations and updates for the help pages.

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.itc.it/download/ and numerous mirror
sites.

Full story at http://grass.itc.it/announces/announce_grass622.html

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<b>The GRASS Development Team announces</b>

<h2>GRASS GIS 6.2.2 released [DATE] 2007</h2>
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We are happy to announce that a new bugfix version of
<a href="http://grass.itc.it">GRASS GIS</a> has been released today.
This release fixes several bugs discovered in the 6.2.1 source code.
It is solely for stability purposes and adds no new features.
Besides bug fixes it also includes a number of new message translations and
updates for the help pages.

GRASS 6.2.x added hundreds of new features, see the earlier
<a href="http://grass.itc.it/announces/announce_grass620.html">6.2.0 release announcement</a>
(Oct. 2006) for more details.

The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System, commonly referred to
as GRASS, is a Geographic Information System (GIS) combining powerful raster,
vector, and geospatial processing engines into 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 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>.

GRASS is a proposed founding project of the new
<a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a>.
In support of the movement towards consolidation in the open source geospatial
software world, GRASS is tightly integrated with the latest GDAL/OGR libraries.
This enables access to an extensive range of raster and vector formats,
including OGC-conformal Simple Features. GRASS also makes use of the highly
regarded PROJ.4 software library with support for most known map projections
and the easy definition of new and rare map projections via custom
parameterization.

<h3>Screenshots</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://grass.itc.it/grass62/screenshots/index.php">Screenshots</a>
of GRASS 6.2 in action
</ul>

<h3>Platforms supported by GRASS</h3>

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.itc.it/download/index.php">http://grass.itc.it</a></li>
<li><a href="http://grass.ibiblio.org/download/index.php">http://grass.ibiblio.org</a></li>
<li>numerous <a href="http://grass.itc.it/mirrors.php">mirror sites</a></li>
<li><a href="http://grass.itc.it/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>

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For details on GRASS software capabilities please refer to:

<a href="http://grass.itc.it/intro/general.php">http://grass.itc.it/intro/general.php</a>,
the previous <a href="announce_grass600.html">GRASS 6.0.0</a>,
<a href="http://grass.itc.it/announces/announce_grass620.html">GRASS 6.2.0</a>, and
<a href="http://grass.itc.it/announces/announce_grass621.html">GRASS 6.2.1</a>
release announcements, and the
<a href="http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/wiki/Main_Page">Wiki collaborative help system</a>.

<h3>What's new in GRASS 6.2.2</h3>

(selected improvements)
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<li> System and Libraries:
<ul>
 <li> DBMI/SQL parser: added missing TIME support
 <li> enable geodetic datum for Krovak
 <li> Slovakia Datum (hermannskogel) fixed
</ul>

<li> Modules/Scripts:
<ul>
 <li> d.vect: display also nodes in topo mode
 <li> g.mremove: work also in gis.m
 <li> ps.map: correct scaling when units are not meters. (bugs # 3096 and 5454)
 <li> r.contour: fixing segfault
 <li> r.flow: 3d length fix; 64bit segfault fix
 <li> r.in.bin: honour -s flag for 2-byte and 4-byte data
 <li> r.profile: die if coordinate request outsite current region settings, was reporting bogus data
 <li> r.proj: fix bilinear interpolation expression (row/column were swapped)
 <li> r.reclass.area: don't leave clump file behind
 <li> r.reclass.area: label support added
 <li> scripts: various fixes backported
 <li> v.in.region: add additional vertex if necessary to ensure line segments don't exceed 180 degrees longitude
 <li> v.report: backported fixes for RT bug #4459 and [grass-code I][#301]
 <li> v.to.db: fix compactness formula parentheses to match actual formula
</ul>

</ul>

For a comprehensive list of changes see the
 <a href="http://grass.itc.it/grass62/source/ChangeLog_6.2.2.gz">ChangeLog</a>.

For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.2.2 see the
<a href="http://grass.itc.it/grass62/manuals/html62_user/index.html">online manuals</a>
and the 
<a href="http://grass.itc.it/gdp/grassmanuals/grass63_module_list.pdf">GRASS 6 module list</a>.

<p><BR><i>We are always looking for testers, code developers, and technical
writers to <a href="http://grass.itc.it/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.itc.it/devel/index.php">in the open</a> by
<a href="http://grass.itc.it/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>
Release history:
<ul>
<li> GRASS GIS 6.1.0 technology preview released 11 August 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.0beta1 released 28 August 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.0beta2 released 30 August 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.0beta3 released 18 September 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.0RC1 released 26 September 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.0RC2 released 6 October 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.0RC3 released 24 October 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.0 released 31 October 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.1RC1 released 6 December 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.1 released 12 December 2006
<li> GRASS GIS 6.2.2RC1 released 11 April 2007
</ul>

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