Congratulations to the GRASS team! -- Jody Garnett
On 1 February 2018 at 05:37, Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org> wrote: > *We are pleased to announce the GRASS GIS 7.4.0 release* > > *What's new in a nutshell* > > After a bit more than one year of development the *new update release **GRASS > GIS 7.4.0* is available. It provides *more than 480 stability fixes and > improvements* compared to the previous stable version 7.2. An *overview* > of the *new features* in the 7.4 release series is available at New > Features in GRASS GIS 7.4 > <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures74>. > > Efforts have concentrated on making the user experience even better, > providing many small, but useful additional functionalities to modules and > further improving the graphical user interface. Users can now directly > download pre-packaged demo data locations in the GUI startup window. > Several modules were migrated from addons to the core GRASS GIS package and > the suite of tools for ortho-rectification was re-implemented in the new > GRASS 7 GUI style. In order to support the treatment of massive datasets, > new compression algorithms were introduced and NULL (no-data) raster files > are now also compressed by default. For a detailed overview, see the list > of new features <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures74>. > As a stable release series, 7.4.x enjoys long-term support. > *Binaries/Installer download:* > > - winGRASS 7.4.0: 32bit standalone installer > > <https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/binary/mswindows/native/x86/WinGRASS-7.4.0-1-Setup-x86.exe> > | 64bit standalone installer > > <https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/binary/mswindows/native/x86_64/WinGRASS-7.4.0-1-Setup-x86_64.exe> > - winGRASS 7.4.0 OSGeo4W: 32bit OSGeo4W installer > <http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup-x86.exe> | 64bit > OSGeo4W installer > <http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup-x86_64.exe> > - Debian <https://packages.debian.org/grass> > - EPEL6 <https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neteler/grass74_epel6> > (CentOS6, RHEL6, ...) > - Fedora and EPEL7 > <https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neteler/grass74/> (CentOS7, > RHEL7, ...) > - ubuntugis-unstable > <https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntugis-unstable> > (Ubuntu LTS - Xenial, Trusty) > - grass-stable > <https://launchpad.net/~grass/+archive/ubuntu/grass-stable> (Ubuntu > non-LTS - Zesty) > - > *... further binary packages for other Linux distributions and Mac OSX > will follow shortly, please check at software downloads > <https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/>. * > > *Source code download:* > > - https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/ > - https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/grass-7.4.0.tar.gz > - To get the GRASS GIS 7.4.0 source code directly from SVN, see here > <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/7.4.0-News#SVNSourceCode>. > > *More details:* > > See also our detailed announcement: > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/7.4.0-News > https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures74 (overview of new > 7.4 stable release series) > https://grass.osgeo.org/grass7/manuals/addons/ (list of available addons) > > First time users may explore the first steps tutorial > <https://grass.osgeo.org/documentation/first-time-users> after > installation. > > *About GRASS GIS* > > The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (https://grass.osgeo.org/), > commonly referred to as GRASS GIS, is an Open Source Geographic Information > System providing powerful raster, vector and geospatial processing > capabilities in a single integrated software suite. GRASS GIS 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 GIS has been > translated into about twenty languages and supports a huge array of data > formats. It can be used either as a stand-alone application or as backend > for other software packages such as QGIS and R geostatistics. It is > distributed freely under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). > GRASS GIS is a founding member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation > (OSGeo). > > *The GRASS Development Team, Feb 2018* >
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