-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Markus Neteler <[email protected]> > To: GRASS user list <[email protected]> > Subject: [GRASS-user] New paper: "GRASS GIS: a multi-purpose Open > Source GIS" > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:31:04 +0100 > > Hi all, > > we are proud to announce a new, general paper on GRASS GIS: > > Neteler, M., Bowman, M.H., Landa, M. and Metz, M. (2012): > GRASS GIS: a multi-purpose Open Source GIS. Environmental Modelling & > Software > DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.11.014 > Proof PDF: http://gis.cri.fmach.it/uploads/ENSO_2675_proof_GRASS_GIS.pdf > (the final PDF will be soon online) > > Abstract: > The GIS software sector has developed rapidly over the last ten years. > Open Source GIS applications are > gaining relevant market shares in academia, business, and public > administration. In this paper, we > illustrate the history and features of a key Open Source GIS, the > Geographical Resources Analysis Support > System (GRASS). GRASS has been under development for more than 28 > years, has strong ties into > academia, and its review mechanisms led to the integration of well > tested and documented algorithms > into a joint GIS suite which has been used regularly for environmental > modelling. The development is > community-based with developers distributed globally. Through the use > of an online source code > repository, mailing lists and a Wiki, users and developers communicate > in order to review existing code > and develop new methods. In this paper, we provide a functionality > overview of the more than 400 > modules available in the latest stable GRASS software release. This > new release runs natively on common > operating systems (MS-Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OSX), giving basic and > advanced functionality to > casual and expert users. In the second part, we review selected > publications with a focus on environ- > mental modelling to illustrate the wealth of use cases for this open > and free GIS. > > Citations are of course welcome :) > > Cheers > Markus > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
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