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GRASS Help

2010-05-24T11:30:10Z

⚠️Emilia:

== Getting Started ==

''Most tutorials and examples will use the [[GRASS_Help#Sample_Dataset | Spearfish County, SD]] sample dataset.'' New examples will be also based on the [http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php OSGeo Educational Dataset] (North Carolina, USA)

=== Installation ===

* Covered in the [[Installation Guide]]

=== Frequently Asked Questions ===

* [[Faq|FAQ]]
* You can contact GRASS users in [[How to participate in IRC communication|IRC]]
* [[How the Open Source software development model works]]

=== First Day Documentation ===

* [[GRASS 6 Terminology]]

* [[Gis Concepts|Basic GIS concepts]] and how GRASS implements them

* [http://grass.bologna.enea.it/tutorial/ Five minute program launch tutorial] by Lorenzo Moretti
: First few slides are geared for Mac OSX, the rest is generic.

* [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/helptext.html GRASS Quickstart] help page

* [[Importing data]]: how to get your data into GRASS

* [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html GRASS help pages] including basic introductions

==== Short tutorials ====

* [[Quick_wx_tutorial|A quick introduction to the 6.4 wxGUI and raster maps]]

* [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/HowToTestGrass6 How-To Test GRASS6] - easy to replicate steps with GRASS 6.3+ and QGIS

* Simple [http://web.archive.org/web/20060209031109/http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/documents/Grass-6-Visual-Tutorial.pdf Visual Tutorial for GRASS 6.0] by L. Moretti (for non-UNIX people, GUI)

* [http://www.irri.org/gis/courses.htm Short courses] from the International Rice Research Institute (GRASS Tcl/Tk GIS.m GUI, QGIS (incl. GRASS plugin), and R statistics)

* [http://mpa.fbk.eu/markus/osg05/ GRASS 6 in a nutshell] by M. Neteler (2005, short tutorial, also translated to Spanish and French)

* The [[GRASS 6 Tutorial]] (a work in progress; seeking for volunteers)

* [http://www.gdf-hannover.de/lit_html/grass60_v1.2_en/index.html An introduction to the practical use of the Free Geographical Information System GRASS 6.0] by GDF Hannover

* [http://www.gdf-hannover.de/media.php?id=0&lg=en More tutorials] from GDF Hannover

==== Textbook ====

* [http://www.grassbook.org Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach. 3rd ed. 2008] by M. Neteler and H. Mitasova (Springer book; focus is on GRASS 6.3)

==== Individual modules ====

* Synopsis of GRASS modules, including menu positions ({{website|gdp/grassmanuals/grass64_module_list.pdf|PDF, 100k}}) ({{website|gdp/grassmanuals/grass64_module_list.html|HTML version}})
: ''Create current list with'' "<tt>make html2pdfdoc</tt>" or "<tt>cd tools; ./module_synopsis.sh</tt>" ''in GRASS 6.3+''

* Individual GRASS module [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/index.html reference manuals]

* All GRASS module reference manuals (PDF Book)
: ''Create current set with'' "<tt>make html2pdfdoccomplete</tt>" ''in GRASS 6.3+''

=== Sample Datasets ===

* [http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php North Carolina, USA (OSGeo Edu dataset)] - rich data set prepared in 2007/2008
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/download/data6.php Spearfish County, SD, USA] (not so far from Mount Rushmore) with [http://mpa.itc.it/markus/osg05/ extra data]
** Mount Rushmore: [43°53' N, 103°28' W]

* [[Global datasets]]

* [http://grass.osgeo.org/download/data.php More sample data]

== Further Reading ==

* [[Documents|Full GRASS Documentation]]

* [[GRASS_Education_%28Free_GIS_education%29#Teaching_Materials | Teaching materials]] contributed by the community.<BR>(Tutorials, courseware, training videos, etc.)

* More GRASS documentation and tutorials from the old [http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/index.php GRASS Documentation Project].<BR>[''content is slowly being merged into this Wiki'']

* [[GRASS and its siblings%3B a guide for the novice]]

== Migration from other GIS Software ==

* [[GRASS_migration_hints|GRASS migration hints]]
* [[GIS to GRASS command translation|GIS Software to GRASS command translation table and discussion]]
* [[Tips for Arc users]]

== Interfacing with external software ==

* [[Tips_and_Tricks#Using_QGIS_as_a_frontend_to_GRASS| QGIS]] frontend

* [[GRASS_and_Rstat|R statistics]] interface

* [[GRASS_and_GMT|GMT mapping]] cartography

* [[GRASS_and_MapServer| MapServer]] web server

* External databases ({{cmd|db.connect}})
* External raster data ({{cmd|r.external}})
* External vector data ({{cmd|v.external}})
* [[GRASS and Paraview|Paraview]] 3D visualization ({{cmd|r.out.vtk}}, {{cmd|r3.out.vtk}}, {{cmd|v.out.vtk}})
* [[POV-Ray|POVray]] 3D visualization ({{cmd|r.out.pov}}, {{cmd|v.out.pov}})
* [http://custom-essay-writing-service.org/index.php custom essay writing]
* [http://cvresumewriters.com/ resume writers]
* [[OpenSceneGraph]] 3D visualization
* [[GRASS vector export to Inkscape]]

== Misc. Help ==

* [[:Category:FAQ|GRASS FAQ]] (see also: [[GRASS 6 Tutorial]])
* [[Tips and Tricks]]
* [[Compile and install GRASS and QGIS with GDAL/OGR Plugin]]
* [[How to interpolate point value using kriging method with R and GRASS 6]]

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* Wiki [[Help]] (how to edit pages after registration)

[[Category: Documentation]]

Applications

2010-05-24T11:26:51Z

⚠️Emilia:

Many people are doing many things with GRASS.

It is encouraged that interested parties add contacts, tips, scripts, references, and partake in general discussion on the following free-form pages. Click on a subject and start editing, or add a new interest group! Anyone can contribute to the wiki pages, just register yourself an account.

* [[Archeology]]
* [[Agriculture and HPC]]
* [[Energy calculations]]
* [[Environmental Protection and Monitoring]]
* [[Geology]]
* [[Geophysics]]
* [[Hydrological Sciences]] - including ice cover
* [[Landscape Genetics]]
* [[Marine Science]]
* [[Meteorology]]
* [http://custom-essay-writing-service.org/index.php custom writing company]
* [http://cvresumewriters.com/ resume writer]
* [[Natural Hazards]]
* [[Planetary mapping]]
* [[Public Health]]
* [[Search and Rescue]]
* [[Soil Science]]
* [[Wildlife Zoology]]

* ''Add your interest here ...''

[[Category:Applications]]

GRASS-Wiki

2010-05-24T11:23:07Z

⚠️Emilia:

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=== Welcome to the GRASS GIS Users Wiki ===

{{website|intro/general.php|'''GRASS GIS'''}} is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system Geographic Information System] used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modeling, and visualization.

On this Wiki, you can get and contribute to GRASS related information, documents and community provided add-ons programs. To edit here, you need to register and login first (see top right link).

For GRASS at a glance, see [[Core features]]. For usage examples, see the [http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/index.php screenshots gallery] and [[Applications]].
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* The student application deadline for Google Summer of Code 2010 is near:<br> [[GRASS_SoC_Ideas_2010|GRASS in GSoC!]]
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==== User Documentation and Support ====
* [[GRASS Help|GRASS Help and Getting Started]]
* [[GRASS Documents|In depth GRASS Documentation]]
* [[Installation Guide]] for precompiled binaries
* [[Faq|FAQ]] - Frequently Asked Questions
* [[Applications]] - use cases of GRASS in various disciplines
* [[wxGUI]] - Graphical User Interface based on wxPython
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==== Community ====
* [[GRASS Community]]: Getting in touch
* [[Applications|Research applications]]: What people are doing with GRASS
* [[GRASS migration hints|Migrating to GRASS]]
* [[GRASS Blogger]]
* Get involved: [[Project jobs]]
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges?feed=rss RSS feed] of recent changes of this Wiki
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<div>Have a look at the GRASS GIS users worldwide [http://grass.osgeo.org/community/ GRASS GIS User Online]. If you operate a GRASS GIS installation, you are welcome to enter your user data there.
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* [http://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/index.php GRASS Screenshots]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org SVN/trac] Source Code Repository
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/community/support.php Mailing lists] and [http://grass.osgeo.org/community/support.php#irc IRC]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ Report errors]
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==== Download ====
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/download/ Source code and binaries]
* '''[[GRASS AddOns]]'''
* [[Promotional material]]
* [[Sample datasets]]
* [[Global datasets]]
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==== Development ====
* [[Compile and Install]] of Source Code
* [[Development|GRASS Development]] intro
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki GRASS-trac]: the development Wiki, bugtracker, source code browser
* [[Release Roadmap]]
* [http://essaywritingservices.org/index.php essay service]
* [http://essaywritingservices.org/index.php writing services]
* [[GRASS 7 ideas collection]]
* [[GRASS SoC Ideas|Google Summer of Code ideas collection]]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/HowToContribute How to contribute to GRASS development] (getting write access and such)
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