GRASS-Wiki - User contributions [en]

GDAL related problems

2007-11-21T08:10:34Z

⚠️Maltehm:

'''Q:''' I got an error message like this one:

error while loading shared libraries: libgdal.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

'''A:''' This happens, when GDAL isn't installed properly.

Possible solutions:
* Check if GDAL is installed (locate gdal). If not, install GDAL.
* Check if the directory which contains your libgdal is listed in your /etc/ld.so.config. If not, add the directory with a texteditor to the file and run ldconfig as root.
* Check if the rigth version of libgdal is installed. If there's a newer version, you can just create a symlink to new version (ln -s YOURINSTALLEDlibgdal.so.XXXX libgdal.so.1).

[[Category:FAQ]]

Promotional material

2007-10-13T12:20:53Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* Link broken */

Collection of material to promote the GRASS project

==== Technical background, Screenshots ====
* URLs: http://grass.itc.it and [http://grass.itc.it/mirrors.php mirrors sites]

* [[Technical Data sheet]]

* Portable software: Linux, MacOSX, MS-Windows, Sun, ...
** Graphics, [http://grass.itc.it/screenshots/ screenshots] or images that represent the GRASS 6 project.
*** [[Screenshot_suggestions|Wiki screenshot bullpen]] ''(please add URLs and indicate license)''
*** User interfaces: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/index.php (Creative Commons)
*** Raster: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/raster.php (Creative Commons)
*** Image processing: http://grass.itc.it/grass63/screenshots/imagery.php (Creative Commons)
*** Vector: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/vector.php (Creative Commons)
*** Vector network: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/network.php (Creative Commons)
*** 3D Vector/CAD: http://grass.itc.it/grass63/screenshots/vector.php (Creative Commons)
*** winGRASS: http://grass.itc.it/grass63/screenshots/wingrass.php (Creative Commons)
*** GPS: http://grass.itc.it/grass63/screenshots/gps.php (Creative Commons)
** Project history: Started 1982, GRASS 1.0 published 1984
** [[Description of the project]] (100-150 words)
** Listing the [[core features]]
** "Growing GRASS" - Lightning talk at FOSS4G 2006 (10 slides): [http://mpa.itc.it/markus/papers/grass_lightening_talk_no_anim.pdf static PDF] or [http://mpa.itc.it/markus/papers/grass_lightening_talk.odp.gz ODP with animations]

====GRASS FLYER====
This one gives a short introduction in GRASS.
* [http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/grassflyer_v1.pdf English_A4] English, DIN A4
* [http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/grassflyer_letter.pdf English_letter] English, Lettersize
* [http://istgis.ist.supsi.ch:8001/geomatica/docs/grassflyer.pdf Italiano]
* [http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/grassflyer_de.pdf Deutsch]
* [http://gama.fsv.cvut.cz/data/grasswikicz/grassflyer-cz.pdf Czech]
* [https://grasssvn.itc.it/grasssvn/grassaddons/trunk/grassaddons/grassflyer/flyer1/#_trunk_grassaddons_grassflyer_flyer1_ Latex sources]

=== OSGeo Foundation material ===

[http://www.osgeo.org/visibility GFOSS-Promotion-Material] including GRASS (PDFs, Powerpoint-, OpenOffice- & Scribus templates)

=== Communication & Support ===
* 11 [http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo english mailing lists] (user, devel, Quality Assessment, ...), and 7 [http://grass.itc.it/community/support.php#localized localized mailing lists]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/grass IRC] (with [http://logs.qgis.org/grass/ archive])
* [http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile?SET=1&MUL_TECH%5B%5D=00015 Companies supporting GRASS]

=== Live-CD der GAV ===

see [[GAV live CD]]

=== See also ===

[[:Category:Promotion]] (GRASS Promotion Team)

[[Category: Community]]
[[Category: Promotion]]

GRASS promotion team

2007-09-15T18:50:28Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* Later or synchronous */

=GRASS Promotion=
Here can the GRASS promotion team coordinate its work.

; Where can we get some resources (financial or support) to print the brochures
: Ideally you get yourself a corporate sponsor who either does the printing (Autodesk has been very helpful in this respect and they have offices everywhere) or sponsors the printing costs. In Germany you can also directly request for OSGeo funds through [[GAV]] e.V.. Describe what event you need the brochures for and add an estimate of the printing costs. For larger international events you should contact OSGeo's [http://www.osgeo.org/visibility Visibility and Promotion Committee], they have no budget but can help coordinate. --[[User:Seven|Seven]] 09:35, 1 June 2007 (CEST)

= Todo (add yourself) =
== As soon as possible ==
1. [[Grassbrochure]]
*a multipage brochure, maybe someting like: [http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/avgisbro.pdf Example of the market leader]
* Maybe same layout as OSGeo brochure, contact with OSGeo Viscom

2. <strike>GRASS Flyer</strike> (done)

2. <strike>Technical Data sheet</strike>
*Done, 2nd page of flyer

3. Newbie friendly tutorial
* Update Lorzeno Moretti's "''[http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/documents/Grass-6-Visual-Tutorial.pdf Visual Tutorial for GRASS 6]''"?
* [[GRASS_Help#First_Day_Documentation|First day documentation]]

4. Live CD (maintenance to keep uptodate,)
* OSGeo viscom team hopes that they will have a fancy promo CD soon ''We should wait for that one''
* Maybe together with OSGEo Viscom to create a FOSSGIS presentation CD
* [http://ldap.telascience.org/foss4g/ FOSS4G2006 Lausanne/Switzerland ''GRASS Workshop LiveCD 2006'']
* Others: http://grass.ibiblio.org/download/cdrom.php

5. Find some funding for printing the flyer / brochure

* How much is needed?

''Depends on the quality & number of flyers we want to order''
''I found one shop where we can get 2500 flyer for about 170 - 270 € (aprox. 225 - 355 US $. depending on paper/colors...)''
* Find a way to spread the flyer

== Later or synchronous ==
* Translation of the GRASS-Flyer (Latex-file available on the Grass-Addons SVN [https://grasssvn.itc.it/grasssvn/grassaddons/trunk/grassaddons/ GRASS-ADDONS-SVN)
* <strike>Newbie Forum</strike> (done)
* [[Contact Databases]]
* Case Histories of GRASS adoption (?)
** [[Publications|Publications made with GRASS]]: on this page publications made with GRASS should be listened
** [[Use Cases|Use Cases successful applications with GRASS]]
* Nice Posters with applications where GRASS hass been adopted
* <strike>workaround of [http://www.osgeo.org/grass http://www.osgeo.org/grass]</strike> ''done''
* Maybe offer some stuff on coffeepress / spreadshirt
** for Germany / Europe in progress (thx to Martin Wegmann)
* Stickers

= People (add yourself here) =
* Malte Halbey-Martin (maltehalbey on irc): email malte [at] geog.fu-berlin.de
* Ominiverdi ( doktoreas or ominoverde on irc ) : email info [at] ominiverdi.org
* Chip Mefford (cpm on irc) : email cpm [at] daviswv.net or cpm [at] well.com
* Carlos Grohmann: email carlos.grohmann [at] gmail.com

[[Category:Promotion]]

Intro

2007-06-09T19:31:23Z

⚠️Maltehm: Start to fill the brochure with content -- just ideas collection at the moment

=Intro=
==First Page (after coverpage?)==
'''Efficiency through Freedom & Transparency'''

''First page, something to rise the interest of the reader''

''Definition of the parts of the slogan''

* Efficiency ''Maybe followed by the phonetic notation as a graphic element''

To do something well in a way with no waste of energy, time or money.

* Freedom ''Maybe followed by the phonetic notation as a graphic element''

The state of doing anything you want without any restrictions.

* Transparency ''Maybe followed by the phonetic notation as a graphic element''

The property of allowing the view through a material to see what's behind.

==second page==
''Description of the slogan''

'''Efficiency'''

Efficiency is the key for succesfully running a business, accomplishing scientific work or performaning any action at all.GRASS-GIS offers you a high level of effficiency and has shown its strong potential to solve geospatial problems in numberous studies all over the world. GRASS reaches this efficiency because of two main characteristics of its underlying philosophy.

'''Freedom'''

GRASS-GIS gives you totally freedom to use this software....

'''Transperancy'''

Because of the Open Source Philosophy every user has unrestricted access to the software. This has some big advantages: Every Analysis performed can be comprehended. GRASS can be extended or tailored for your own needs because the source code is available to everyone.

Therefor GRASS- GIS is the choice when performing spatial analysis and it has shown its potential in numberous studies all over the world.

Promotional material

2007-05-11T19:35:31Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* add links to translated flyer*/

Collection of material to promote the GRASS project:
* URLs: http://grass.itc.it and [http://grass.itc.it/mirrors.php mirrors sites]
* [[Technical Data sheet]]
* Portable software: Linux, MacOSX, MS-Windows, Sun, ...
** Graphics, screenshots or images that represent the GRASS 6 project ''(please add URLs and indicate license)''
*** User interfaces: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/index.php (Creative Commons)
*** Raster: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/raster.php (Creative Commons)
*** Vector: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/vector.php (Creative Commons)
*** Vector network: http://grass.itc.it/grass61/screenshots/network.php (Creative Commons)
** Project history: Started 1982, GRASS 1.0 published 1984
** [[Description of the project]] (100-150 words)
** Listing the [[core features]]
** "Growing GRASS" - Lightning talk at FOSS4G 2006 (10 slides): [http://mpa.itc.it/markus/papers/grass_lightening_talk_no_anim.pdf static PDF] or [http://mpa.itc.it/markus/papers/grass_lightening_talk.odp.gz ODP with animations]

====GRASS FLYER====
This one gives a short introduction in GRASS.
* [http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/flyer_v1.pdf English_A4] English, DIN A 4
* [http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/grassflyer_letter.pdf English_letter] English, Lettersize
* [http://istgis.ist.supsi.ch:8001/geomatica/docs/grassflyer.pdf Italiano]
* [http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/grassflyer_de.pdf Deutsch]

Communication:
* 11 [http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo english mailing lists] (user, devel, Quality Assessment, ...), and 7 [http://grass.itc.it/community/support.php#localized localized mailing lists]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/grass IRC] (with [http://logs.qgis.org/grass/ archive])
* [http://www.urbeli.com/grassforum/index.php User-Forum]

=== OSGeo Foundation material ===

[http://www.osgeo.org/visibility GFOSS-Promotion-Material] including GRASS (PDFs, Powerpoint-, OpenOffice- & Scribus templates)

[[Category: Community]]
[[Category: Promotion]]

=== See also ===

[[:Category:Promotion]] (GRASS Promotion Team)

Contact Databases

2007-04-20T19:54:43Z

⚠️Maltehm:

=Contact Database=

Here we can collect all contacts where we can send press releases. I will build a webbased formular later.
The following is ordered by language.

==English==
*[http://www.slashgeo.org slashgeo] (online)

==German==
*c't (print / online)

presse_at_ct.heise.de

*[http://www.harzer.de www.harzer.de] (online)
news_at_geobranchen.de

=Translators=
Please add yourself here (should be more than one for every language).

==German==
* Malte Halbey-Martin

----

[[Category:Promotion]]

Contact Databases

2007-04-20T19:51:47Z

⚠️Maltehm: /*contacts for press releases*/

GRASS promotion team

2007-04-20T19:43:45Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* Later or synchronous */

=GRASS Promotion=
Here can the GRASS promotion team coordinate its work.

'''Where can we get some ressources (financial or support) to print the brochures'''

= Todo (add yourself) =
== As soon as possible ==
1. [[Grassbrochure]]
*a multipage brochure, maybe someting like: [http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/avgisbro.pdf Example of the market leader]
* Maybe same layout as OSGeo brochure, contact with OSGeo Viscom

2. <strike>GRASS Flyer</strike> (done)

2. <strike>Technical Data sheet</strike>
*Done, 2nd page of flyer

3. Newbie friendly tutorial
* Update Lorzeno Moretti's "''[http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/documents/Grass-6-Visual-Tutorial.pdf Visual Tutorial for GRASS 6]''"?
* [[GRASS_Help#First_Day_Documentation|First day documentation]]

4. Live CD (maintenance to keep uptodate,)
* OSGeo viscom team hopes that they will have a fancy promo CD soon ''We should wait for that one''
* Maybe together with OSGEo Viscom to create a FOSSGIS presentation CD
* [http://ldap.telascience.org/foss4g/ FOSS4G2006 Lausanne/Switzerland ''GRASS Workshop LiveCD 2006'']
* Others: http://grass.ibiblio.org/download/cdrom.php

5. Find some funding for printing the flyer / brochure

* How much is needed?

''Depends on the quality & number of flyers we want to order''
''I found one shop where we can get 2500 flyer for about 170 - 270 € (aprox. 225 - 355 US $. depending on paper/colors...)''
* Find a way to spread the flyer

== Later or synchronous ==
* Translation of the GRASS-Flyer (Latex-file available on the Grass-Addons SVN [https://grasssvn.itc.it/grasssvn/grassaddons/trunk/grassaddons/ GRASS-ADDONS-SVN)
* <strike>Newbie Forum</strike> (done)
* [[Contact Databases]]
* Case Histories of GRASS adoption (?)
** [[Publications|Publications made with GRASS]]: on this page publications made with GRASS should be listened
** [[Use Cases|Use Cases successful applications with GRASS]]
* Nice Posters with applications where GRASS hass been adopted
* <strike>workaround of [http://www.osgeo.org/grass http://www.osgeo.org/grass]</strike> ''done''
* Maybe offer some stuff on coffeepress / spreadshirt
** for Germany / Europe in progress (thx to Martin Wegmann)
* Stickers, just an idea: [http://www.perlomat.de/headlogo_bg.png www.perlomat.de/headlogo_bg.png]

= People (add yourself here) =
* Malte Halbey-Martin (maltehalbey on irc): email malte [at] geog.fu-berlin.de
* Ominiverdi ( doktoreas or ominoverde on irc ) : email info [at] ominiverdi.org
* Chip Mefford (cpm on irc) : email cpm [at] daviswv.net or cpm [at] well.com
* Carlos Grohmann: email carlos.grohmann [at] gmail.com

[[Category:Promotion]]

Grassbrochure

2007-04-20T17:53:17Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* minor changes */

=GRASS Brochure=
==Aim==
Creation of a multipage, professional brochure

''I think we have huge amount of stuff what we can already use e.g. Grassflyer, Wiki, and so on''

==Ideas collection==
* Coorporate Identity OSGeo
* Large use of screenshots / examples (''does anybody know how to create screenshots with high resolution?'')
* Large use of case studies
* THIS IS FOR SALARY, so it must look professional

==Structure==
* Introduction of GRASS
* History
* Capabilities of GRASS
** Vector Data Management
** Raster Data Management
** Voxel Data Management
** Image Processing
** Databases
** Geostatistics
* Technical Data Sheet

----

[[:Category:Promotion]] (GRASS Promotion Team)

User:Maltehm

2007-04-20T17:47:04Z

⚠️Maltehm:

'''Malte Halbey-Martin'''

[[Image:Malte2.jpg]]

Dipl.- Geogr.

Website

[http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte]

File:Malte2.jpg

2007-04-20T17:44:18Z

⚠️Maltehm:

GRASS promotion team

2007-04-20T17:40:26Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* Later or synchronous */

=GRASS Promotion=
Here can the GRASS promotion team coordinate its work.

'''Where can we get some ressources (financial or support) to print the brochures'''

= Todo (add yourself) =
== As soon as possible ==
1. [[Grassbrochure]]
*a multipage brochure, maybe someting like: [http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/avgisbro.pdf Example of the market leader]
* Maybe same layout as OSGeo brochure, contact with OSGeo Viscom

2. <strike>GRASS Flyer</strike> (done)

2. <strike>Technical Data sheet</strike>
*Done, 2nd page of flyer

3. Newbie friendly tutorial
* Update Lorzeno Moretti's "''[http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/documents/Grass-6-Visual-Tutorial.pdf Visual Tutorial for GRASS 6]''"?
* [[GRASS_Help#First_Day_Documentation|First day documentation]]

4. Live CD (maintenance to keep uptodate,)
* OSGeo viscom team hopes that they will have a fancy promo CD soon ''We should wait for that one''
* Maybe together with OSGEo Viscom to create a FOSSGIS presentation CD
* [http://ldap.telascience.org/foss4g/ FOSS4G2006 Lausanne/Switzerland ''GRASS Workshop LiveCD 2006'']
* Others: http://grass.ibiblio.org/download/cdrom.php

5. Find some funding for printing the flyer / brochure

* How much is needed?

''Depends on the quality & number of flyers we want to order''
''I found one shop where we can get 2500 flyer for about 170 - 270 € (aprox. 225 - 355 US $. depending on paper/colors...)''
* Find a way to spread the flyer

== Later or synchronous ==
* Translation of the GRASS-Flyer (Latex-file available on the Grass-Addons SVN [https://grasssvn.itc.it/grasssvn/grassaddons/trunk/grassaddons/ GRASS-ADDONS-SVN)
* <strike>Newbie Forum</strike> (done)
* Contact Databases
* Case Histories of GRASS adoption (?)
** [[Publications|Publications made with GRASS]]: on this page publications made with GRASS should be listened
** [[Use Cases|Use Cases successful applications with GRASS]]
* Nice Posters with applications where GRASS hass been adopted
* <strike>workaround of [http://www.osgeo.org/grass http://www.osgeo.org/grass]</strike> ''done''
* Maybe offer some stuff on coffeepress / spreadshirt
** for Germany / Europe in progress (thx to Martin Wegmann)
* Stickers, just an idea: [http://www.perlomat.de/headlogo_bg.png www.perlomat.de/headlogo_bg.png]

= People (add yourself here) =
* Malte Halbey-Martin (maltehalbey on irc): email malte [at] geog.fu-berlin.de
* Ominiverdi ( doktoreas or ominoverde on irc ) : email info [at] ominiverdi.org
* Chip Mefford (cpm on irc) : email cpm [at] daviswv.net or cpm [at] well.com
* Carlos Grohmann: email carlos.grohmann [at] gmail.com

[[Category:Promotion]]

File:Malte1.jpg

2007-04-18T19:26:25Z

⚠️Maltehm: Portrait of Malte

Portrait of Malte

2007-03-19T09:25:23Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* GRASS Brochure */

Grassbrochure

2007-03-19T09:25:00Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* GRASS Brochure, added new prototypes */

=GRASS Brochure=
[http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/flyer_v03_1.pdf draft-grassbrochure]: GRASS- Flyer (Version 0.3.1).

[http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/flyer_v03_2.pdf draft-grassbrochure]: GRASS- Flyer (Version 0.3.2).

leaflet.cls: [http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/leaflet/ http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/leaflet/]

2007-02-24T20:52:39Z

⚠️Maltehm: /* Content */

=GRASS Brochure=
[http://www.perlomat.de/grassflyer.pdf draft-grassbrochure]

GRASS- Flyer (first draft).

=LaTeX Source code=
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%GRASS PROMOTION FLYER %

%(c) GRASS PROMOTION TEAM %

%GNU Free Documentation License %

%Version 1.2 %

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%All Screenshots are just for development.

%we must ask if it's okay to use them

%should we add captions for the images?

%or serve them as appetizers wthout informations?

\documentclass[tumble,a4paper]{leaflet}

\title{GRASS GIS\\

\textsl{Efficiency through Freedom \& Transparency}}

\author{The GRASS Community}

\date{}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{pix/grasslogo_vector.eps}

\end{center}

%I don't know why there's a pagenumber on the first page

%According to the class manual it should be supressed by default

\newpage

\section{What is GRASS}

GRASS (Geographic Ressources Analysis Support System) is a free and Open Source Software for
performing spatial analyses. It consists of more than 350 modules for processing vector (2D/3D),
raster and voxel data. Many interfaces to other programs in related domains like geostatistics,
databases, mapserver and even other GIS software exists. It is the biggest Open Source GIS at all
and can serve as a Desktop GIS and as a backbone in a complete GIS Infrastructure as well.

\section{Where is GRASS used}

GRASS is used in scientific aplications, commercercial settings and by public authorities all over
the world. GRASS has shown his strong potential for solving geospatial problems in numberous cases
all over the world.

\section{History}

Originally developed in the beginning of the 80's by the US Army Construction Engineering Research
Laboratories (USA-CERL), it was published as public domain software. When the USA- CERL withdrew
from the development of GRASS an international developer team overtook this work. Since 1999 GRASS
is published as free software under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence.

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{pix/srtmv2.eps}

\end{center}

\section{Open Source Philosophy}

The Open Source philosophy provides the user the ability to see the source code and structure of the
program which offers a great transparancy. The user can easily extend the program for his own needs.
With the help of the extension manager own modules can be created without any source code.

\section{Technical Data Sheet}

\subsection{Licence}

\begin{itemize}

\item{GNU General Public Licence (Free Software Foundation)}

\end{itemize}

\subsection{Supported platforms}

GRASS runs on nearly all platforms. It supports GNU/Linux, Posix compliant Unix Systems, MS-Windows
and MacOS X.

\subsection{Design}

\begin{itemize}

\item{Modular}

\item{Consist of more than 350 modules}

\end{itemize}

\subsection{Programming Language}

\begin{itemize}

\item{ANSI C}

\item{GRASS- SWIG}

\item{Python for WebGIS applications}

\end{itemize}

\subsection{Data Management Capabilities}

\begin{itemize}

\item{Raster / Vector data processing}

\item{2D / 3D Raster / Vector modelling}

\item{Image manipulation}

\item{Network analysis}

\item{Geostatistics (Interface to R)}

\end{itemize}

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{pix/trento3d.eps}

\end{center}

\section{Supported File Formats}

GRASS supports nearly all common GIS- file formats through the use of the GDAL/OGR library. In
addition it supports the Open GIS Consortiums Simple Features.

\subsection{Vector File formats}

ASCII, ARC/INFO ungenerate, ARC/INFO E00, ArcView SHAPE (topology correction), BIL, DLG (U.S.), DXF,

DXF3D, GMT, GPS-ASCII USGS-DEM, IDRISI, MOSS, MapInfo MIF, TIGER, VRML, \ldots

\subsection{Raster File Formats}

ASCII, ARC/GRID, E00, GIF, GMT, TIF, PNG, ERDAS LAN, Vis5D, SURFER (.grd),\ldots

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{pix/isodist.png}

\end{center}

\subsection{Image File Formats}

CEOS (SAR, SRTM, LANDSAT7 etc.), ERDAS LAN, HDF, LANDSAT TM/MSS, NHAP aerial photos, SAR, SPOT,

\ldots

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{pix/grass3d_groundwater_contamination2.eps}

\end{center}

\subsection{Databases}

\begin{itemize}

\item{PostgreSQL / PostGIS}

\item{MySQL}

\item{SQLite}

\item{ODBC}

\end{itemize}

\subsection{Output}

\begin{itemize}

\item{Modules for creating maps}

\item{NVIZ for visualization of 2.5D and 3D data (creation of animations \& flybys)}

%\item{GMT export}

%item{VRML}

\item{VTK, POVray}

\item{WebGIS via Mapserver, Python, etc.}

\end{itemize}

\subsection{Interoperability to other GIS- related Software}

\begin{itemize}

\item{Quantum GIS (Free Geodata Viewer and more)}

\item{R- Language (Statistics)}

\item{Gstat (Geostatistics)}

\item{UMS Mapserver (Webmapping)}

\end{itemize}

\section{OSGeo}

GRASS is a founding project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation which has the aim to establish
high quality open source geospatial software. For further informations take a look at the OSGeo

homepage: http://www.osgeo.org

\begin{center}

\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{pix/OSGeo_CMYK.eps}

\end{center}

\section{Where to find more information}

\begin{itemize}

%\begin{flushleft}

\item{Project Website: http://grass.itc.it}

\item{GRASS Wiki: http://grass.gdf.hannover.de/wiki}

\item{GRASS-IRC channel on freenode: irc://freenode.org \#grass}

\item{GRASS Promotion Team: malte@geog.fu-berlin.de}

\item{GRASS mailing lists: http://grass.itc.it/community/support.php}

%\end{flushleft}

\end{itemize}

\end{document}

==Pix==
I put the images as a tarball (7mb) here:

[http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/pix.tar.gz http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~malte/pix.tar.gz]

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== Getting Started ==

''Most tutorials and examples will use the [[GRASS_Help#Sample_Dataset | Spearfish County, SD]] sample dataset.''

=== Installation ===

* Covered in the [[Installation Guide]]

=== Frequently Asked Questions ===

* [[Faq|FAQ]]
* You can contact GRASS users in [[How to participate in IRC communication|IRC]]

=== First Day Documentation ===

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

==== Short tutorials ====

* [http://grass.itc.it/grass63/manuals/html63_user/helptext.html GRASS Quickstart] by M. Neteler (in the GRASS help pages)

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

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

* [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://mpa.itc.it/grasstutor/index.phtml Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach. 2nd ed.] by M. Neteler and H. Mitasova (Book; focus is on GRASS 5, but all chapters still valid except vector/sites for that read the [http://mpa.itc.it/grasstutor/grass6/ updates page])

==== Individual modules ====

* [http://grass.ibiblio.org/gdp/grassmanuals/grass63_module_list.pdf Synopsis of GRASS modules] (PDF, 71k) ''Create current list with'' "<tt>make html2pdfdoc</tt>" ''in GRASS 6.3+''

* Individual GRASS module [http://grass.ibiblio.org/grass63/manuals/html63_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 Dataset ===

* [http://grass.ibiblio.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: [43d53' N, 103d28' W]
* [http://grass.ibiblio.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. (Tutorials, courseware, training videos, etc.)

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

== 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]]

== Interfacing with external software ==

* [[Tips_and_Tricks#Using_QGIS_as_a_frontend_to_GRASS| QGIS]] frontend
* [[Tips_and_Tricks#Interfacing_R-Statistics_with_GRASS| R statistics]] interface
* [[Tips_and_Tricks#Exporting_GRASS_maps_to_GMT| GMT mapping]] cartography
* [[GRASS_and_MapServer| MapServer]] web server
* External databases ([http://grass.itc.it/grass62/manuals/html62_user/db.connect.html db.connect])
* External vector data ([http://grass.itc.it/grass62/manuals/html62_user/v.external.html v.external])
* Paraview 3D visualization (r.out.vtk, [http://grass.itc.it/grass62/manuals/html62_user/r3.out.vtk.html r3.out.vtk], v.out.vtk)
* POVray 3D visualization ([http://grass.itc.it/grass62/manuals/html62_user/r.out.pov.html r.out.pov], v.out.pov)

== Misc. Help ==

* [[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]]
* [[GRASS vector export to Inkscape]]
*[http://www.urbeli.com/grassforum/index.php GRASS Newbie Forum]

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

GRASS promotion team

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=GRASS Promotion=
Here can the GRASS promotion team coordinate its work.

'''Where can we get some ressources (financial or support) to print the brochures'''

= Todo (add yourself) =
== As soon as possible ==
1. [[Grassbrochure]] (Latex based for easy translation) [Malte Halbey-Martin]

2. [[Technical Data sheet]] (maybe second side of the brochure)

3. Newbie friendly tutorial
* Update Lorzeno Moretti's "''[http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/documents/Grass-6-Visual-Tutorial.pdf Visual Tutorial for GRASS 6]''"?
* [[GRASS_Help#First_Day_Documentation|First day documentation]]

4. Live CD (maintenance to keep uptodate)
* [http://ldap.telascience.org/foss4g/ FOSS4G2006 Lausanne/Switzerland ''GRASS Workshop LiveCD 2006'']
* Others: http://grass.ibiblio.org/download/cdrom.php

5. Find some funding for printing the brochure
* How much is needed?

== Later or synchronous ==
* Newbie Forum (in progress)
* Contact Databases
* Case Histories of GRASS adoption (?)
* Nice Posters with applications where GRASS hass been adopted
* workaround of [http://www.osgeo.org/grass http://www.osgeo.org/grass]
* Maybe offer some stuff on coffeepress (?)
* Stickers, just an idea: [http://www.perlomat.de/headlogo_bg.png www.perlomat.de/headlogo_bg.png]

= People (add yourself here) =
* Malte Halbey-Martin (maltehalbey on irc): email malte [at] geog.fu-berlin.de
* Ominiverdi ( doktoreas or ominoverde on irc ) : email info [at] ominiverdi.org
* Chip Mefford (cpm on irc) : email cpm [at] daviswv.net or cpm [at] well.com
* Carlos Grohmann: email carlos.grohmann [at] gmail.com

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