https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Jmckenna 2026-05-16T10:23:51Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=GRASS_Birthday&diff=28603 2025-07-29T12:10:27Z

<p>Jmckenna: /* 29 July 1983 */ GRASS re-branding</p> <hr /> <div>= 29 July 1983 = <br /> <br /> [[Image:Jim-westervelt-80s.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|Jim Westervelt working on a GRASS map in the early 1980's at CERL]]<br /> [[Image:Markus-Jeff-FOSS4G-2004-meeting.png|thumb|right|111px|Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna meeting in 2004 in Japan, where they would agree to create an annual &quot;FOSS4G&quot; global event, to rotate around the world]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-manual-signed-by-Jim-Westervelt.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|GRASS v4 manual signed by Jim Westervelt @ FOSS4G 2004]]<br /> <br /> The first user manual for (what would become) GRASS titled “GIS Version 1 Reference Manual” was published by J. Westervelt and M. O’Shea, on 29 July 1983. Jim Westervelt began work on what would become GRASS earlier through his master's thesis, but the publishing date of the first user manual is the celebrated birth date of GRASS.<br /> <br /> Source: [https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/476565/grass-gis-turns-30-erdcs-cerl-was-there-at-the-start/ US Army]<br /> <br /> = 42nd Birthday =<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-birthday-42.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> <br /> = 40th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [[GRASS Community Meeting Prague 2023]] celebrating 40th birthday<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-40.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> <br /> = 37th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * launched [https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2020_07_29_new_website_and_bday/ new website]<br /> * Celebrated through a Zoom online gathering, on 2020-07-29.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-markus.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-anna-vashek.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-online.png|260px|link]]<br /> <br /> = 33th Birthday =<br /> <br /> [[File:Screenshot from 2023-04-26 22-52-53.png|thumb|alt=OSGeo logo (text and compas, 2017), project badge, timeline showing 1983, 2006, 2017|Slide from a talk celebrating 33 years of development and innovation]]<br /> <br /> * Vaclav Petras. 33 years of GRASS GIS as an innovation platform. 30th NCGIS, Feb 22-24, 2017, Raleigh NC. [https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html URL https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html]<br /> <br /> = 30th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/today-marks-30-years-of-grass-gis-development/ announcement] on 2013-07-29<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-30-birthday.png|none|190px|link=]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Community]]</div>

Jmckenna https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=GRASS_GIS_Birthday&diff=28602 2025-07-29T12:08:56Z

<p>Jmckenna: Jmckenna moved page GRASS GIS Birthday to GRASS Birthday: brand re-naming</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[GRASS Birthday]]</div>

Jmckenna https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=GRASS_Birthday&diff=28601 2025-07-29T12:08:56Z

<p>Jmckenna: Jmckenna moved page GRASS GIS Birthday to GRASS Birthday: brand re-naming</p> <hr /> <div>= 29 July 1983 = <br /> <br /> [[Image:Jim-westervelt-80s.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|Jim Westervelt working on a GRASS map in the early 1980's at CERL]]<br /> [[Image:Markus-Jeff-FOSS4G-2004-meeting.png|thumb|right|111px|Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna meeting in 2004 in Japan, where they would agree to create an annual &quot;FOSS4G&quot; global event, to rotate around the world]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-manual-signed-by-Jim-Westervelt.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|GRASS v4 manual signed by Jim Westervelt @ FOSS4G 2004]]<br /> <br /> The first user manual for (what would become) GRASS GIS titled “GIS Version 1 Reference Manual” was published by J. Westervelt and M. O’Shea, on 29 July 1983. Jim Westervelt began work on what would become GRASS GIS earlier through his master's thesis, but the publishing date of the first user manual is the celebrated birth date of GRASS.<br /> <br /> Source: [https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/476565/grass-gis-turns-30-erdcs-cerl-was-there-at-the-start/ US Army]<br /> <br /> = 42nd Birthday =<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-birthday-42.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> <br /> = 40th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [[GRASS Community Meeting Prague 2023]] celebrating 40th birthday<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-40.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> <br /> = 37th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * launched [https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2020_07_29_new_website_and_bday/ new website]<br /> * Celebrated through a Zoom online gathering, on 2020-07-29.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-markus.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-anna-vashek.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-online.png|260px|link]]<br /> <br /> = 33th Birthday =<br /> <br /> [[File:Screenshot from 2023-04-26 22-52-53.png|thumb|alt=OSGeo logo (text and compas, 2017), project badge, timeline showing 1983, 2006, 2017|Slide from a talk celebrating 33 years of development and innovation]]<br /> <br /> * Vaclav Petras. 33 years of GRASS GIS as an innovation platform. 30th NCGIS, Feb 22-24, 2017, Raleigh NC. [https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html URL https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html]<br /> <br /> = 30th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/today-marks-30-years-of-grass-gis-development/ announcement] on 2013-07-29<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-30-birthday.png|none|190px|link=]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Community]]</div>

Jmckenna https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=GRASS_Birthday&diff=28600 2025-07-29T11:56:54Z

<p>Jmckenna: add 42nd birthday</p> <hr /> <div>= 29 July 1983 = <br /> <br /> [[Image:Jim-westervelt-80s.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|Jim Westervelt working on a GRASS map in the early 1980's at CERL]]<br /> [[Image:Markus-Jeff-FOSS4G-2004-meeting.png|thumb|right|111px|Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna meeting in 2004 in Japan, where they would agree to create an annual &quot;FOSS4G&quot; global event, to rotate around the world]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-manual-signed-by-Jim-Westervelt.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|GRASS v4 manual signed by Jim Westervelt @ FOSS4G 2004]]<br /> <br /> The first user manual for (what would become) GRASS GIS titled “GIS Version 1 Reference Manual” was published by J. Westervelt and M. O’Shea, on 29 July 1983. Jim Westervelt began work on what would become GRASS GIS earlier through his master's thesis, but the publishing date of the first user manual is the celebrated birth date of GRASS.<br /> <br /> Source: [https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/476565/grass-gis-turns-30-erdcs-cerl-was-there-at-the-start/ US Army]<br /> <br /> = 42nd Birthday =<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-birthday-42.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> <br /> = 40th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [[GRASS Community Meeting Prague 2023]] celebrating 40th birthday<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-40.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> <br /> = 37th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * launched [https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2020_07_29_new_website_and_bday/ new website]<br /> * Celebrated through a Zoom online gathering, on 2020-07-29.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-markus.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-anna-vashek.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-online.png|260px|link]]<br /> <br /> = 33th Birthday =<br /> <br /> [[File:Screenshot from 2023-04-26 22-52-53.png|thumb|alt=OSGeo logo (text and compas, 2017), project badge, timeline showing 1983, 2006, 2017|Slide from a talk celebrating 33 years of development and innovation]]<br /> <br /> * Vaclav Petras. 33 years of GRASS GIS as an innovation platform. 30th NCGIS, Feb 22-24, 2017, Raleigh NC. [https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html URL https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html]<br /> <br /> = 30th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/today-marks-30-years-of-grass-gis-development/ announcement] on 2013-07-29<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-30-birthday.png|none|190px|link=]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Community]]</div>

Jmckenna https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=File:Grass-birthday-42.png&diff=28599 2025-07-29T11:54:43Z

<p>Jmckenna: Logo to celebrate the GRASS birthday on 2025-07-29</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> Logo to celebrate the GRASS birthday on 2025-07-29</div>

Jmckenna https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=GRASS_Birthday&diff=27753 2024-07-29T12:51:58Z

<p>Jmckenna: add Markus+Jeff meeting pic</p> <hr /> <div>= 29 July 1983 = <br /> <br /> [[Image:Jim-westervelt-80s.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|Jim Westervelt working on a GRASS map in the early 1980's at CERL]]<br /> [[Image:Markus-Jeff-FOSS4G-2004-meeting.png|thumb|right|111px|Markus and Jeff meeting in 2004, where they would agree to create an annual &quot;FOSS4G&quot; global event, to rotate around the world]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-manual-signed-by-Jim-Westervelt.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|GRASS v4 manual signed by Jim Westervelt @ FOSS4G 2004]]<br /> <br /> The first user manual for (what would become) GRASS GIS titled “GIS Version 1 Reference Manual” was published by J. Westervelt and M. O’Shea, on 29 July 1983. Jim Westervelt began work on what would become GRASS GIS earlier through his master's thesis, but the publishing date of the first user manual is the celebrated birth date of GRASS.<br /> <br /> Source: [https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/media/news-stories/article/476565/grass-gis-turns-30-erdcs-cerl-was-there-at-the-start/ US Army]<br /> <br /> = 40th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [[GRASS Community Meeting Prague 2023]] celebrating 40th birthday<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-40.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> <br /> = 37th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * launched [https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2020_07_29_new_website_and_bday/ new website]<br /> * Celebrated through a Zoom online gathering, on 2020-07-29.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37.png|none|230px|link=]]<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-markus.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-anna-vashek.png|260px|link]] [[Image:Grass-gis-birthday-37-online.png|260px|link]]<br /> <br /> = 33th Birthday =<br /> <br /> [[File:Screenshot from 2023-04-26 22-52-53.png|thumb|alt=OSGeo logo (text and compas, 2017), project badge, timeline showing 1983, 2006, 2017|Slide from a talk celebrating 33 years of development and innovation]]<br /> <br /> * Vaclav Petras. 33 years of GRASS GIS as an innovation platform. 30th NCGIS, Feb 22-24, 2017, Raleigh NC. [https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html URL https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html]<br /> <br /> = 30th Birthday =<br /> <br /> * [https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/today-marks-30-years-of-grass-gis-development/ announcement] on 2013-07-29<br /> [[Image:Grass-gis-30-birthday.png|none|190px|link=]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Community]]</div>

Jmckenna https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=File:Markus-Jeff-FOSS4G-2004-meeting.png&diff=27752 2024-07-29T12:49:09Z

<p>Jmckenna: Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna, meeting for the first time in Thailand, for FOSS4G 2004 in Bangkok Thailand, at Chulalongkorn University. It was during this same trip where Markus, Jeff, and Venka would agree to merge the GRASS GIS and MapServer community events, into a global &quot;FOSS4G&quot; annual event, to rotate locations around the world. This meeting of those 3 people in SE Asia, would cause the geospatial world to be changed forever, for a focus on sharing.</p> <hr /> <div>== Summary ==<br /> Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna, meeting for the first time in Thailand, for FOSS4G 2004 in Bangkok Thailand, at Chulalongkorn University. It was during this same trip where Markus, Jeff, and Venka would agree to merge the GRASS GIS and MapServer community events, into a global &quot;FOSS4G&quot; annual event, to rotate locations around the world. This meeting of those 3 people in SE Asia, would cause the geospatial world to be changed forever, for a focus on sharing.</div>

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