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[[Image:Grass-gis-manual-signed-by-Jim-Westervelt.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|GRASS v4 manual signed by Jim Westervelt @ FOSS4G 2004]] | [[Image:Grass-gis-manual-signed-by-Jim-Westervelt.jpeg|thumb|right|111px|GRASS v4 manual signed by Jim Westervelt @ FOSS4G 2004]] | ||
The first user manual for (what would become) GRASS | 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. | ||
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] | 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] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:10, 29 July 2025
29 July 1983
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.
Source: US Army
42nd Birthday
40th Birthday
- GRASS Community Meeting Prague 2023 celebrating 40th birthday
37th Birthday
- launched new website
- Celebrated through a Zoom online gathering, on 2020-07-29.
33th Birthday
- Vaclav Petras. 33 years of GRASS GIS as an innovation platform. 30th NCGIS, Feb 22-24, 2017, Raleigh NC. URL https://ncsu-geoforall-lab.github.io/grass-as-a-platform/ncgis2017.html
30th Birthday
- announcement on 2013-07-29
