Technical Data sheet

Technical Data Sheet

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Technical Data Sheet Content

License

• Gnu General Public License

Design

• Modular design
• consists of more than 350 stand alone modules

Programming Language

• C
• GRASS-SWIG
• Python WebGIS applications

Data management capabilities

• Raster / vector processing
• 3D raster / vector modelling
• Image manipulation
• Network analyses
• Geostatistics (R language)

Supported file formats

GRASS uses the GDAL/ORG library for the export/import of non-GRASS file formats.

Supported vector formats

ASCII, ARC/INFO ungenerate, ARC/INFO E00, ArcView SHAPE (with topology correction), BIL, DLG (U.S.), DXF, DXF3D, GMT, GPS-ASCII, USGS-DEM, IDRISI, MOSS, MapInfo MIF, TIGER, VRML

Supported raster formats

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

Supported image formats

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

Supported Databases

• DBF - grass-dbf
• PostgreSQL / PostGIS - grass-pg
• MySQL - grass-mysql / grass-mesql
• SQLite - grass-sqlite
• ODBC Driver - grass-odbc

Supported Platforms

• Linux

• MacOS X

• Posix compliant Unixes

• MS-Windows