GRASS GIS Report 2012

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* Contact name: Helena Mitasova, PSC Vice-Chair
=== Key Accomplishments ===
* Updated and modernized GRASS GIS Web site launched (press release)
* GRASS GIS 6.4.2 released, see details
* GRASS GIS 6.4.3RC2 released, see details
* WinGRASS 6.4.3RC2 stand-alone package, MacOSX installer and Linux package released
* Google Summer of Code 2012 participation with three successful projects:
: Pietro Zambelli : Python high level map interaction for GRASS GIS
: Eric Momsen: Image Segmentation in GRASS GIS
: Stepan Turek: GRASS GIS WxGui front end for vector analysis modules
* Many improvements in GRASS GIS 7 development version, see new features
=== Participation in conferences ===
* 21-23 May 2012: GRASS GIS Community Sprint 2012, Prague, Czech Republic (press release)
* Presentations at FOSS4G and geoscience conferences:
**21-22 May 2012: FOSS4G-CEE, Prague, Czech Republic
**3-7 December 2012:AGU, Open source geospatial for geosciences session
* Feb 2012: GRASS and FOSS4G-IT user meeting 2012, Italy - XIII Meeting degli utenti di lingua Italiana di GRASS e FOSS4G, Italy
=== Education and Research===
* OSGeo Research and Education Laboratories with GRASS GIS applications and development among their activities launched at
** North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
** Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic 
* GRASS GIS used at university courses:
** North Carolina State University, USA
** Archeology, Arizona State University, USA
** University of Basilicata, Italy. (Some training course material in Italian available here)
** Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (Some training course material in French available here)
** University of Genoa, Italy (Numerical cartograpy and GIS (IT) )
* Many papers that include GRASS GIS were published in scientific journals and conference proceedings in 2012:
** some examples in earth sciences
** Looking for the future in the past: Long-term change in socioecological systems
** Reference paper: Neteler, M., Bowman, M.H., Landa, M. and Metz, M. (2012): GRASS GIS: a multi-purpose Open Source GIS. Environmental Modelling & Software, 31: 124-130 (DOI)
* Training:
** GRASS used for GIS training by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
** Workshop Introduction to GRASS GIS. GEOSTAT 2012, 3-8 Sep 2012, Muenster, Germany
** Workshop The temporal GRASS GIS framework: Introduction and application. GEOSTAT 2012, 3-8 Sep 2012, Muenster, Germany
=== Areas for Improvement ===
* Develop a migration guide for public administration
* Improve the existing sponsorship program
=== Opportunities to Help ===
* Developers, power users providing support to newcomers, translators, documentation editors and others who would like to help are always welcome, 
see more details on how to get involved
* Help in preparing more marketing material: update flyers and poster in different languages
=== Outlook for 2013 ===
* Release of GRASS GIS 6.4.3
* Continue improvements in GRASS GIS 7.0, technology preview release planned
* Organize GRASS GIS Community Sprints
* Participation at FOSS4G and other conferences
* Participation in Google Summer of Code
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Category: Reports 2012