On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Paulo van Breugel <p.vanbreugel@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler@osgeo.org> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Margherita Di Leo <diregola@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Probably also
> http://grass.osgeo.org/documentation/general-overview/#AboutGRASS6
> http://grass.osgeo.org/documentation/general-overview/#AboutGRASS7
>
> Should be updated accordingly. (GRASS GIS 7 is under development with a
> first releases in preparation)
>
> Perhaps the "about GRASS6" should become less visible, as now is the
first
> that meets the eye.
Agree, and therefore I would put 'About GRASS GIS 7' first, followed by
the 'About GRASS GIS 6' paragraph (or leave the latter out altogether).
That paragraph also links to the wikipedia about GRASS should perhaps be
added to the paragraph 'About GRASS GIS 7' instead (The *GRASS GIS 7* (Wikipedia
entry <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS>\) ...). And there is a
small typo in that paragraph: A full temporal framwork <- e missing in
framework.
This btw means the Wikipedia article should be adapted too. I would
suggest the sentence 'GRASS 6.4.0 introduced a new generation of graphical
user interface called *wxGUI*. wxGUI is designed using Python
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)>
programming language and wxPython <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WxPython>
graphical library' should be replaced with the short description, perhaps
based on the above mentioned 'About GRASS GIS 7' paragraph?, i.e.,
The latest stable release version (LTS) is GRASS GIS 7, which is
available since 2015. It offers, amongst others, large data support, an
improved topological 2D/3D vector engine and much improved vector network
analysis. Attributes are managed by default in SQLite format. The display
manager has been improved for usability. The NVIZ visualization tool was
completely rewritten. Image processing has also been improved. A full
temporal framework has been added. See more details at New Features
<https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures>\.
I agree with all these changes and I would bring the sentence: "GRASS GIS
6.x is the old stable version." as starting sentence of the paragraph GRASS
GIS 6.
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Best regards,
Dr. Margherita DI LEO
Scientific / technical project officer
European Commission - DG JRC
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
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Tel. +39 0332 78 3600
margherita.di-leo@jrc.ec.europa.eu
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European Commission.
