GRASS GIS 7.2.0

New features in GRASS 7

Binaries: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g72x

Releases

Stable Release

• tbd

Release Candidate 1 (RC1)

• Release date: DD MMM 2016
• Announcement: https://grass.osgeo.org/news/XX/15/GRASS-GIS-7-2-0RC1-released
• Changelog: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/ChangeLog_7.2.0RC1.gz
• Binaries: ​​http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g72x
• Source code: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass72/source/grass-7.2.0RC1.tar.gz (​md5sum)
• SVN Source Code Checkout 7.2.0RC1:

    svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_YYYYMMDD_grass_7_2_4RC1
  

SVN Source Code

• Milestone: 7.2.0
• SVN Checkout latest 7.2 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):

    svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_2
  

Overview of changes

A series of stability fixes, manual improvements and a few language translations have been added.

The GRASS GIS 7.2.0RC1 release provides more than XXX fixes and improvements with respect to GRASS GIS 7.2.0.

New modules

• G72:d.frame - Manages display frames on the user's graphics monitor.
• G72:r3.flow - Computes 3D flow lines and 3D flow accumulation.
• G72:r3.gradient - Computes gradient of a 3D raster map and outputs gradient components as three 3D raster maps.
• G72:t.rast.algebra - Apply temporal and spatial operations on space time raster datasets using temporal raster algebra.
• G72:t.rast3d.algebra - Apply temporal and spatial operations on space time 3D raster datasets using temporal 3D raster algebra.
• G72:t.rast.contour - Produces a space time vector dataset of specified contours from a space time raster dataset.
• G72:t.rast.to.vect - Converts a space time raster dataset into a space time vector dataset.
• G72:t.rast.what - Sample a space time raster dataset at specific vector point coordinates and write the output to stdout using different layouts.
• G72:t.vect.algebra - Apply temporal and spatial oeprations on space time vector datasets using temporal vector algebra.
• G72:v.decimate - Decimates a point cloud.
• G72:g.gui.datacatalog - The Data Catalog is a wxGUI component for browsing, modifying and managing GRASS maps.
• G72:d.legend.vect - Displays a vector legend in the active graphics frame.

Major module changes

• G72:r.in.lidar - base_raster option which allows for the conversion to LAS file Z values to height above ground using an existing elevation raster, -j option which allows the use of Z values for filtering of points, yet performs statistical analysis on the intensity values
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Minor module changes

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GUI changes

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PyGRASS changes

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Library changes

• libraster: support for new raster data compression methods: NONE, ZLIB, LZ4, BZIP2. Overview:
  • Raster map compression set by export GRASS_COMPRESSOR=XXX, with XXX be
    • NONE (uncompressed)
    • RLE (generic Run-Length Encoding of single bytes)
    • ZLIB (DEFLATE, good speed and compression)
      • with zlib compression levels (export GRASS_ZLIB_LEVEL=X): -1..9 (-1 is default which is level 6)
      • Notes: ZLIB level = 0 tells ZLIB to copy the data as-is from source to destination. In case of CELL maps, the rasterlib itself will then still trim high zero bytes with trim_bytes() which can already reduce the data size considerably, but ZLIB will not compress the data.
    • LZ4 (fastest, low compression)
    • BZIP2 (slowest, high compression)
  • NULL file compression: At time it must be explicitly turned on with export GRASS_COMPRESS_NULLS=1

Map projection changes

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Portability changes

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MS Windows

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Manual pages

• New Graphical index of functionality

Message translation updates

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Closed tickets

Closed bugs since the last release

#1096

wxModeler: r.mapcalc action should allow to insert maps

#1584

error in r.walk help page

#1672

gcpmanager fails to list source mapsets if non-ascii characters in grass data dir path

#2133

g.parser does call the form.py with full path

#2205

Unicode unequal comparison in location wizard when title contains non-ascii letters

#2239

GRASS 7: v.to.rast -d produces empty raster when used on areas

#2255

g.mlist warnings for layers found in other mapsets

#2261

failed pygrass doctest

#2298

r.stream.order hack= generates order 1 single pixels

#2304

Problems with add category to all features workflow

#2311

PyGRASS points read from map are always 2D although they have z coordinate

#2312

browse button in import vector/raster wrapper for v.in.ogr and r.in.gdal crashes entire GUI

#2318

G7: t.* modules unclear -s flag

#2327

r.diversity = Illegal areas disposition

#2339

wxGUI.Nviz flickering

#2343

GRASS 7: "inf" values break insert statements in v.rast.stats

#2357

r3.info segfaults or reports incorrect values on Windows

#2359

r.stream.distance with a large map

#2364

Error in gunittest get_svn_info()

#2365

gunittest test local input file failure

#2380

d.legend "use" argument makes legend disappear

#2381

lighting/shading for vector objects backward in nviz

#2385

v.in.ogr doesn't use information from dblogin file about external PostgreSQL server

#2410

Python ScriptError

#2416

t.vect.export using no compression argument results in creation of an archive

#2423

r.series.interp missing in wxGUI menu

#2439

g.gui.iclass crashes

#2442

np.float128 does not always exist

#2443

r.in.srtm.region add-on updates for 7.1svn

#2445

r.mask -r removal not working in GRASS 7.1 svn r.62210

#2472

v.in.lidar gives negative point count on large las files

#2479

query raster/vector map(s) does not work with vector layers

#2498

yet another problem with GUI toolbox menu

#2504

Dotted line guiding digitization tool disappeared

#2559

g.gui.metadata not functioning

#2574

v.surf.icw - not working with the last version of grass7

#2575

i.segment threshold error message should be updated

#2644

osx - wxpython 3 64 bit - v.digit gui freeze when digitizing new vector

#2645

mac OSX - wxpython 3 (64 bit) profile surface map fails to start

#2646

mac OSX - wxpython 3 (64 bit) create histogram of raster map fails to start

#2647

mac OSX - wxpython 3 (64 bit) - ps.map fails to generate map preiew

#2650

v.in.ascii - dropdown menu - gui components doesn't get update

#2671

r.surf.idw won't make interpolation

#2677

mapswipe add raster map doesn't work with wxPython 3

#2680

d.mon: input file has incorrect dimensions

#2687

r.info picks map from current Mapset instead of PERMANENT

#2691

Rendering failed: Error reading PPM file

#2694

rendering command layer and adding 3d raster layer broken

#2697

data catalog does not show all raster layers, while showing some non-existing

#2712

WARNING: Unable to rename null file

#2713

GUI hangs when adding vector map from cli

#2731

t.rast.aggregate: ValueError: too many values to unpack

#2741

d.to.rast fails

#2743

v.net.steiner core dump

#2746

g.gui.vdigit fails to start with "PyAssertionError: C++ assertion "GetEventHandler() == this" failed at ../src/common/wincmn.cpp(478) in ~wxWindowBase(): any pushed event handlers must have been removed"

#2758

i.gensigset error G_calloc: unable to allocate 115671215 * 8 bytes of memory at lib/imagery/sigset.c:24

#2765

added "_1" to attribute table's name when working with v.overlay

#2771

r.in.lidar gives error for multiple pass processing

#2778

v.rast.stats: ERROR: Input window changed while maps are open for read.

#2794

Manual: Overly long description lines

#2813

wxplot tools fails with wxPython 3

#2843

g.gui fails to import set_gui_path

#2869

Default locale not found

#2871

lib/iostream/mm.cpp:Fails to build with GCC 6: declaration of ... has a different exception specifier

#2879

grass.script.array cannot read raster on Windows

#2888

r.external wizzard shows "projection match: no" although location was created by one of the dataset

#2899

d.histogram launched from map display toolbar doesn't work

#2920

"query raster/vector map(s)" tool does not work for raster maps

#2928

query tool does not work in wx display

#2932

z values read instead of intensity in r.in.lidar

#2943

Absolute path in TGIS connection can make db inaccessible in a (mixed) multi-user environment

#2945

MD5sum for WinGRASS-7.1.svn-r67975-87-Setup-x86_64.exe does not match md5sum file

#2960

db.login port parameter

#2985

Patch for spelling errors

#2997

python editor refuses to run script with UI after closing GUI dialog

#3000

i.gensig overwrites signature file without warning

#3010

PyGRASS fails to write vector map with attributes

#3011

OSGeo4W-winGRASS71 r68376: starting wxgui fails

#3020

Make N with arrow optional in d.barscale styles

#3022

d.polar ends with ValueError: could not convert string to float: dimensions:

#3035

r.support sets wrong map title

#3044

d.northarrow: transparent color does not work

#3058

unexpected behavior/error message in r.diversity?

#3094

wxGUI: error when profiling a raster map

#3098

problems with legend with categorical data and smooth gradient option

#3106

Transparent legend background does not work with categorical legend

#3118

Some modules fail to compile

#3121

d.barscale and northarrow positioning problem when off-screen rendering

#3123

d.legend.vect: wrong handling of spaces in legend_label

#3126

d.vect: Accents in legend_label cause encoding error

#3131

d.legend.vect workspace file flag problem

#3132

d.mon + d.vect: ERROR: Option <map> does not accept multiple answers

#3152

g.gui.animation issues with stvds and list of vector maps

#3158

r.watershed: PredictorSetup:Horizontal differencing "Predictor" not supported with 64-bit samples

#3161

different results by v.in.ogr --ui and vector import wizzard (data shift)

#3168

Behavior of t.register when r.timestamp was used

#3172

v.what: does not take into account layer information

#3175

g.gui.tplot AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'EVT_COMBOBOX_CLOSEUP'

#3181

i.segment watershed method available but not implemented

#3184

v.vect.stats: errors in counts and statistics

#3185

Maps display differently 7.0.x vs 7.2.svn and 7.3.svn

#3196

workspace - layers are in inverted order after loading saved workspace file

#3201

wxGUI nviz: resolution settings widget broken in wxPython 3

#3207

Create histogram of raster map fails

#3208

Create bivariare scatterplot of raster maps fails

#3212

r.in.wms crashes if server does not exist

#3213

v.net.iso - Segmentation fault

#3214

t.rast.mapcalc: TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

Closed wishes since the last release

#947

g.version: new flag for citation info

#1113

layertree to be compatible with DataCatalog

#1203

explain command mapping to wxGUI menus

#1592

GRASSCatalog

#2293

MapSwipe query maps

#2326

Command functions in grass.script.core miss a correct error reporting

#2331

parallelize r.horizon

#2332

change r.horizon output names from "angle index" to "angle"

#2349

CELL raster format: make ZLIB level 3 standard compression instead of RLE

#2353

v.univar says type not supported instead of column does not exist

#2355

g.mlist add parameter to check region

#2408

Force reading of VAR and GISRC files in libgis

#2458

testsuite: cosmetics for percentage output

#2484

store map elements in workspace file

#2486

add parameter for transformation of input data to v.in.ogr/r.in.gdal

#2507

r.in.gdal accepts multiple bands in band option

#2535

Enhancement request - i.segment handle large images above 2 billion pixels

#2563

r.grow.distance: define max distance

#2579

Specify command to be exectued as parameter of grass command

#2592

r.mapcalc: add -l flag

#2611

add stream power index to GRASS GIS

#2632

option in context menu to export vector attribute table

#2638

r.to.vect: ignore Null cells

#2651

Increase maximum number of vector points available

#2663

Add test for r.watershed module

#2668

"Browse" button v.external

#2714

wish: logarithmic legend for raster maps

#2716

availability of r.in.lidar and v.in.lidar without compiling

#2721

t.rast.what: allow stdin and add to GRASS 7.0

#2864

Add link to source code in the documentation pages.

#2866

Let r.import specify "title"

#2937

First r.grow.distance test

#2965

r.neighbors explain count in manual

#3013

support background and border for d.legend

#3014

Add ticks to continuous raster legend

#3015

Add legend title

#3016

Add option to set scalebar length

#3018

Specify custom label for d.northarrow

#3019

Add other existing symbols to d.northarrow

#3026

correction and enhancement of r.in.lidar description

#3031

Rotate symbol for north arrow in d.northarrow

#3032

Add images to the d.northarrow manual page

#3043

Change default color table

#3056

]PATCH] r.patch: disable creation of support files

#3078

ps.map unicode support

#3107

d.correlate: add plotting of axes

#3130

r.out.gdal: add alpha channel support

Closed tasks since the last release

#343

standardize DEG2RAD() etc

#2105

Missing guidelines for testing

#3034

Change the layer options in v.in.lidar to flag or flags with predefined categories

#3038

Decide if validity check in r.in.lidar should be an additional filter or a filter enabled by default

#3136

move v.krige to addons