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= GRASS GIS Annual Report 2017 =

Time period between FOSS4G 2016 Bonn (August 24-26) and FOSS4G 2017 Boston (August 14-19).

Based on slides used at OSGeo Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017.

== Key accomplishments ==

=== Releases ===

* 4 releases since last AGM
* 7.0.5 (with 2 release candidates)
* 7.2.0 (with 2 release candidates)
* 7.2.1 (with 2 release candidates)
* 6.4.6
* Version 6 discontinued on Aug 27, 2016 after 6 years of development

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=== Developments and features ===

* Temporal algebra
* Location management
* CLI for 3rd party software
* Translations via Transifex
* Cartography improvements
* Python interface improvements

=== Branding ===

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* Mission statement: ''Bringing advanced geospatial technologies to the world''
* New graphical identity (unified around "**GRASS** GIS", see images)

=== Community health and happiness ===

* Team
 * New PSC, Sep 2016 (5 re-elected, 4 new)
 * 1 new core committer: Veronica Andreo
 * 8 new addon committers
* Community sprints
 * Bonn 2016 (FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint)
 * Genova 2017
 * Paris 2017 (FOSS4G-E 2017 Code sprint)
* GSoC
 * 2016: 4 students accepted, 3 passed
 * 2017: 3 students accepted; 4 mentors; 2 managers for OSGeo

== Outlook for 2019 ==

* Roadmap:
 * 7.2.2 (summer/fall 2017)
 * 7.4.0 (fall/winter 2017)
 * 8.0.0 (planning started)