Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Grass7/NewFeatures78

Timestamp:

Sep 6, 2019, 2:36:42 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

neteler

Comment:

updated, yet TODO

Grass7/NewFeatures78

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 = List of new features in GRASS GIS 7.8 =
 
-'''NOTE''': this page is a draft to start keeping track of the new features that will come with GRASS GIS 7.8.0
-
-GRASS GIS 7.8 is actively developed and maintained with a first 7.8.0 stable release in ~~Aug 2019~~. In total, it comes with '''more than XX fixes and improvements''' with respect to the previous [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures76 stable releases 7.6.x]. This page summarizes the manifold new features which have been added to GRASS 7.8.
+GRASS GIS 7.8 is actively developed and maintained with a first 7.8.0 stable release in Sep. 2019. In total, it comes with '''more than [https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/compare/releasebranch_7_6...releasebranch_7_8 730 fixes and improvements]''' with respect to the previous [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures76 stable releases 7.6.x]. This page summarizes the manifold new features which have been added to GRASS 7.8.
 
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 === What's new in a nutshell ===
 
-After ~~more than 1 year of development~~ the **new stable release GRASS GIS 7.8** is available. Efforts have concentrated on making the user experience even better, providing many new useful additional functionalities to modules and further improving the graphical user interface. Several modules were migrated from addons to the core GRASS GIS suite.
+After more than 1 year of development the **new stable release GRASS GIS 7.8** is available. Efforts have concentrated on making the user experience even better, providing many new useful additional functionalities to modules and further improving the graphical user interface.
 
 **Breaking news: Python 3 compatibility!**
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  * See list here:
-   * [wiki:Release/7.8.0-News] ~~(XXX 2019)~~ (7.8.0 forthcoming)
+   * [wiki:Release/7.8.0-News] (6 Sep 2019)
  * The release development was officially moved to a dedicated release branch on Aug 4, 2019: https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/tree/releasebranch_7_8
 
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 === User manual pages improvements ===
 
-More than ~~XXX~~ User Manual pages have received major or minor improvements.
+Many user manual pages have received major or minor improvements.
 
 == GRASS 7 Library changes ==
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 == Source Code Portability ==
 
- * ...
- * ...
+ * Python-3 support implemented across the tree 
 
 == GRASS GIS 7.8 Addons ==
 
-There are ~~twenty six [wiki:Release/7.6.0-News#NewAddonssinceGRASS7.2.0 26 new addons]~~ that now enlarge the already impressive list of extensions available (see http://grass.osgeo.org/grass7/manuals/addons/). 
+There are numerous new addons which enlarge the already impressive list of addons available (see http://grass.osgeo.org/grass7/manuals/addons/):
 
-Among these new extensions there is a set of new addons to download, import and preprocess Sentinel-2 imagery: ...
+ * G7A:i.sar.speckle - Remove speckle from SAR image
+ * G7A:r.fill.category - Replaces the values of pixels of a given category with values of the surrounding pixels
+ * G7A:r.object.thickness - Evaluates minimum, maximum and mean thickness of objects of a given category on a raster map
+ * G7A:r.out.kde - Exports raster with variable transparency into an image file
+ * G7A:r.out.legend - Create an image file showing the legend of a raster map
+ * G7A:r.random.weight - Generates a binary raster layer with a random selection of raster cells depending on the weight of each cell in the input weight layer.
+ * G7A:r.sample.category - Create sampling points from each category in a raster map
+ * G7A:r.series.diversity - Compute diversity indici over input layers
 
 == Migrating from GRASS GIS 6 to version 7.x ==