GRASS GIS 6.4.2 Release

Release

• Release date: 19 February 2012
• Source code: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/grass-6.4.2.tar.gz (​md5sum)
• Binaries: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/download/
• Full announcement: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass642.html (​Russian)
• Short blurb (abstract): ​http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/abstract_grass642.txt

SVN Source Code

• Milestone: 6.4.2
• Browse Source: ​http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_20120219_grass_6_4_2
• SVN Checkout 6.4.2:

    svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20120219_grass_6_4_2
  

• SVN Checkout latest 6.4 release branch (including unreleased bugfixes):

    svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_6_4
  

Overview of changes

Since the 6.4.0 release in September 2010 more than 1300 source code modifications have been made to the 6.4 release branch. Between 6.4.1 and the current 6.4.2 more than 770 updates have been applied.

New modules

• i.topo.corr - Computes topographic correction of reflectance in satellite imagery
• m.nviz.image - Creates a 3D rendering of GIS data (renamed from nviz_cmd)
• v.net.allpairs - Computes the shortest path between all pairs of nodes in the network
• v.net.bridge - Computes bridges and articulation points in the network
• v.net.centrality - Computes degree, centrality, betweeness, closeness and eigenvector centrality measures in the network
• v.net.components - Computes strongly and weakly connected components in the network
• v.net.connectivity - Computes vertex connectivity between two sets of nodes in the network
• v.net.distance - Computes shortest distance via the network between the given sets of features
• v.net.flow - Computes the maximum flow between two sets of nodes in the network
• v.net.spanningtree - Computes minimum spanning tree for the network
• v.net.timetable - Finds shortest path using timetables

Major module changes

• g.extension - Many improvements and a new GUI extension manager; better support for building and installing add-ons when the GRASS source code is not available
• i.rectify - Add new resampling method options to set the target resolution and control memory usage
• r.regression.line - Rewritten in C (much faster)
• r.univar, r3.univar - Zonal support; add ability to export as a table and to a file
• v.generalize - Major bug fixes
• v.kernel - Add additional kernel functions, equal split on networks
• v.out.ogr - Transaction support (major speed up for data-sources which support transactions like PostGIS)

Minor module changes

• d.barscale - Add ability to change font size
• db.select - Output can be directed to a file
• g.version - Add ability to output in shell script style
• i.atcorr - Add support for VGT1_spot4, VGT2_spot5, RapidEye sensors
• r.in.bin - Add ability to explicitly set byte order (endianness)
• r.out.bin - Add ability to explicitly set byte order (endianness), number of bytes per cell, and force floating-point output
• v.out.ogr - Add ability to export to a 3D Shapefile
• v.surf.bspline - Change to a more reasonable default smoothing coefficient

• Many more; see the detailed ​6.4.1--6.4.2 ChangeLog

GUI changes

(wxGUI)

• Major wxGUI update (​pictorial overview)
• Add embedded interactive Python shell (​view)
• Debut of the new ​Graphical Modeler (​view)
• Debut of the new ​Cartographic Composer front-end to ps.map (​view)
• Debut of the new multi-platform extension manger for community supplied add-on modules (​view)
• Numerous stability fixes including ability to more gracefully handle stale lock-files and missing graphics support
• Support for languages which use double-byte characters (e.g. Japanese)
• Make the vector query tool more robust to maps with missing or no data

Library changes

• New GRASS Python ctypes interface
• Added Numpy 'arrays' support to GRASS Python Scripting Library
• GRASS Python Scripting Library - mlist() replaced by mlist_grouped()
• New vector network library added
• ODBC driver: fix type mismatch
• New symbols: extra/n_arrow3, geology/strike_half-bowtie, geology/half-arrow_left, geology/half-arrow_right (​view)
• New color rules: population_dens

Map projection changes

• Support for alternate ETRS89 spelling

Portability changes

(MS-Windows)

• Numerous back-end changes and bug fixes making the experience more robust
• Better support for spaces in path names
• See the bug-fix-list below for WinGRASS tagged items

(Mac OSX)

• Offer alternate methods when GNU tool extensions are not available

(All)

• Fix support for make versions older than 3.81

Message translation updates

• Many languages updated with many new translations (​see stats)
• Improved translation support for NVIZ

Closed tickets

Closed bugs since the last release

#14

libgis and libvect memory leaks

#198

v.in.ascii: column scanning is borked

#541

wxDigit on windows fails (osgeo4w 6.4.svn)

#597

Digitize tool won't work

#620

Platform.make odd variables settings

#1004

WxGUI CMD fails if command contains non-latin letters

#1014

wxgui: display labels doesn't work

#1099

GRASS 6.4SVN with MSYS fails to start startup screen

#1110

v.rast.stats locks up on wingrass

#1128

v.digit toolbox - Button text might be hard coded, cannot be translate

#1139

v.report has a problem (only via OSGEO4W package)

#1158

Removing vector map in Windows fails with "Unable to delete vector map"

#1178

WinGrass: g.extension - problem with path to $GISBASE

#1181

r.le.setup fails on WinGRASS due to missing xterm

#1184

"d.vect display=attr" imply grass open process but doesn't close them.

#1189

wingrass: 'g.region -l' fails when using a NTv2 grid file

#1215

db.tables in Windows layer manager does not populate driver field for pg

#1276

r.null after v.to.rast in winGRASS does not work properly

#1307

wingrass: new wxgui dialog for v.in.ogr in windows7 does not show *.shp files

#1310

Browse button in WxPython GUIs (for scripts) does not provide a correct file path for WinGRASS

#1317

DebCheck QA: Invalid number of character

#1319

[wx vdigit] DebCheck QA: Mismatching allocation and deallocation

#1330

wxGUI: "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters" in pl_PL.UTF-8

#1331

winGrass: hangs when displaying vector attribute labels

#1347

r.out.png uses now hidden libpng structs

#1348

wxGUI: Command console": Click here to show search module engine fails

#1352

Mismatch between overwrite parameter in GCPManager and v.transform

#1354

Missing MSVCR71.dll / MSVCP.dll prevent winGRASS from starting

#1355

Error starting wxpython v.digit session

#1374

psmap window does not open

#1375

wxGUI: vector digitizer: cannot close (empty) vector map

#1379

v.out.ogr incorrect output

#1380

WxGUI, menu does not work at all (languages using double-byte characters)

#1382

scripts/r.fillnulls fails when filename contains spaces

#1383

wxGUI crashes if settings file .grasswx6 does not exist

#1384

wxGUI Preferences: apply or save settings erases Layer Manager menu

#1386

wxGUI output gone

#1387

wingrass65 - wxgui compiling error and not starting

#1388

r3.univar gives bad results for cell counts

#1392

r3.to.rast converts FCELL map data to 0

#1398

problem with multiple entry selection

#1399

v.surf.rst fills up all available hard drive space when region is not set

#1400

preferences apply doesn't seem to do anything

#1406

g.extension fails on Mac (maybe other platforms too?)

#1409

wxGUI command console does not parse correctly "help" and first parameter

#1415

closecell: can't move + quant file error in winGRASS Msys shell

#1431

r.sun segfault in mode 2

#1432

wxGUI GDAL/OGR Importer: changing format doesn't affect list of layers

#1433

Problem with v.digit

#1441

Hard Copy Map Utility (wxPython wrapper for ps.map) text overlay is broken

#1448

run model menu item does not seem to work

#1450

grass 6.4.svn nightly build fails on startup

#1462

r.walk not working in Lambert Conformal Conic projection

#1477

error running v.what.vect under Windows/Osgeo4w

#1485

Cannot save workspace from wxGUI

#1486

wxGUI: legend "hanging", not updated after map change

#1489

winGRASS: don't even try to install if C:\Programms\GRASS XX not writable

#1493

wxgui About GRASS fails with UnicodeDecodeError

#1504

NVIZ shows only English Menu

#1507

r.in.gdal & others: -e must only modify the current mapset's WIND file

#1518

Misunderstanding with different topology format

#1519

Opening a saved workspace doesn't display all layers correctly in 6.4.2RC2

#1521

grass crashed on Fedora 14

#1522

dbm_base.py fails with multilayer maps

#1526

"Diplay/update attributes" can freeze GUI

#1531

bug in cartographic composer

#1532

Race condition in build system

#1533

mm.cc fails to build with GCC 4.7

#1534

vector_db_select fails with kwargs

#1535

winGRASS g.extension.py problems

#1538

wxGUI: Common raster formats importer python error for single file

#1540

grass python scripts run from grass6 return 1 on success

#1541

wxGUI: adding map to layer tree fails for r.mapcalculator and r.shaded.relief

#1542

problem starting r.mapcalc from the wxGUI command prompt

#1544

(Windows/osgeo4w) libtiff.dll is broken

#1547

wxGUI Cartographic Composer: division by zero

#1548

v.generalize: strange behaviour on win

#1549

r.to.vect lines not working well?

#1551

missing NVIZ translations

#1552

WinGRASS: spaces in pathnames for r.in.aster

#1564

The options of 'Create histogram of raster map' are not working in wxpython GUI

#1570

In GRASS6.4.2RC3 with wxpython GUI the option Add raster cell numbers doesn't work

#1579

wingrass: errors while a DB is open results in a zombie dbf.exe

Closed wishes since the last release

#587

svn versions should better reflect svn rev

#641

Add setting to psmap to allow user to define embedded title of ps file

#662

db.in.ogr: allow --overwrite

#972

Provide visual feedback when loading available vector map list

#1007

WxGUI should provide visual feedback when adding new db column

#1133

ps.map doesn’t accept more than 10 ‘labels’ instructions

#1140

Formula in Raster Map Calc is not working with 'IF' condition, and NOT to have space. Only from GUI after commna.

#1147

user-defined tick labels for d.legend (patch included)

#1277

v.kernel - equal split on network

#1407

confusing error message after grass7 crash

#1419

wingrass - change commandline to "windows home"

#1454

v.outlier manual page does not refer that the vector needs to be a 3D one

Closed tasks since the last release

#1132

wxNviz and wxVdigit missing from 6.4svn

#1296

wx gui close shortcuts

#1345

backport ctypes to relbr64

#1422

FSF postal address

#1456

rename nviz_cmd

#1482

Wish - update to v.in.osm2