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GRASS GIS 6.4.2 Release

Table of Contents

    1. Release
    2. SVN Source Code
    3. Overview of changes
      1. New modules
      2. Major module changes
      3. Minor module changes
      4. GUI changes
      5. Library changes
      6. Map projection changes
      7. Portability changes
      8. Message translation updates
    4. Closed tickets
      1. Closed bugs since the last release
      2. Closed wishes since the last release
      3. Closed tasks since the last release

Release

SVN Source Code

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 750 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 - new resampling method options to set the target resolution and ontrol memory usage
  • r.regression.line - rewritten in C (much faster)
  • r.univar, r3.univar - zonal support
  • v.generalize - major bugfixes
  • v.kernel - additional kernel functions, equal split on networks
  • v.out.ogr - transactions (major speed up for data-sources which support transactions like PostGIS)

Minor module changes

GUI changes

(wxGUI)

  • Major wxGUI update
  • Add embedded interactive Python shell
  • Debut of the new ​Graphical Modeler
  • Debut of the new ​Cartographic Composer front-end to ps.map
  • Debut of the new multi-platform extension manger for community supplied add-on modules
  • 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()
  • ODBC driver: fix type mismatch

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 for 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
  • 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

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