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     5=== What's new in a nutshell ===
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     7The graphical user interface based on wxPython (introduced in GRASS GIS 6.4) has been enriched with many new features in order to make complex GIS operations available as simple as possible. The old !Tcl/Tk based GUI has been dropped. Relevant new features are available in the core system, among the most important the [http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_and_Python#Python_extensions_in_GRASS_GIS new Python interface to the C library]. This new feature permits Python developers to create new modules in a simple way while at the same time creating powerful and fast modules. Furthermore, the vector library was particularly improved to make it faster and more efficient with support of [http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Massive_data_analysis huge files]. This required a [http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Convert_all_GRASS_6_vector_maps_to_GRASS_7 easy to manage topology format update] including a new spatial index. Finally, there are a series of new modules to analyse raster and vector data; some of the already existing modules were improved and made faster (some even 1000 x faster). For details see below.
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    59=== Release ===
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    7  * Release date: ''28 April 2014''~~
     11 * Release date: ''28 March 2014''~~
    812 * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.0beta1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.0beta1.md5sum md5sum])
    913 * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/
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    2428=== Overview of changes ===
    2529
    26 '''Key improvements''' of the GRASS 7.0.0RC1 release include ... [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures]
     30'''Key improvements''' of the GRASS 7.0.0beta1 release include:
     31 * Significant performance improvements for many modules
     32 * About 100 new modules, for a list, see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures]
     33 * The new [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/temporalintro.html temporal processing GRASS GIS 7 framework] for raster, vector and voxel time series management and analysis
     34 * Large File Support (LFS) globally enabled for raster and vector data
     35 * new spatial index for vector data
     36 * SQLite is default DB backend
     37 * New graphical tools
     38   * animating of raster and vector time series;
     39   * new georectifier;
     40   * graphical modeler with Python script output;
     41   * tool for supervised classification of imagery data;
     42   * map swiping tool;
     43   * tool for creating hardcopy map output;
     44   * new tool for r.li module configuration file creation;
     45   * comparison tool for temporal datasets;
     46   * improved vector digitizer.
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    28 Between [wiki:Release/6.4.3-News 6.4.3] and the current 7.0.0RC1 more than ''yy'' updates have been applied.
     48Between [wiki:Release/6.4.0-News 6.4.0] and the current 7.0.0beta1 more than ''10,000 '' updates have been applied.
    2949
    3050==== New modules ====
    3151
    32  * ... CITE FROM [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures]
     52 * About 100 new modules, for a list, see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#Modulescommands]
    3353
    3454==== Major module changes ====
    3555
    36  * speed of r.cost, r.watershed, r.viewshed (former r.los) etc, see CITE FROM [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures]
     56 * speed improvements of r.cost, r.watershed, r.viewshed (former r.los) etc, see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#Modulescommands here]
    3757 * ...
    3858
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    4161 * ...
    42 * Many more; see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ChangeLog_7.0.0beta1.gz ChangeLog]
     62 * Thousands of changes, see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ChangeLog_7.0.0beta1.gz ChangeLog]
    4363
    4464==== GUI changes ====
    4565
    46  * ...
     66 * stability fixes
     67 * new GUI modules [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#GraphicalUserInterface Graphical User Interface]
    4768 
    4869==== Library changes ====
    4970
    50  * ...
     71 * see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#GRASS7Librarychanges GRASS 7 Library changes]
    5172
    5273==== Map projection changes ====
    5374
    54  * ...
     75 * stability fixes (upper case and UK/US notions)
    5576
    5677==== Portability changes ====
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    5879(MS-Windows)
    5980
    60  * ...
     81 * 64bit compliant
    6182
    6283(Mac OSX)
    6384
    64  * ...
     85 * stability fixes
    6586 
    6687(IBM/AIX)
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    80101 * ...
    81102 
     103==== Manual pages ====
     104
     105 * More examples added
     106
    82107==== Message translation updates ====
    83108