= GRASS GIS 7.0.0 beta 1 =

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=== What's new in a nutshell ===

The 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.

=== Release ===

 * Release date: ''28 March 2014''~~
 * 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])
 * Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/

=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"7.0.0"]
 * Browse Source: http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/browser/grass/tags/release_20140327_grass_7_0_0beta1
 * SVN Checkout 7.0.0beta1:
{{{
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20140327_grass_7_0_0beta1
}}}
 * SVN Checkout latest 7.0 release branch (including unreleased bugfixes):
{{{ 
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0
}}}

=== Overview of changes ===

'''Key improvements''' of the GRASS 7.0.0beta1 release include:
 * Significant performance improvements for many modules
 * About 100 new modules, for a list, see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures]
 * 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
 * Large File Support (LFS) globally enabled for raster and vector data
 * new spatial index for vector data
 * SQLite is default DB backend
 * New graphical tools
   * animating of raster and vector time series;
   * new georectifier; 
   * graphical modeler with Python script output; 
   * tool for supervised classification of imagery data;
   * map swiping tool;
   * tool for creating hardcopy map output;
   * new tool for r.li module configuration file creation; 
   * comparison tool for temporal datasets;
   * improved vector digitizer.

Between [wiki:Release/6.4.0-News 6.4.0] and the current 7.0.0beta1 more than ''10,000 '' updates have been applied.

==== New modules ====

 * About 100 new modules, for a list, see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#Modulescommands]

==== Major module changes ====

 * speed improvements of r.cost, r.watershed, r.viewshed (former r.los) etc, see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#Modulescommands here]
 * ...

==== Option changes: flags and parameters harmonized ====

With the goal of standardization, some flags and parameters have been harmonized:

 * see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#Optionschanges change list]
==== Minor module changes ====

 * ...
 * Thousands of changes, see the detailed [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ChangeLog_7.0.0beta1.gz ChangeLog]

==== GUI changes ====

 * stability fixes
 * new GUI modules [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#GraphicalUserInterface Graphical User Interface]
 
==== Library changes ====

 * see [wiki:Grass7/NewFeatures#GRASS7Librarychanges GRASS 7 Library changes]

==== Map projection changes ====

 * stability fixes (upper case and UK/US notions)

==== Portability changes ====

(MS-Windows)

 * 64bit compliant

(Mac OSX)

 * stability fixes
 
(IBM/AIX)

 * portability fixes

(SUN/Solaris)

 * portability fixes
 
(FreeBDS/netBSD)

 * portability fixes

(All)

 * ...
 
==== Manual pages ====

 * More examples added

==== Message translation updates ====

 * Many languages updated with many new translations ([http://grass.osgeo.org/devel/i18n.php#statistics see stats])

=== GRASS GIS 7 Addons ===

Many new addons are available:
 * see  http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/AddOns/GRASS_7 

=== Closed tickets ===

==== Closed bugs since the last release ====

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==== Closed wishes since the last release ====

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==== Closed tasks since the last release ====

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