= GRASS GIS 7.0.4 =

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[wiki:Release/7.0.0-News New features in GRASS 7]

Binaries: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g70x

=== Releases ===

==== Release Candidate 1 (RC1) ====

 * Release date: ''18 Apr 2016''
 * Announcement: https://grass.osgeo.org/news/55/15/GRASS-GIS-7-0-4RC1-released/
 * Changelog: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/ChangeLog_7.0.4RC1.gz
 * Binaries: ​http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/#g70x
 * Source code: http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.4RC1.tar.gz ([http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/source/grass-7.0.4RC1.md5sum md5sum])
 * SVN Source Code Checkout 7.0.4RC1:
{{{
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/tags/release_20160418_grass_7_0_4RC1
}}}


=== SVN Source Code ===

 * Milestone: [milestone:"7.0.4"]
 * SVN Checkout latest 7.0 release branch (including yet unpublished bugfixes):
{{{ 
  svn checkout http://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0
}}}

=== Overview of changes ===

A series of stability fixes, manual improvements and a few language translations have been added.

The GRASS GIS 7.0.4RC1 release provides '''more than 140 fixes and improvements''' with respect to GRASS GIS 7.0.3.

==== New modules ====

 * G7:g.search.modules - Search in GRASS modules using keywords

==== Major module changes ====

 * G7:db.login + PG & mySQL driver: support hostname and port
 * G7:g.proj: read EPSG CSV files from GDAL data directory and no longer an private and meanwhile outdated copy (solves #2456)
 * G7:r.in.lidar: fix scan box calculation for percent < 100
 * G7:r.in.xyz: fix scan box calculation for percent < 100
 * G7:r.mapcalc: Fix row cache bug
 * G7:r.series: sync weights handling to r.neighbors
 * G7:r.sun: mode 1 fix for time offset due to timezone, see #2941 for explanations
 * G7:v.in.ogr: declare missing values in string and date fields as NULL, not empty strings
 * G7:v.select: fix reverse selection of areas
 * G7:v.net.steiner: shortest road is searched between node not line id's

==== Minor module changes ====

 * G7:g.extension: option to specify proxy server #1434
 * G7:r.external: added -t flag for listing bands
 * G7:r.transect: use new r.profile parameter names
 * G7:v.db.join: fix cache exception
 * G7:v.distance: use bbox in 2D and 3D accordingly
 * G7:v.net.distance: change path categories, adjust line directions; add new flag to produce single line paths
 * G7:v.to.db: allow (unitless) calculation of perimeter in XY location

==== GUI changes ====

 * G7:g.gui.mapswipe: fix raster layout (wxPython3)
 * G7:g.gui.gmodeler - all layers rewritten by last output for more than one parameter; add support for dbtables; many further fixes
 * Install additional hicolor icon sizes
 * listing maps in map selection widget using natural sort (#2818)
 * wxGUI: fix histogram of imagery group on Windows, see #2961
 * wxGUI: apply natural sort also when filtering data

==== Library changes ====
 
 * libraster: support linking GDAL2
 * libraster: check for compressed null file
 * vlib: add 2D version of point in box function
 * vlib: support different graph versions

==== PyGRASS changes ====

 * pygrass: fixed grid doctest

==== Map projection changes ====

 * libgis: datum added related to SIRGAS 2000/EPSG:4674
 * libproj: read EPSG CSV files from GDAL data directory and no longer an private and meanwhile outdated copy (solves #2456)
 * libproj: fix mixing of projection name and coordinate system name

==== Portability changes ====

 * Mac OSX: fix compilation of certain addons, lowercase r flag does not work on Mac

===== MS Windows =====

 * wingrass: document GRASS_SH (how to switch from cmd to bash, see r68212)
 * wingrass: build against GDAL 2

==== Manual pages ====

 * manual: avoid specific gender
 * G7:g.findfile manual: shell examples extended
 * G7:g.gui.gmodeler: major manual improvements
 * G7:r.li manual: highlight GUI and configuration file
 * G7:r.pack manual: explain current region behaviour
 * G7:v.buffer manual: demystify caps
 * G7:v.net.spanningtree: update manual
 * G7:v.proj manual: describe automated vertex densification
 * G7:v.split manual: examples updated
 * G7:v.to.points manual: new NC sample data example
 * G7:t.register manual: ECAD example added
 * G7:t.vect.observe.strds manual: demystify 'where' clause usage
 * wxGUI/dbmgr: update images in the manual


==== Message translation updates ====

 * Spanish translation

=== Closed tickets ===

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

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.4&type=defect&order=priority)]]

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

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.4&type=enhancement&order=priority)]]

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

[[TicketQuery(status=closed&milestone=7.0.4&type=task&order=priority)]]