https://grass.osgeo.org/ Recent content on GRASS - Bringing advanced geospatial technologies to the world Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us    https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) 1998-2026, GRASS Development Team Wed, 27 May 2026 22:24:18 -0400 https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2026_05_27_grass_on_conda_forge/ Wed, 27 May 2026 22:24:18 -0400 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2026_05_27_grass_on_conda_forge/ Full conda support for GRASS is finally here! You can now install GRASS 8.5.0 on conda on Windows, Linux, macOS on Intel, and macOS on Apple Silicon, simply by running: conda install -c conda-forge grass From soft launch to full rollout GRASS was soft-launched on conda with the 8.4.2 release, with packages for Linux (linux-64) and macOS on Intel (osx-64). Now Windows (win-64) and macOS on Apple Silicon (osx-arm64) are both fully supported, providing full coverage of every major platform starting with GRASS 8. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2026_05_08_grass_8_5_0_released/ Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2026_05_08_grass_8_5_0_released/ Two years in the making GRASS 8.5.0 is here. This feature release contains more than 2570 changes, the result of two years of focused work by the GRASS community. We deliberately postponed what would have been a 2025 release so that several interlocking pieces could land together: a new Python API, JSON output across dozens of tools, and a complete rewrite of the documentation. These changes are more useful together than they would have been in sequence, and they took time to do well. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2026_04_22_grass_community_meeting_san_michele_2026/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:15:00 -0400 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2026_04_22_grass_community_meeting_san_michele_2026/ Join us for the GRASS Community Meeting 2026 in San Michele all’Adige! 🚆 Arrival: Saturday, July 11, 2026 🚆 Departure: Sunday, July 19, 2026 📍 Location: Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), San Michele all’Adige, Trentino, Italy We’re excited to announce the GRASS Community Meeting 2026, the main annual gathering of the GRASS community! Why come A week with the rest of the team in one place and one time zone is a rare chance to finish the maintenance, infrastructure, and large changes that stall in async review. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_12_31_annual_report/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:12:00 +0500 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_12_31_annual_report/ It’s been another exciting year for the GRASS project! From improved interfaces for Python users to modernized documentation and a major developer gathering in North Carolina, the year 2025 brought significant advances on multiple fronts. Let’s take a look back at what our community accomplished. Development Activity A major theme of 2025 was improving how users interact with GRASS across different interfaces. This work touched everything from tool outputs to Python APIs to documentation, creating a more cohesive and accessible experience. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_11_27_grass_gis_8_4_2_released/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:42:00 +0100 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_11_27_grass_gis_8_4_2_released/ What’s new in a nutshell The GRASS GIS 8.4.2 release provides more than 35 improvements and bug fixes compared to version 8.4.1. The changes span core GIS modules, GUI, Python support, packaging, and build infrastructure — making GRASS more stable, reliable, and polished for day-to-day use. Most importantly, since the 8.4.0 release: location is now project: The Python API, command line, and graphical user interface are using project instead of location for the main component of the data hierarchy while maintaining backward compatibility. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_05_27_grass_dev_summit_report/ Mon, 26 May 2025 10:42:00 +0100 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_05_27_grass_dev_summit_report/ A week of collaboration in Raleigh The GRASS Developer Summit 2025 brought together more than 30 contributors from around the world for six days of focused collaboration in Raleigh, North Carolina. Held May 19–24 at North Carolina State University, the event served as the main annual gathering of the GRASS community, providing space for developers, researchers, and users to connect, share ideas, and move the project forward. Highlights The week featured a mix of hands-on hacking, roadmap discussions, and topic-based working sessions. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_04_29_grass_branding_update/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:12:42 -0500 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_04_29_grass_branding_update/ GRASS has a new logo—and a simpler name We’re excited to share some fresh updates to the GRASS project: a new logo and a small but meaningful change to our name. What’s new The updated logo retains the two most recognizable elements of the GRASS visual identity: The grass — a stylized depiction with multiple narrow leaves and a compact, elongated seed head. The square — rotated 45°, forming the background shape behind the grass. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_03_03_grass_developer_summit_2025/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:12:42 -0500 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_03_03_grass_developer_summit_2025/ Join Us for the GRASS Developer Summit 2025 at NC State! 📅 Dates: Monday, May 19 – Saturday, May 24, 2025 📍 Location: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA The GRASS team is excited to announce the GRASS Developer Summit 2025, the main community meeting of the year! This 6-day event will bring together contributors, developers, power users, and geospatial enthusiasts to collaborate, code, document, and shape the future of GRASS. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_03_02_grass_gis_8_4_1_released/ Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:42:00 +0100 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_03_02_grass_gis_8_4_1_released/ What’s new in a nutshell The GRASS 8.4.1 release contains more than 80 changes compared to version 8.4.0. This new minor release includes important fixes and improvements to the GRASS tools, libraries and the graphical user interface (GUI), making it more stable and robust for your daily work. Most importantly, since the 8.4.0 release: location is now project: The Python API, command line, and graphical user interface are using project instead of location for the main component of the data hierarchy while maintaining backward compatibility. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_02_11_mac_app_notarized/ Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_02_11_mac_app_notarized/ The GRASS Development Team is pleased to announce that the prebuilt applications for macOS are now signed and notarized. This enhancement represents a significant improvement in both security and user convenience. The currently available notarized binaries include the preview version 8.5.0dev and the release candidate 8.4.1. These versions are bundled with essential software components, including GDAL 3.10.1, PDAL 2.8.3, PROJ 9.5.1, and Python 3.12. Future releases will also be signed and notarized to ensure continued security and compliance. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_01_27_annual_report/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:12:00 +0500 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2025_01_27_annual_report/ There has been a lot of activity in 2024, so let’s recap the achievements and highlight the awesome community behind GRASS GIS! Community Meeting The annual GRASS GIS Community Meeting was held once again in the Czech Republic, this time at the NC State European Center in Prague. The meeting brought together users, supporters, contributors, power users and developers to collaborate and chart the future of the project. Thanks to the support from the U. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_10_11_refreshing_grass_psc/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:13:00 +0200 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_10_11_refreshing_grass_psc/ Welcome to the Newly Elected Members of the GRASS GIS PSC! In mid-September, the GRASS GIS community began the election process to replace four of the nine seats on the Project Steering Committee (PSC). These seats were previously held by Helena Mitasova, Helmut Kudrnovsky, Martin Landa, and Michael Barton. Following nominations from the community, 10 members of the GRASS GIS community ran for these positions. After the election itself, the GRASS GIS PSC welcomed the new members, namely Linda Karlovska, Nicklas Larsson, and Paulo van Breugel, while Helmut Kudrnovsky was re-elected for another term. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_09_24_pose_annual_report/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:12:00 +0500 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_09_24_pose_annual_report/ In 2023, our team of researchers from four U.S. universities announced a two-year project with support from an NSF grant (award 2303651). This project aims to modernize and expand the GRASS GIS platform, strengthen its role as a key geospatial processing engine, and build a diverse, vibrant global community of users and developers. We are excited to share the progress we have made so far toward these goals in the first half of the project. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_08_02_report_community_meeting_prague_2024/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:42:00 +0100 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_08_02_report_community_meeting_prague_2024/ The annual GRASS GIS Community Meeting was held once again in the Czech Republic, this time at the NC State European Center in Prague from June 14 to 19. The meeting brought together users, supporters, contributors, power users and developers to collaborate and chart the future of the project. Thanks to the generous funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (Award 2303651), the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), FOSSGIS e.V., and individual donors, we were able to welcome 16 in-person participants from 9 countries on 3 continents, plus 2 remote participants. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_07_27_grass_gis_8_4_0_released/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:42:00 +0100 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_07_27_grass_gis_8_4_0_released/ What’s new in a nutshell The GRASS GIS 8.4.0 release contains more than 520 changes compared to 8.3.2. This new minor release includes important fixes and improvements to the GRASS GIS tools, libraries and the graphical user interface (GUI), making it even more stable and robust for daily work. Most importantly: location becomes project: The Python API, command line, and graphical user interface are now using project instead of location for the main component of the data hiearchy while maintaining backward compatibility.