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 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 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. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_06_07_nix_environment_and_package_added/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0200 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_06_07_nix_environment_and_package_added/ You can now develop and run GRASS GIS with Nix A new option for creating a GRASS development environment and a unique way of running GRASS directly from the Git source code was implemented using the Nix package manager. This idea was presented by Ivan Mincik during the GRASS GIS Community Meeting in Prague. The Nix development environment provides a stable and reproducible environment for all developers and can significantly simplify the onboarding process of new contributors. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_06_06_result_student_grant_linda_karlovska/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:12:52 +0200 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_06_06_result_student_grant_linda_karlovska/ Easy command history navigation through the History browser panel Linda’s work in her own words During my master’s studies, I began contributing to the enhancement of the GRASS GIS user interface (GUI). My main goal was to increase its user-friendliness, making GRASS accessible not only to experienced users with scripting knowledge but also to GIS beginners. Over the years, I have worked on several projects, including: “Creation of a new GRASS GIS startup mechanism”, “First steps towards a new GRASS GIS Single-Window GUI “, “Redesigning a map display status bar combo box into a new settings dialog “, “Improving Single-Window GUI user experience”. https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_05_27_gsoc_2024_students/ Mon, 27 May 2024 14:12:42 -0500 https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/grass/developer/61 (GRASS Development Team) https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2024_05_27_gsoc_2024_students/ Three GSoC students will be contributing to GRASS GIS this summer! We are thrilled to announce that the GRASS GIS project has three Google Summer of Code (GSoC) students this year! They will be working together with their mentors on enhancing different GRASS tools and capabilities. Let’s go briefly through some details on each project and their forseen broader impacts. Improve GRASS user experience in Jupyter Notebook Student: Riya Saxena Mentors: Anna Petrasova, Corey White The python package grass.