This title was written for experienced GIS users, who want to learn GRASS, as well as for the Open Source software users who are GIS newcomers. Following the Open Source model of GRASS, the book includes links to sites where the GRASS system and on-line reference manuals can be downloaded and additional applications can be viewed. The text provides basic information about the use of GRASS from setting up the spatial database, through working with raster, vector and site data, to image processing and hands-on applications. ...
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This title was written for experienced GIS users, who want to learn GRASS, as well as for the Open Source software users who are GIS newcomers. Following the Open Source model of GRASS, the book includes links to sites where the GRASS system and on-line reference manuals can be downloaded and additional applications can be viewed. The text provides basic information about the use of GRASS from setting up the spatial database, through working with raster, vector and site data, to image processing and hands-on applications. This book also contains a brief introduction to programming within GRASS encouraging the new GRASS development. The power of computing within Open Source environment is illustrated by examples of the GRASS usage with other Open Source software tools, such as GSTAT, R statistical language, and linking GRASS to MapServer.
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Slight cover wear otherwise very good. 434pp, numerous text figures, bw illustrations, octavo cloth. Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science.
This book is a wothwhile, updated guide to the usage of the open source Grass GIS software. The authors transfer their own experience to readers with passion and competence. Examples and tips are numerous and very useful. I improved notably my skill in Grass during the reading, and now I keep constantly this book at the side of my desktop computer.
