<div dir="ltr"><h3 id="gmail-NewsPostDetailTitle"><strong>We are pleased to announce the <strong>GRASS GIS 7.4.0 <strong>release</strong></strong></strong><br>
</h3><div id="gmail-NewsPostDetailContent"><p><strong>What's new in a nutshell</strong></p>
<p>After a bit more than one year of development the <strong>new update release </strong><strong>GRASS GIS 7.4.0</strong> is available. It provides <strong>more than 480 stability fixes and improvements</strong> compared to the previous stable version 7.2. An <strong>overview</strong> of the <strong>new features</strong> in the 7.4 release series is available at <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures74">New Features in GRASS GIS 7.4</a>.</p>
<p>Efforts have concentrated on making the user experience even better,
providing many small, but useful additional functionalities to modules
and further improving the graphical user interface. Users can now
directly download pre-packaged demo data locations in the GUI startup
window. Several modules were migrated from addons to the core GRASS GIS
package and the suite of tools for ortho-rectification was
re-implemented in the new GRASS 7 GUI style. In order to support the
treatment of massive datasets, new compression algorithms were
introduced and NULL (no-data) raster files are now also compressed by
default. For a detailed overview, see the <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures74">list of new features</a>. As a stable release series, 7.4.x enjoys long-term support.</p>
<strong>Binaries/Installer download:</strong>
<ul>
<li>winGRASS 7.4.0: <a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/binary/mswindows/native/x86/WinGRASS-7.4.0-1-Setup-x86.exe">32bit standalone installer</a> | <a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/binary/mswindows/native/x86_64/WinGRASS-7.4.0-1-Setup-x86_64.exe">64bit standalone installer</a></li>
<li>winGRASS 7.4.0 OSGeo4W: <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup-x86.exe">32bit OSGeo4W installer</a> | <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/osgeo4w-setup-x86_64.exe">64bit OSGeo4W installer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://packages.debian.org/grass">Debian</a></li><li><a href="https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neteler/grass74_epel6">EPEL6</a> (CentOS6, RHEL6, ...)</li>
<li><a href="https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neteler/grass74/">Fedora and EPEL7</a> (CentOS7, RHEL7, ...)</li>
<li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntugis-unstable">ubuntugis-unstable</a> (Ubuntu LTS - Xenial, Trusty)</li>
<li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~grass/+archive/ubuntu/grass-stable">grass-stable</a> (Ubuntu non-LTS - Zesty)</li>
<li><em>... further binary packages for other Linux distributions and Mac OSX will follow shortly, please check at <a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/download/software/">software downloads</a>.<br></em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Source code download:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/">https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/grass-7.4.0.tar.gz">https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/grass-7.4.0.tar.gz</a></li>
<li>To get the GRASS GIS 7.4.0 source code directly from SVN, see <a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/7.4.0-News#SVNSourceCode">here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>More details:</strong></p>
<p>See also our detailed announcement:</p>
<div><a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/7.4.0-News">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Release/7.4.0-News</a></div>
<div><a href="https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures74">https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/NewFeatures74</a> (overview of new 7.4 stable release series)</div>
<div><a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/grass7/manuals/addons/">https://grass.osgeo.org/grass7/manuals/addons/</a> (list of available addons)<br><br>First time users may explore the <a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/documentation/first-time-users">first steps tutorial</a> after installation.</div>
<p><strong>About GRASS GIS</strong></p>
<p>The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (<a href="https://grass.osgeo.org/">https://grass.osgeo.org/</a>),
commonly referred to as GRASS GIS, is an Open Source Geographic
Information System providing powerful raster, vector and geospatial
processing capabilities in a single integrated software suite. GRASS GIS
includes tools for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector
data, management and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of
satellite and aerial imagery. It also provides the capability to
produce sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS GIS
has been translated into about twenty languages and supports a huge
array of data formats. It can be used either as a stand-alone
application or as backend for other software packages such as QGIS and R
geostatistics. It is distributed freely under the terms of the GNU
General Public License (GPL). GRASS GIS is a founding member of the Open
Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).</p>
<p><em>The GRASS Development Team, Feb 2018</em></p></div></div>