GRASS GIS 7.2.0RC1 released

About GRASS GIS 7: Its graphical user interface supports the user to make complex GIS operations as simple as possible. The updated Python interface to the C library permits users to create new GRASS GIS-Python modules in a simple way while yet obtaining powerful and fast modules. Furthermore, the libraries were significantly improved for speed and efficiency, along with support for huge files. A lot of effort has been invested to standardize parameter and flag names. Finally, GRASS GIS 7 comes with a series of new modules to analyse raster and vector data, along with a full temporal framework. For a detailed overview, see the list of new features. As a stable release series, 7.2.x enjoys long-term support.

Binaries/Installer download:

• winGRASS 7.2.0RC1: 32bit standalone installer | 64bit standalone installer
• winGRASS 7.2.0RC1 OSGeo4W - testing area: 32bit OSGeo4W installer | 64bit OSGeo4W installer
• ubuntugis-experimental (xenial, trusty)
• ... further binary packages for various Linux distributions and Mac OSX will follow shortly.