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The GRASS -- What is it?

The GRASS -- What is it?

Posted Feb 21, 2005 1:13 UTC (Mon) by ukfrank05 (guest, #27797)
In reply to: The GRASS -- What is it? by dmag
Parent article: The GRASS Geographical Information System

GRASS stands for "Geographic Resources Analysis Support System"; it represents the most complete Geographical Information System available under the GPL. This, perhaps, has to suffice as a bare-bones explanation for GRASS. Admittedly, it could be longer...Your comment about gdal is valid, though.


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