(CA-OPENOSX-INC) OpenOSX Ships Grass
GIS Pre 4 CD
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SWALL MEADOWS, Calif.--(OPENOSX-INC)--May 30th, 2002--
OpenOSX, a leading provider of easy-to-use, world-class open-source
software, today began shipping their Grass GIS Pre 4 CD.
Grass (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) GIS
(Geographical Information System) is a complete state-of-the-art
geographical operating system. Grass is one of if not the most
complete and sophisticated open-source GIS’, now in development
for
more then twenty years. By the size of it’s code base Grass
is one
the ten largest open-source projects in history.
The OpenOSX Grass GIS Pre 4 CD will transform a Macintosh
running Mac OS X into a full-fledged GIS workstation in minutes
with
ease. The OpenOSX Pre 4 CD offers Mac OS 10.1 compatibility
(including dual-processor support), additional modules, along with
numerous bug fixes.
OpenOSX is also pleased to announce they are now accepting
pre-orders for the complete 460 page book titled “Open Source
GIS: A
Grass GIS Approach”. The book has been designed to meet the
needs of
a professional audience composed of researchers, practitioners in
industry and graduate level students in Computer Science and
Geosciences. OpenOSX has been chosen as the international distributor
for the book scheduled to ship in early June, of 2002.
With over 350 modules, Grass is the only real alternatives to ESRI
ArcInfo GIS, which when fully-configured will cost more than US$20,000
per seat and is not supported on the Macintosh platform.
Grass GIS offers state of the art three-dimensional dynamic spatial
analysis and visualization. Users of OpenOSX Grass include NASA,
USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration).
Grass in combination with the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library,
(GDAL) can import more then forty popular GIS file formats including:
GeoTiff, Tiff, DXF, SDTS, DEM, Shape, ELAS, PNG, ARC, MIF, Tiger,
Garmin, ASCII.
Some of Grass’ popular features include: ortho-rectification,
Digital Elevation Model creation and editing, project/re-project
raster & vector data in more then 120 projections, shaded relief
with 16-bit precision, geostatistics and spatial data analysis,
statistical analysis, 3D visualization and simulation modeling capabilities.
The OpenOSX CD greatly simplifies installation and will
install a long list of all the required and optional libraries and
programs for full functionality. The CD is bundled with complete
documentation and limited installation support.
The owner of OpenOSX, Jeshua Lacock, is the official maintainer
of the Mac OS X port of Grass and has published the Grass Pre 4
binaries for free and immediate downloading. The binaries do not
include support or the required or optional libraries that are installed
and configured by OpenOSX’s CD. The binaries may be downloaded
from Grass' home Baylor University or from its development headquarters
at: <http://grass.itc.it/grass5/binary/mac_os_x/>
The OpenOSX Grass CD is US$40 and 6-month CD subscriptions are
available for US$95. More information about the OpenOSX Grass Pre
4 CD is available at <http://OpenOSX.com/grass/>.
OpenOSX is offering a pre-order special for the book “Open
Source GIS: A Grass GIS Approach” for US$90.00, US$29.00 off
of the suggested retail price (SRP) of US$119.00. It is also bundled
with the Grass Pre 4 CD for US$120, US$39.00 off of the SRP.
OpenOSX, Inc. is a company dedicated to serving, and expanding,
the Macintosh community. Founded on the premise that many computer
users
are intimidated by the UNIX command-line, OpenOSX committed itself
to one mission- bringing popular Unix software to both the "Unix-challenged"
and the seasoned, Mac inclined system administrator in a friendly,
“Mac Like” environment.
Note to Editors: OpenOSX is a trademark owned by OpenOSX, Inc.,
all other trademarks are owned by their respective owner.
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CONTACT: OpenOSX.com
Jeshua Lacock, 760/935-4736
jeshua@OpenOSX.com
http://OpenOSX.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE PRODUCT
SOURCE: OpenOSX.com
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