GDP - GRASS Documentation Project

The idea of this page is to collect all the documentation available for GRASS. The main problem is that all the interesting papers and help-pages are spread all over internet. So this page contains links to further documentaion available at Baylor University, GMS Labs University of Illinois, PhyGeo at University of Hannover and of other people. Please send your texts and links to complete this page. All downloadable files are compressed with gzip.

This page is in progress and waiting for your help! BTW: GRASS 4.3 and GRASS 5 beta are available now.

You might want to know the features of GRASS 4.2.1. Find a short feature description. More than 350 modules are included now!

• A brief overview: GRASS 4.2.1 with containing general information, supported data formats, projections etc.
• This is the GRASS 4.2 Fact Sheet (Acrobat PDF-Format).
• Es gibt auch ein GRASS 4.2.1 Informationspapier in deutscher Sprache (online).
• These are the simulation models already integrated in GRASS.
• GRASS FAQ and answers
• GRASS 5.0: New features are floating point support in raster format and a new sites data format.
• GRASS and SQL-support
• GRASS and interface to statistical software

Online documentation: Using GRASS

GRASS 4.x online MANUAL pages

GRASS 5.x online MANUAL pages

GRASS 5.x printable manual pages (in PDF format)

GRASS searchable MANUAL pages

Selected journal papers

General Information:

GRASS 4.2 Fact Sheet (PDF)

GRASS 4.2.1 Generelle Informationen (German language, online)

GRASS 4.2 tutorials (local copy in Acrobat PDF, online)

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (HTML online, local copy)

What's new in GRASS 4.2.1 (local)

List of new modules in GRASS 4.2 (online)

Short list of available modules in GRASS 4.1 distribution

New GRASS 4.2.1 FAQ (online)

Selected journal papers on GRASS

GRASS Clippings - the virtual newsletter (online, not supported any more)

GRASS Bibliography Database. A database containing GRASS-related articles

Tutorials:

GRASS 5.x manual pages

Introduction to GRASS GIS software (2. ed., 1998) in English language (80 pages, online and postscript full text, print with ghostscript 5.x).

GRASS Seeds Beginner's Tutorial (University of Leicester/Project ASSIST)

NEW 2000: GRASS-Handbuch in German language (partly online, edition 2000, 247 pages)

GRASS Tutorial (1992) (Postscript) from Jochen Albrecht (download corrected 28.Nov.98)

GRASS 4.0 Beginners Manual (Postscript, 50 pages)

GRASS 4.1 User's reference manual (Postscript, 556 pages) (HTML online, see also Image processing below)

Spearfish database description (Postscript, 8 pages)

GRASS 4.0 tutorial in English language (~ 110 pages, postscript).

Online Courses:

GRASS Course on Spatial Analysis from University of Delaware (based on SPEARFISH dataset)

GRASS Course on Spatial Analysis from University of Delaware (new version)

GRASS Course at University of Freiburg/Geology (in German)

GRASS Course at Washington and Lee University

GRASS Course at University of Leicester/Project ASSIST

Collection of module descriptions:

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

Conversion between GIS formats:

GRASS -> ARC/VIEW (PDF, local copy from here)

ARC .e00 -> GRASS

Display commands:

Short command reference (Postscript, 2 pages)

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

DBMS:

RIM is a database system with interface for GRASS. It manages sites and vector data.

RIM Installer's manual (Postscript, 29 pages)

RIM User's manual (Postscript, 113 pages)

s.db.rim (Postscript)

v.db.rim (Postscript)

GRASS 5: There are PostgreSQL and ODBC interfaces available.

Erosion modeling:

Modeling topographic potential for erosion and deposition using GIS (Postscript, 19 pages)

Terrain analysis and erosion modeling (online)

Interacting fields approach for evolving spatial phenomena: application to erosion simulation for optimized land use (Postscript, 15 pages). Online version with links.

ANSWERS:

Introduction from Purdue University (Postscript, 7 pages)

Excerpt from ANSWERS user's manual (Postscript, 7 pages)

AGNPS:

The AGNPS-page

AGNPS documentation collection

Hydrologic Modeling:

SWAT - GRASS - Interface (Soil and water assessment tool) (online)

References for r.water.fea - Finite element simulation for surface runoff etc. (Postscript)

General commands:

Short command reference (Postscript, 2 pages)

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

Image processing:

Image processing tutorial (Postscript, 47 pages)

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

GRASS 5.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

Installation/Compiling/Programming of GRASS:

GRASS 4.x installation and compiling guide (PDF)

GRASS 5 installation guide (online)

GRASS 5 compiling guide (online)

Linux-GRASS Mini-HOWTO (online)

GRASS 4.1 installation and compiling guide (Postscript, 35 pages)

C-Programming with GRASS tutorial by Jo Wodd (online)

GRASS 4.1 Programmer's manual (Postscript, 345 pages) with Index and two correction sheets (1,2).

GRASS 4.2 programmer's tutorial - (Acrobat PDF, local copy)

Source directory definitions, responsibilities and programming standards

New GRASS 5.0 Library Functions (definitions) (online)

Landscape structure analysis:

r.le 2.2: Quantitative analysis of landscape structures (online and Postscript)

Raster analysis:

Short command reference (Postscript, 4 pages)

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

GRASS 5.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

Performing Boolean Operations in GRASS 4.0: r.combine tutorial (Postscript, 15 pages)

GRASS 4.0 Inference engine: r.infer (Postscript, 18 pages)

r.mapcalc: An algebra for GIS and image processing (Postscript, 22 pages)

Performing map calculations on GRASS data: r.mapcalc program tutorial (Postscript, 13 pages)

r.le 2.2: Quantitative analysis of landscape structures (online and Postscript)

F-tools: Floodplane analysis (online)

r.watershed Tutorial and r.watershed hints (Text)

r.water.fea tutorials (PS)

Sites analysis:

s.sample tutorial

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

GRASS 5.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

Calculating autocorrelation with GRASS (Postscript, 7 pages)

Terrain modeling/Geomorphology/Soil Science:

GRASS 4.0 Tutorial: DTED and DEM Elevation Data Extraction (Postscript, 13 pages)

Modeling topographic potential for erosion and deposition using GIS (Postscript, 19 pages)

Topography, soil horizons, and erosion/deposition (online)

Surface modeling (online)

Terrain analysis and erosion modeling (online)

nviz - tool for viewing data surfaces in three dimensions for GRASS on Silicon Graphics (online)

Interpolation by regularized splines with tension - I. Theory (s.surf.tps) (Postscript, 24 pages)

Interpolation by regularized splines with tension - II. Application to terrain modeling and surface geometry analysis (s.surf.tps) (Postscript, 18 pages)

Modeling topographic potential for erosion and deposition using GIS (Postscript, 19 pages)

Toward a Fission Track Tectonic Image of Australia: Model based interpolation in the Snowy Mountains using a GIS (online)

Vector management:

Short introduction from user's guide (Postscript, 7 pages)

Short command reference (Postscript, 2 pages)

GRASS 4.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

GRASS 5.x MAN pages (online, local copy)

GRASS 4.0 map digitizing manual: v.digit (Postscript, 53 pages)

Deutsche Übersetzung des GRASS 4.0 map digitizing manual: v.digit (online)

GRASS Tutorial: DLG-3 data extraction (Postscript, 6 pages)

Exporting DXF - Information from info.grass.user (Postscript, 2 pages)

DXF and GRASS

And one more: DXF and GRASS

Calculating autocorrelation with GRASS (Postscript, 7 pages)

SDTS user guide (Postscript)

Visualization:

GRASS 5: GRID3D: Multidimensional interpolation and visualization in GRASS GIS (online)

Multidimensional interpolation and visualization in GRASS GIS (online)

Interpolation and visualization from 3D scattered data using GRASS GIS (online)

Multidimensional dynamic cartography (Postscript, 7 pages)