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Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Design and Structure
  • 1 Geographical Data
  • 2 Data dimensions in GIS
  • 3 The GRASS database
  • 4 Command structure in GRASS
  • 5 Help for using GRASS modules
  • 6 GRASS variables
  
  
• 3 Installation of GRASS
  • 1 Installation of a binary version
  • 2 Installation from source code
  • 3 Installation from CVS
  
  
• 4 GRASS Project database
  • 1 Calling up a GRASS project
  • 2 Projections
  • 3 Examples of map projections
  • 4 Coordinate systems
  • 5 Creating different project regions in GRASS
  • 6 Deleting maps and projects
  
  
• 5 Data import
  • 1 Importing raster formats
  • 2 Importing vector data
  • 3 Importing sites
  
  
• 6 Georeferencing
  • 1 Preparation for georeferencing
  • 2 Georeferencing procedure
  
  
• 7 Data export
  • 1 Exporting raster formats
  • 2 Exporting vector data
  • 3 Exporting sites
  
  
• 8 Graphical user interface
  • 1 GIS Manager
  
  
• 9 Working with raster data
  • 1 Visualizing rastermaps
  • 2 Query of raster cell values and metadata
  • 3 Different raster applications
  • 4 Modification and assignment of colortables
  • 5 Map statistics
  • 6 Methods for manipulating rastermaps
  • 7 Digitizing raster data
  
  
• 10 Restructuring vector features
  • 1 New properties of GRASS 6.0
  • 2 Management of vector geometries
  • 3 Managing vector attributes
  
  
• 11 Working with vector data
  • 1 Network analysis
  • 2 Data intersection, data overlay, data union
  • 3 Data extraction
  • 4 Data selection
  • 5 Topology management
  • 6 Digitizing with GRASS
  
  
• 12 Application example: vector-based optimization of operation areas
  • 1 Importing example data
  • 2 Extracting hospitals from the point file
  • 3 Assigning hospitals to the roadnet
  • 4 Assignment of the regions of optimal achievability
  
  
• 13 Data conversion
  • 1 Vectorization of raster data
  • 2 Converting vector data into the raster model
  
  
• 14 Data interpolations
  • 1 Data interpolation into the raster model
  • 2 Data interpolation into the vector format
  
  
• 15 Raster map arithmetic with r.mapcalc
  • 1 Operators in r.mapcalc
  • 2 Features in r.mapcalc
  • 3 Internal variables in r.mapcalc
  • 4 Masking
  
  
• 16 3D visualization and animation
  • 1 Displaying a 3D map with NVIZ
  • 2 Displaying raster-volume-layers (VOXEL)
  • 3 Creating an animation
  
  
• 17 Visualizing and creating maps ready for press
  • 1 Map export into a postscript-map
  • 2 Map export with PNG-driver
  • 3 Creating shading effects
  • 4 Processing maps with Xfig
  • 5 Processing maps with Skencil
  
  
• 18 QGIS
  • 1 Working with vector- and raster data
  • 2 Visualizing and categorizing
  • 3 Editing
  • 4 GRASS Toolbox
  • 5 Processing GPS data
  • 6 Geospatial bookmarks
  • 7 Creating analog maps with QGIS
  
  
• 19 Definition of Free Software
• 20 GNU Free Documentation License
• 21 Command-Index