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\title{The GRASS Development Team announces GRASS GIS 6.2.1} 
\subtitle{released 12 Dec 2006}

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We are happy to announce that a new stable version of GRASS GIS has been released today. This release fixes several bugs discovered in the 6.2.0 source code. It is solely for stability purposes and adds no new features. Besides bug fixes it also includes a number of new message translations, updates for the help pages, and will better handle errors caused by missing or incorrectly installed support software. It also introduces a new 3D raster module which was left out of the last release due to time constraints.


\subsection*{What's new in GRASS 6.2.0}

(selected improvements from the more than 100 minor and important fixes)

\begin{itemize}
 \item System and Libraries:
 \begin{itemize}
  \item Install of include files problem on Solaris (Glynn)
  \item Handle non-standard ETRS\_1989 datum name (Paul) 
  \item Graphical User Interface (GUI):
 \end{itemize}
 \begin{itemize}
  \item Fixes for geo-rectifier (Michael)
  \item Zooming fixes (Michael)
  \item Meaningful error messages on failed startup (Michael) 
 \end{itemize}
 \item Modules/Scripts:
 \begin{itemize}
  \item d.histogram: clear just the current frame, not the full screen (Hamish)
  \item i.group: fix subgroup listing (Hamish)
  \item ps.map: broken for named paper sizes (Hamish, Glynn)
  \item v.db.select: fix errors with the SQL where= option (Hamish)
  \item v.in.db: don't copy the entire attribute table with a SQL where= query (Martin)
  \item v.in.ogr: fix for gcc4.1.x and non-C locale (Andrey Kiselev)
  \item r.to.rast3elev: \underline{NEW} - Completes the 3D raster tool set.
            Creates a 3D volume map based on 2D elevation and value raster maps. 
 \end{itemize}
\end{itemize}

\par 
\noindent For a comprehensive list of changes to modules see the 
  6.1, 6.2.0 and 6.2.1 ChangeLog files.
\par 
\noindent For a complete list of commands available in GRASS 6.2.1 see the
online manuals.

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Release history:
\begin{itemize}
\item For earlier releases see previous article.
\item GRASS GIS 6.2.1RC1 released 6 December 2006
\item GRASS GIS 6.2.1 released 12 December 2006
\end{itemize}


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