Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach
Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova
3rd edition 2008
406 pages, 80 illus.
Springer, New York
ISBN-10: 038735767X
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-35767-6
e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-68574-8
http://www.grassbook.org/
http://www.springer.com/east/home?SGWID=5-102-22-173664736-0&changeHeader=true


SAMPLE DATA HISTORY

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2013: converted to GRASS GIS 7
      reduced to
      - vector: "roadsmajor"
      - raster: "elev_lid792_1m", "elev_state_500m", "lsat7_2002_*"
                "lsat5_1987_rgb", "lsat7_2002_rgb"

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nc_spm_08 released 2008, 18 May

- fixed names in imagery group "lsat7_2000"

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nc_spm_07 released 2007, 20 December

- elev_contour_3m removed
- soils_wake clipped to SW Wake region
- elev_lid792_bepts clipped to subregion of tile 792
- renamed vector maps: elev_lidrural_mrpts_metric -> elev_lidrural_mrpts
- additional raster and vector titles cleaned up
- three planimetry tiles P07921* added to cover rural_1m region

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nc_spm_06 released 2007, 15 Aug

- CREDITS.txt and VERSION.txt files added
- raster and vector titles cleaned up
- nc_state vector map added
- poi_names_wake, geonames_NC and geonames_wake vector maps added
- landclass96 raster map colors improved
- reimported import ZIP_Codes.shp again with snapping for gaps/slivers
- renamed vector maps: elev_lidrural_mrpts -> elev_lidrural_mrptsft
- renamed raster maps: elevlid_D792_6m -> el_D7XX_6m
- PERMANENT/PROJ_INFO: switched lat_1 and lat_2 values to match EPSG order
  (this also gets QGIS recognizing it), matching order in /usr/share/proj/epsg
  lat_1: 36.16666666666666
  lat_2: 34.33333333333334
  lat_0: 33.75

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nc_spm_05 released 2007, May 9

- added 3D precipitation map: precip_30ynormals_3d
- added overpasses map from NCDOT
- fixed vector titles + crediting
- g.rename vect=elev_contour_3m,elev_ned10m_cont10m
- g.rename vect=region_10m,swwake_10m
- landsat/ mapset added with lsat5_1987_* and lsat7_2000_*
- elev_lid792_cont1m added


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nc_spm_04 released 2007, Apr 22 

added to PERMANENT:
 vector:
  boundary_county
  elev_lid792_mrpts
  precip_30ynormals
  renamed ncfl_lidar_79200WC_pts to elev_lid792_bepts

 raster:
  elev_state_500m
  landsat7

removed:
 landuse92
 scholls_publ
 elev_lid_3m

some raster titles added 

