GreenFire, 1 month ago

@GregCocks
Do you recall what the old geospatial software that was used by USDA and I assume USGS, was it GLASS or something like that?

tchaddad, 1 month ago

@GreenFire @GregCocks you might be thinking of GRASS? https://grass.osgeo.org/

GreenFire, 1 month ago

@tchaddad @GregCocks
Yes, of course. It's been since the early nineties and hadn't thought about it in a long time. Thanks.

tchaddad, 1 month ago

@GreenFire @GregCocks it goes back to the 80’s at least! (obligatory link to the 1987 GRASS video narrated by William Shatner): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Hf0qI4JLc

GreenFire, 1 month ago

@tchaddad @GregCocks
Are they still using it though?

shawncarter, 1 month ago

@GreenFire @tchaddad @GregCocks I use GRASS daily for operational remote sensing tasks like river ice monitoring and flood inundation mapping. It's definitely not the easiest to grok out of the box, but it is solid. Scripting for it is also insanely simple, flexible, and legible.