#results of the Grass user questionnaire March/April 2002
#info: Moritz Lennert - mlennert@club.worldonline.be
#
#NA: no answer
#fields (delimiter '|'):
#use|environment|howmany|version|whynot5|asis|evercontributed|whatcontributed|wishes

finite element modeling of groundwater contamination|university|2|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|NA
remote sensing; grid modelling; radiometric correction|university; company|4|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|NA
marketing|university|2|4.3|not worth the effort, waiting for 5.1 (vectors)|t|f|NA|vector; shape file support; gui; network analysis
disease mapping; spatial statistical analysis presentation|university|1|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|gui
environmental modelling and management|university|3|cvs|NA|f|t|NA|more options for legends; vector; better v.digit gui; more support for temporal data
hydrological modelling|university|2|4.3+5.0|integer calculation faster|f|f|NA|panel resizing in NAVIZ; fonts; PS driver
pest management and agricultural management; climate data processing and modelling; webgis|university|4|5.0pre3|command option changes mess up scripts|f|t|d.legend (4.21)|fonts; better/more color; matrix notation in r.mapcalc; better integration of grasslinks
tracking 802.11b deployment|university|1|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|documentation
satellite images|university|1|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|NA
hydrological analysis|private|NA|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|parallelization
GIS teaching; terrain analysis|university|1|5.0pre1|NA|t|f|NA|NA
image processing; web mapping; disease analysis; landscape ecology|research institute|10|cvs|NA|f|t|NA|gui; cartography; 3d vectors
geomorphology; landslide management|university|1|5.0pre3|NA|f|t|tutorials|access to statistical packages; database (dbms)
hazard mapping|government|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|vector; documentation
recreational|home|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|documentation
recreational|home|1|5.0pre3|NA|f|f|NA|better Tiger/LINAE 2000 support
lidar; urbanistics; data interpolation; visualisation|private company|2|cvs|NA|f|t|shell scripts|3d vector
satellite images; geological mapping|university|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|handling and functionality of viewer
ecological database of White Sea, Russia|government research|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|better visibility in v.digit; database
studies|university|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|3d grid; database
coastal engineering|private company|1|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|database; map display (overlay without erasing)
landscape ecology|research foundation|2|5.0pre3|NA|f|f|NA|datum support; keep modularity and shell base
ecological modelling|university|10|4.2.1|not announced as stable, yet|f|f|NA|up-to-date import/export
hydrological analysis; image processing; raster data analysis|private (sometimes university)|3|cvs|NA|t|t|scripts; documentation|NA
hydrological modelling; landsurface analysis|university|4|5.0pre3|NA|f|f|NA|vector
satellite imagery; hydrologic modelling|university|3|5.0/4.3|problems with some modules|f|f|NA|database; web; more hydrology modules
resource management|private company|2|5.0|NA|f|t|NA|simplified usage; bug-free operation
landscape ecological analysis; animal habitat research|university|3|5.0x|NA|t|f|NA|NA
ecological research|university|3|5.0x|NA|f|t|NA|gui (gtk ?); equivalent of ERDAS Imagine "eliminate" function; easier projection handling; database
environmental resource management|private company|1|5.0x|NA|f|f|gave up trying to contribute|better project management; vector; database (postgresql); gui
fieldo fo view calculations + lightpollution for astronomy; atmospheric research; land use management|university|204|cvs|NA|f|t|documentation; scripts|documentation; split grass into core modules and downloadable extras
web gis|university|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|t|tcltkgrass modules|faster interpolation of vector curves
remote sensing|private company|1|5.0|NA|t|f|NA|up-to-date remote sensing data format handling
ocean mapping; air photo analysis|private company|1|5.0pre2|NA|f|t|NA|new/improved display monitor
land use management; satellite images; decision support systems|university|2|5.0pre3|NA|f|f|NA|vector; integration of statistical tools; better manipulation
cartography; model plume data sets for real-time emergency response system|private company|1|5.0b11|NA|f|f|NA|vector; documentation
land use, resource management, natural and disaster assessment; fisheries; coastal zone management; teaching|university|4|4.x/5.0|compilation difficulties on Sun + SGI|f|f|NA|better hardcopy map creation; better ease of use
varied|university|1|5.0x|NA|t|t|R interface; libes/gis|vector; database; not gui
DEM analysis; digitalisation of scanned map; hydrological modelling|university|1|cvs|NA|NA|f|NA|vector
land use management; satellite images|private company|0|5.0x|NA|t|f|NA|NA
image processing|natural park administration|5|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|gui; database; documentation and training
paleo-environmental studies; archaeology|university|2|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|import/export; database
agriculture|university|2|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|vector; integrated database
cartography|private company|1|5.0pre3|NA|f|f|NA|v.in.shape+v.in.mif; state27 projection; datum support
NA|home|1|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|database
remote sensing vegetation mapping; soil erosion modelling|university|2|5.0/4.1|custom grass binaries written for 4.1|f|f|NA|gui; import/export; nviz; vector; image mosaic tools; geostatistics; read-access to other formats without import; command-line
underwater habitat quantification/zoning; visualization|university|4|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|better memory management (warning if needs lots of mem, less memory intensive processes); import/export; documentation; up-to-date tcltkgrass modules; better search access to mailing list
ecological modelling|private company|2|5.0pre2|NA|f|f|NA|automatic thematic map creation with grass/postgres
DTM based modelling and analysis; land use; satellite images; teaching|university|70|4.3|not stable enough|f|t|documentation|interface to statistical packages (octave)
land use management; satellite images|university|15|5.0x|NA|f|f|NA|database and statistical package integration; map creation; import/export
archaeology|university|1|5.0pre2|NA|t|f||vector; import/export (shape); database
ecological research|university|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|f|NA|topological overlay functions; database; statistical packages (R interface)
geomorphological modelling|university|1|5.0pre3|NA|t|NA|NA|real multiple flow direction module; deepening drainage routes module; database; category based vector and site query; interactive sites editing; vector-overlay functions; bundle block adjustment
satellite images; land use, vegetation, climate database; teaching|university|30|4.3|slow move due to compatibility checking, adaptation|f|f|NA|floating point; documentation; advocacy; viewing (replacement of xdriver)
gis interface to hydrological model|university|2|5.0pre2|NA|t|f|NA|improved d.pan; more viewing (flexible map overlay); map creation
ecological research|government (federal agency)|1|4.3|5.0 does not compile on HPUX9|f|f|NA|NA
large topographic/hydrographic data sets; 3d visualization and animations|(federal) government|1|5.0pre3|NA|f|f|NA|more grid3d modules
land use management|government (public administration)|4|cvs|NA|f|t|r.poly; r.contour; s.hull; v.to.sites; s.voronoi; s.delaunay|vector; gui;  database (postgis integration)
analysis of seabed bathymetry data|government (research)|1|cvs snap|NA|f|f|NA|support for multiple simultaneous instances; better lat-long support (decimal degrees)
biogeography and biogeochemistry model output map viewing|(government) federal agency research on university campus|5|4.2|not a priority; 4.2 sufficient for current needs|t|f|NA|NA