.IH .ps 14 .vs 16 .ce 5 .B GRASS 5.0 User's Reference Manual .br .sp .ps 12 .vs 14 Summer-Fall, 1998 .br .sp 2 .I Center for Applied Geographic and Spatial Research .br Baylor University .br Waco, Texas .br .R .sp 3 GRASS is a product of the Center for Applied Geographic and Spatial Research (CAGSR) located at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. GRASS was originally developed bythe US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL), in Champaign, IL. It is an integrated set of programs designed to provide digitizing, image processing, map production, and geographic information system capabilities to its users. Other agencies have also written programs for distribution with GRASS. System development continues to be conducted by the GRASS Research Group at CAGSR. Individual program authors are cited within.