GRDSS is a GRASS (Geographic Resource Analysis Support System, http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/grass) based GIS. GRASS is an open source GIS that works on the GNU/Linux platform, but most of the applications are in command line arguments. The command line syntax for GRASS was time consuming for individuals with limited programming skills. In order to overcome this, a user-friendly graphical interface GRDSS (Geographical REsources Decision Support System) was developed with all functionality of GIS and image processing. It aids decision makers and planners at a decision support system to visualise the decisions with spatial and temporal decisions along with capabilities to capture, store, process, display, organise, and prioritize spatial and temporal data. -- From GIS@development, August 2004 p 20. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://fn-floss.notlong.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://goabooks.swiki.net * Reviews of books on Goa... and more