GRASS Tutorials

Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies.

Learn GRASS through the Tutorial and Courses:

• English:
  • GDF Hannover: GRASS 6 Course material
  • GRASS 6 in a nutshell (Shortcourse, 2005)
  • GRASS 6 WIKI tutorial
  • GRASS 6 tutorial collection (Tutorials under development for past and future workshops by the Ottawa GRASS User's Group)
  • GRASS 5.0/5.3 tutorial project, especially Part III of the full tutorial: GRASS in 10 minutes - Quick Intro for Newbies
  • GRASS 5.4/6 Tutorial (translation of Italian Tutorial)
  • GRASS GIS: A Useful Tool for the Mountain Cartographer (Pat Dunlavey, 2002)
  • An Introduction to: Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS 4.x) (ISAT Environmental Systems Research Laboratory, 2001)
  • Introduction to GRASS GIS software (2. ed., 1998) in English language (80 pages, online and PS)
  • GRASS 4.2 Seeds Beginner's Tutorial (1995, University of Leicester/Project ASSIST) [Wayback machine copy]
  • Spearfish database description (Postscript, 8 pages)
• Czech:
  • Translation of GDF Hannover: GRASS 6 course script
  • České sdružení uživatelů GISu GRASS (Jáchym Cepicky, online)
• French:
  • French translation of the GRASS 5 tutorial project
  • GRASS 6: précis et concis by M. Neteler, translated by Eve Rousseau (see 'GRASS 6 in a nutshell')
• German:
  • GDF Hannover: GRASS 6 Kursskripte
  • GRASS 5 Tutorial (PDF) in German language (Kurs der GRASS Anwender-Vereinigung e.V.)
  • German: GRASS 5 online short-course in German language (Kurs der GRASS Anwender-Vereinigung e.V.)
• Italian:
  • GRASS 6 Tutorial in Italian language (University of Trento, Italy, online)
  • GRASS 5 Tutorial in Italian language (University of Trento, Italy, online)
  • Italian GRASS Resources
• Korean: GRASS tutorial in Korean language
• Polish: GRASS 5 Tutorial in Polish language (Pawel Netzel 2001, 600kb - PDF)
• Spanish:
  • GRASS 6: Una guía de inicio
  • Introducción a GRASS (Department of Ecology, University of Extremadura)
• Search at CiteSeer
• Google Scholar: GRASS related articles in database
• CiteULike: GRASS related articles in database
• Selected journal papers
• Search for scanned books mentioning GRASS GIS in Google Print