Master Thesis
Title
Creation of a new GRASS GIS startup mechanism
Description
The GRASS GIS startup mechanism could discourage new users from further working with this software or at least making it uncomfortable. This master thesis is built on the programming part performed in the summer of 2020 within the international Google Summer of Code program (GSoC) and uses two questionnaires to evaluate the benefits of significant changes that have taken place. The first part of the work focuses on a survey among intermediate users and compares the startup mechanism of the original GRASS GIS 7.8 version with the new solution introduced after GSoC. The second part is focused on newcomers and implements the special mode for first-time users. A survey based on a simple task further examines whether the user's initial contact with the software when using the first-time mode is more pleasant or not.
Student
Bc. Linda Kladivova
Supervisor
Ing. Martin Landa, Ph.D.
Reader
Stefan Blumentrath
Defence
February 2021