news: GRASS GIS docker images moved to OSGeo org

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+title: "New docker images for GRASS GIS"
+date: 2023-08-27T11:42:00+03:00
+layout: "news"
+author: GRASS Development Team
+---
+
+### Moving GRASS GIS Docker Images to the OSGeo Repository
+
+In the field of open source software development and deployment, the
+accessibility and maintenance of resources is of paramount importance.
+To this end, there has been a major change in the repository structure
+for the GRASS GIS docker images.
+
+<a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/osgeo/grass-gis/">
+  <img src="https://grass.osgeo.org/images/logos/grass-Docker.jpg"
+   alt="GRASS GIS docker images"
+   title="GRASS GIS docker images"
+   width="20%" style="float:right;padding-left:25px;padding-top:5px">
+</a>
+
+Historically, these docker images have been maintained and hosted under
+the mundialis organisation's repository. The company mundialis
+(https://www.mundialis.de) has played a crucial role in providing and
+maintaining these images, ensuring their availability and stability for
+the wider GIS community. The GRASS GIS development community extends
+its sincere appreciation to mundialis for their technical expertise and
+consistent support over the years.
+
+In a strategic move, the Docker images have now been moved to the OSGeo
+organisation's repository on Docker Hub. They can be accessed under
+OSGeo GRASS GIS on Docker Hub:
+
+[https://hub.docker.com/r/osgeo/grass-gis/](https://hub.docker.com/r/osgeo/grass-gis/tags?page=1&ordering=-name)
+
+This migration is not just a change of repository location. The move to
+the OSGeo repository has been accompanied by a systematic clean-up and
+reorganisation of the tags associated with the GRASS GIS docker images.
+This restructuring is intended to improve clarity, streamline
+versioning and optimise the user experience when selecting appropriate
+image tags for deployment.
+
+In summary, as we have phased out the repository under mundialis, we
+anticipate robust development, improved maintenance and a more
+streamlined user experience for GRASS GIS docker images within the
+OSGeo framework.
+
+**About GRASS GIS**
+
+The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System
+([https://grass.osgeo.org/](/)), commonly referred to as GRASS GIS, is
+an Open Source Geographic Information System providing powerful raster,
+vector and [geospatial processing capabilities](https://grass.osgeo.org/learn/overview/).
+It can be used either as a stand-alone application, as backend for other
+software packages such as QGIS and R, or in the cloud. It is
+distributed freely under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
+GRASS GIS is a founding member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo).
+
+_The GRASS Dev Team_