The document discusses the development of GRASS GIS as a temporal geographic information system, focusing on time modules for analyzing and managing spatial data across various scales and resolutions. It highlights the need for a comprehensive field-based temporal GIS to model greenhouse gas emissions, soil organic carbon changes, and land use change, as well as the integration of various spatio-temporal analysis tools. Various modules for managing and processing space-time datasets, both raster and vector, are described, emphasizing their functionalities and the principles underlying their development.