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OSGeo Live 8.5 was distributed to all delegates at the Geomatics
Indaba in August. Version 9.0 is now out:<br>
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<div>15 September 2014
<p>Version 9.0 of the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://live.osgeo.org" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">OSGeo-Live GIS software collection</a> has
been released, featuring over 50 open source, standards
compliant geospatial applications.
</p>
<h2> <span>Release Highlights</span></h2>
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<dt> 64 bit architecture support
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<dd> We are now providing both 32 and 64 bit architecture
support. The Virtual Machine version has moved to 64 bit
architecture.
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<dt> Moved to Git
</dt>
<dd> We have moved from subversion to <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">git</a> for our version system.
</dd>
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<dt> Debian packaging
</dt>
<dd> We have steadily been moving more of our projects to <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://launchpad.net/%7Eosgeolive" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">.deb packaging</a>, which makes it
easier to install programs on debian based systems such as
OSGeo-Live, and allows application of <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://launchpad.net/%7Eosgeolive/+archive/ubuntu/release-9.0/+packages"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">post-release fixes</a> if
required.
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<dt> Applications
</dt>
<dd> 32 geospatial programs have been updated to newer
versions.
</dd>
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<h2> <span>About OSGeo-Live</span></h2>
<p>OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash
drive and Virtual Machine, pre-installed with robust open
source geospatial software, which can be trialled without
installing anything. It includes:
</p>
<ul>
<li> Over 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications
installed and pre-configured
</li>
<li> Free world maps and sample datasets
</li>
<li> Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each
application
</li>
<li> Lightning presentation of all applications, along with
speaker's script
</li>
<li> Overviews of key OGC standards
</li>
<li> Translations to multiple languages
</li>
</ul>
<p>Homepage: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://live.osgeo.org" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">http://live.osgeo.org</a>
</p>
<p>Download details: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html</a>
</p>
<p>Post release glitches collected here: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/9.0"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/9.0">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/9.0</a></a>
</p>
<h2> <span> Credits </span></h2>
<p>Over 180 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live
packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have
been involved in building the packaged software.
</p>
<p>Developers, packagers, documenters and translators include:
</p>
<p>Activity Workshop, AgustÃn DÃÂez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli,
Alan Beccati, Alan Boudreault, Alessandro Furieri, Alex
Mandel, Alexander Bruy, Alexander Kleshnin, Alexander Muriy,
Alexandre Dube, Alexey Ardyakov, Amy Gao, Andrea Antonello,
Andrea Yanza, Andrey Syrokomskiy, Andry Rustanto, Angelos
Tzotsos, Anna Muñoz, Anton Novichikhin, Anton Patrushev,
Antonio Falciano, Antonio Santiago, Argyros Argyridis, Ariel
Núñez, Assumpció Termens, Astrid Emde, Balasubramaniam
Natarajan, Barry Rowlingson, Benjamin Pross, Brian Hamlin,
Bruno Binet, Bu Kun, Cameron Shorter, Christophe Tufféry,
Christos Iossifidis, Cristhian Pin, Damian WojsÅaw, Dane
Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl, Danilo Bretschneider, Daria
Svidzinska, David Mateos, Denis Rykov, Diego González,
Diego Migliavacca, Dimitar Misev, Dmitry Baryshnikov,
Dominik Helle, Edgar Soldin, Eike Hinderk Jürrens, Elena
Mezzini, Eric Lemoine, Erika Pillu, Estela Llorente, Etienne
Delay, Etienne Dube, Evgeny Nikulin, Fabian Schindler, Fran
Boon, François Prunayre, Frank Gasdorf, Frank Warmerdam,
Friedjoff Trautwein, Gavin Treadgold, Giuseppe Calamita,
Grald Fenoy, Grigory Rozhentsov, Guy Griffiths, Hamish
Bowman, Haruyuki Seki, Henry Addo, Hernan Olivera, Hirofumi
Hayashi, Howard Butler, Hungary, Hyeyeong Choe, Ian Edwards,
Ian Turton, Ilya Filippov, Jackie Ng, Jan Drewnak, Jane
Lewis, Javier Rodrigo, Javier Sánchez, Jesús Gómez, Jim
Klassen, Jing Wang, Jinsongdi Yu, Jody Garnett, Johan Van de
Wauw, John Bryant, Jorge Arévalo, Jorge Sanz, José Antonio
Canalejo, José Vicente Higón, Judit Mays, Klokan Petr
Pridal, Ko Nagase, Kristof Lange, kuzkok, Lance McKee, Larry
Shaffer, Lars Lingner, Luca Delucchi, LucÃa Sanjaime, M
Iqnaul Haq Siregar, Mage Whopper, Manuel Grizonnet, Marc
Torres, Marc-André Barbeau, Marco Curreli, Marco Puppin,
Margherita Di Leo, Maria Vakalopoulou, Mario Andino, Mark
Leslie, Markus Neteler, Massimo Di Stefano, Matteo De
Stefano, Matthias Streulens, Mauricio Miranda, Mauricio
Pazos, Maxim Dubinin, Micha Silver, Michaël Michaud,
Michael Owonibi, Mike Adair, Milena Nowotarska, Nacho
Varela, Nadiia Gorash, Nathaniel V. Kelso, Ned Horning,
Nobusuke Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Ãscar Fonts, Otto
Dassau, Pasquale Di Donato, Patric Hafner, Paul Meems,
Pavel, Pedro-Juan Ferrer, Pirmin Kalberer, Raf Roset, Regina
Obe, Ricardo Pinho, Roald de Wit, Roberta Fagandini, Roberto
Antolin, Roberto AntolÃÂn, Robin Lovelace, Roger Veciana,
Ruth Schoenbuchner, Samuel Mesa, Scott Penrose, Sergey
Grachev, Sergey Popov, Sergio Baños, Simon Cropper, Simon
Pigot, Stefan A. Tzeggai, Stefan Hansen, Stefan Steiniger,
Stephan Meissl, Steve Lime, Takayuki Nuimura, Thierry
Badard, Thomas Baschetti, Thomas Gratier, Tom Kralidis,
Toshikazu Seto, Trevor Wekel, Valenty González, Vera,
Xianfeng Song, Yoichi Kayama, Zhengfan Lin, Zoltan Siki
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<h2> <span>Sponsoring organisations</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.osgeo.org"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Open Source
Geospatial Foundation</a> provides development &
hosting infrastructure for OSGeo-Live and many of the
included applications.
</li>
<li> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.lisasoft.com" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">LISAsoft</a> provides sustaining
resources and staff toward management and packaging.
</li>
<li> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ice.ucdavis.edu" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">Information Center for the Environment
(ICE)</a> at the University of California, Davis
provides hardware resources and development support.
</li>
<li> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ntua.gr"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remote Sensing Laboratory
at the National Technical University of Athens</a>,
provides hardware resources and development support.
</li>
<li> The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Debian GIS</a> and <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">UbuntuGIS</a> teams provide and
quality-assure many of the core packages.
</li>
<li> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://okeanos.grnet.gr/" rel="nofollow"
target="_blank">Okeanos</a> is kindly providing Virtual
Machines for building the OSGeoLive iso images.
</li>
</ul>
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