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OSGeo today announced that the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection
version 7.9 has been released, featuring more than fifty open
source, standards compliant geospatial desktop applications, web
applications and frameworks.<br>
<br>
<b>Release Highlights</b>:<br>
This release is a modernization update to last year's 7.0 release
including new versions of the software but preserving much of the
core build and operating system. In addition we've added a number of
small fixes and updated document translations.<br>
<br>
<b>OSGeo-Live Lightning Presentation</b>:<br>
The OSGeo-Live Lightning Presentation which explains the breadth of
OSGeo software is now bundled with OSGeo-Live. It is often presented
by conference organisors, or keynote speakers. The presentation may
be given as is, or modified to align with time constraints,
presenter's interest, or conference focus.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://live.osgeo.org/livedvd/docs/en/presentation/">http://live.osgeo.org/livedvd/docs/en/presentation/</a><br>
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<b>Applications:</b><br>
Twenty two geospatial programs have been updated to newer versions.
The core geospatial stack has also been upgraded from UbuntuGIS, and
the base operating system has been updated to Xubuntu 12.04.4 LTS,
including all the latest security and bug fixes, and web browser
updates.<br>
<br>
<b>About OSGeo-Live</b>:<br>
OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and
Virtual Machine based upon Ubuntu Linux. OSGeo-Live is
pre-configured with a wide variety of robust open source geospatial
software. All applications can be trialled without installing
anything on your computer, simply by booting the computer from a DVD
or USB drive, or running in a Virtual Machine environment. Each
featured package is accompanied by both a publication quality one
page descriptive summary and a short tutorial on how to get started
using it. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://live.osgeo.org">http://live.osgeo.org</a> OSGeo-Live includes:<br>
<br>
* Over sixty quality geospatial Open Source applications installed
and pre-configured<br>
* Free world maps and geodata<br>
* One page overview and quick start guide for every application<br>
* Overviews of key OGC standards<br>
* Translations to multiple languages<br>
<br>
<b>Credits</b>:<br>
Over 180 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging,
documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in
building the packaged software. Developers, packagers, documenters
and translators include:<br>
Activity Workshop, Agustín Díez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Alan
Beccati, Alan Boudreault, Alessandro Furieri, Alexander Bruy,
Alexander Kleshnin, Alexander Muriy, Alexandre Dube, Alexey
Ardyakov, Alex Mandel, Amy Gao, Andrea Antonello, Andrea Yanza,
Andrey Syrokomskiy, Andry Rustanto, Angelos Tzotsos, Anna Muñoz,
Antonio Falciano, Anton Novichikhin, Anton Patrushev, Argyros
Argyridis, Ariel Núñez, Assumpció Termens, Astrid Emde, Barry
Rowlingson, Benjamin Pross, Brian Hamlin, Bruno Binet, Bu Kun,
Cameron Shorter, Christophe Tufféry, Christos Iossifidis, Cristhian
Pin, Damian Wojsław, Dane Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl, 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,
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, Howard Butler, 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, Kristof Lange,
kuzkok, Lance McKee, Lars Lingner, Luca Delucchi, Lucía Sanjaime,
Mage Whopper, Manuel Grizonnet, Marc-André Barbeau, Marco Curreli,
Marco Puppin, Marc Torres, Margherita Di Leo, Maria Vakalopoulou,
Mario Andino, Mark Leslie, Massimo Di Stefano, Matthias Streulens,
Mauricio Miranda, Mauricio Pazos, Maxim Dubinin, Michaël Michaud,
Michael Owonibi, Micha Silver, Mike Adair, Milena Nowotarska, M
Iqnaul Haq Siregar, Nacho Varela, Nadiia Gorash, Nathaniel V. Kelso,
Ned Horning, Nobusuke Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Òscar 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
Antolín, Roger Veciana, Ruth Schoenbuchner, Samuel Mesa, Scott
Penrose, Sergey Grachev, 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<br>
Sponsoring organisations<br>
<br>
* The Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo provides the primary
development and hosting infrastructure and personnel for the
OSGeo-Live project, and infrastructure for many of the software
projects themselves. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://osgeo.org">http://osgeo.org</a><br>
* LISAsoft provides sustaining resources and staff toward the
management and packaging of software onto the Live DVD.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a><br>
* Information Center for the Environment (ICE) at the University of
California, Davis provides hardware resources and development
support to the OSGeo Live project. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ice.ucdavis.edu">http://ice.ucdavis.edu</a><br>
* Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of
Athens, provides hardware resources and development support to the
OSGeo-Live project. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ntua.gr">http://www.ntua.gr</a><br>
* The DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure many
of the core packages. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis</a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS</a><br>
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