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I plan to finish off this press release and sent it out tomorrow
afternoon (Sydney time).<br>
<br>
Feel free to review. Note I've mentioned most of your names as contact
points. Feel free to add or delete as appropriate.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_28">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_28</a><br>
<br>
<h1><span class="mw-headline">The Easy steps to get your project on the
FOSS4G Live DVD</span></h1>
<p>Sydney, Australia. 22 August 2009. <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org"
class="external free" title="http://2009.foss4g.org" rel="nofollow">http://2009.foss4g.org</a>
</p>
<p>The <a href="http://arramagong.com" class="external text"
title="http://arramagong.com" rel="nofollow">Arramagong Live DVD</a>
and <a href="http://gisvm.com" class="external text"
title="http://gisvm.com" rel="nofollow">GISVM</a>
projects are collaborating to create simple, automated install scripts
for each GIS project, and we're calling on each project to help us
write their script.
</p>
<p>The scripts should cover the installation and configuration of
each project into a base XUbuntu system. Separate scripts can
optionally cover data, demos and tutorials.
</p>
<p>For projects already packaged into ubuntu, an install script will
likely be as simple as:
</p>
<p><br>
<i>install_mapserver.sh</i>
</p>
<pre>#!/bin/sh
apt-get install cgi-mapserver
</pre>
<p>Projects that haven't been packaged yet are slightly more
complicated:
</p>
<p><br>
<i>install_udig.sh</i>
</p>
<pre>#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/lib
</pre>
<pre># Install application
wget <a
href="http://udig.refractions.net/files/downloads/branches/udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz"
class="external free"
title="http://udig.refractions.net/files/downloads/branches/udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz"
rel="nofollow">http://udig.refractions.net/files/downloads/branches/udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar.gz</a>
tar -xzf udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar
rm udig-1.2-M6.linux.gtk.x86.tar
# Install data
mkdir /tmp/udig_downloads/udig-data
cd /tmp/udig_downloads/udig-data
wget <a href="http://udig.refractions.net/docs/data-v1_1.zip"
class="external free"
title="http://udig.refractions.net/docs/data-v1_1.zip" rel="nofollow">http://udig.refractions.net/docs/data-v1_1.zip</a>
unzip data-v1_1.zip
rm data-v1_1.zip
mv -rf /tmp/udig_downloads/udig-data /usr/local/share
rm -rf /tmp/udig_downloads
</pre>
<p>As we are still bootstrapping the packaging project, and as we are
very short on time before feature freeze, manual steps can be included
as comments in each install script, and can be automated by a project
member, or packager at a later date.
</p>
<p>Packaging details are at: <a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GISVM_Build" class="external free"
title="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GISVM_Build" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GISVM_Build</a>
</p>
<p>And help is available on the <a
href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo"
class="external text"
title="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo"
rel="nofollow">Live Demo list</a> via Cameron Shorter, Stefan Hansen,
Ricardo Pino, Hamish B, Alex Mandel, Massimo de Stefano and others.
</p>
<p>The <a href="http://arramagong.com" class="external text"
title="http://arramagong.com" rel="nofollow">Arramagong Live DVD</a>
and <a href="http://gisvm.com" class="external text"
title="http://gisvm.com" rel="nofollow">GISVM</a> projects are
collaborating to provide a Live DVD for all delegates, and a GIS
Virtual Machine at the <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org"
class="external text" title="http://2009.foss4g.org" rel="nofollow">Free
and Open Source Software for Geospatial</a> (FOSS4G) conference this
October, 2009.
</p>
<a name="Timeline"></a>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">
Timeline </span></h2>
<table border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th> Date </th>
<th> Date </th>
<th> Milestone
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 7 Sep 2009 </td>
<td> in 1 week </td>
<td> LiveDVD Feature Freeze
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 11 Sep 2009 </td>
<td> in 2 weeks </td>
<td> LiveDVD Beta Release
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 18 Sep 2009 </td>
<td> in 3 weeks </td>
<td> LiveDVD Final Freeze
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 20 Sep 2009 </td>
<td> in 3 weeks </td>
<td> LiveDVD Final Release & sent to printers
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<a name="About_GISVM"></a>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> About
GISVM </span></h2>
<a name="About_Arramagong_Live_DVD"></a>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> About
Arramagong Live DVD </span></h2>
<a name="About_FOSS4G"></a>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> About
FOSS4G </span></h2>
<p>FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October
2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest,
and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers,
Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the
latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs,
business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms,
location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing,
development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data,
Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services,
Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.
</p>
<a name="Upcoming_milestones"></a>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">
Upcoming milestones </span></h2>
<ul>
<li> 14 Sep 2009, Final program available
</li>
<li> 21 Sep 2009, Poster Submission closes
</li>
<li> 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
</li>
<li> 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
</li>
<li> 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
</li>
</ul>
<a name="Media_Sponsors"></a>
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Media
Sponsors </span></h2>
<ul>
<li> Position Magazine: <a href="http://www.positionmag.com.au/"
class="external free" title="http://www.positionmag.com.au/"
rel="nofollow">http://www.positionmag.com.au/</a>
</li>
<li> Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: <a
href="http://www.asmmag.com" class="external free"
title="http://www.asmmag.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.asmmag.com</a>
</li>
<li> Geoconnexions Magazine: <a href="http://www.geoconnexion.com/"
class="external free" title="http://www.geoconnexion.com/"
rel="nofollow">http://www.geoconnexion.com/</a>
</li>
<li> Directions Magazine: <a href="http://directionsmag.com/"
class="external free" title="http://directionsmag.com/" rel="nofollow">http://directionsmag.com/</a>
</li>
<li> GIS Development: <a href="http://gisdevelopment.net/"
class="external free" title="http://gisdevelopment.net/" rel="nofollow">http://gisdevelopment.net/</a>
</li>
<li> Baliz Media: <a href="http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/"
class="external free" title="http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/"
rel="nofollow">http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/</a>
</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<p>For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising
Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: <a
href="http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/" class="external free"
title="http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/" rel="nofollow">http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/</a>
</p>
<p>or contact:
</p>
<p>Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and
Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
</p>
<p>tel +61-2-8570-5050
</p>
<p>c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
</p>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a>
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