Scott,<br>We have started the build cycle for our next OSGeo-Live release, and I'm interested to know whether we should be including XCSoar on it, and if so, which version (noting that we are space constrained).<br><br>
Press release here: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_11">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_11</a><br><br>What is the status of your android version?<br>Is it stable enough yet?<br>
<br>We haven't packaged android apps on the OSGeo-Live DVD yet, but there is a strong interest in Open Source mobile apps, and I think it would be a valuable to have the android apps included if they work ok.<br><br>Questions I have is:<br>
* I assume we'd need to include an android emulator?<br>* How much space will an android emulator add to the OSGeo-Live?<br>* Will an android emulator running inside a virtual machine, or booted in Live mode be fast enough to be usable?<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Scott,<br>
I'm CCing the osgeo-live email list as others will likely have
comments and suggestions about including XCSoar on OSGeoLive.
<a href="http://www.xcsoar.org/" target="_blank">http://www.xcsoar.org/</a><div class="im"><br>
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On 23/09/2010 8:51 AM, Scott Penrose wrote:
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Scott,<br>
I'm one of the people behind the OSGeo Live DVD <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/" target="_blank">http://live.osgeo.org</a>,
where we package high quality Open Source GeoSpatial
applications.<br>
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My father, a glider pilot, suggested that XCSoar is
another high
quality geospatial which we should consider including.<br>
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Does this interest you?<br>
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Yes very much. I went to FOSS4G in Sydney last year and the
osgeo live DVD was an excellent resource.</div>
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Great.<div class="im"><br>
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<div>Currently XCSoar is running on Pocket PC and runs via WINE
on Linux and a native linux version (with X support) and a
native Linux/Android version is almost ready to trial.</div>
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Our next release will be ~ April next year.<br>
What we will be looking for is a stable version from you, which will
install onto Ubuntu.<div class="im"><br>
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<div>How can I help provide you what is necessary ?</div>
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What is required is documented in detail here:<div class="im"><br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project</a><br>
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Have a read, they get back to me if you have questions.<div class="im"><br>
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<div>For Pocket PC, Windows and WINE versions, I imagine a
directory along the lines of:</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>-
Readme</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>-
Manual PDF</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>-
Installations EXE for each platform</div>
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Data for various example locations (do we have enough space to
provide a few of these?)</div>
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To date we have had installers for windows versions in previous
releases, but it is likely we won't have room for this in the next
release. Also, the windows installers are secondary to the linux
version (which can be run from the DVD).<br>
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Documentation requirements are listed here:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Documentation" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Documentation</a><br>
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(You can see what it looks like here:
<a href="http://live.osgeo.org/overview/overview.html" target="_blank">http://live.osgeo.org/overview/overview.html</a> )<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>Thanks</div>
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<div>Scott</div>
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OSGeoLive is handed out at GeoSpatial conferences around
the world, and
is a very effective marketing tool.<br>
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To get involved<br>
* we'd expect you to develop an install bash script which
can be run on
ubuntu linux.<br>
* write a one page marketing page<br>
* write a quickstart<br>
* test the installed application<br>
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More details here:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project</a><br>
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On 21/09/10 08:03, Dave Shorter wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Cam,</p>
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<p>We discussed the XCSoar
software development
which is an
open source software project.</p>
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<p>You may wish to contact them
and include them
in your circle
of open source geeks.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/xcsoar/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/xcsoar/</a></p>
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<p>The two names I know who are
working actively
on this in
Australia are John Wharington and Scott Penrose who
I think both live
in
Victoria. John Wharington I understand did a lot of
this work as part
of his Doctorate
in aeronautical engineering.</p>
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<p>The finished product is used
by a large
number of highly competitive
racing pilots – the finished product is highly
professional and bug
free.
A version of it has been developed specifically for
a Swiss instrument
maker as
the basic software used in their gliding
instrumentation – navigation,
speed-to-fly,
rate of climb/sink, final glide calculation etc etc.
I have this
instrumentation in my glider.</p>
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<p><span><Mail
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<p>An installed instrument panel
with the Altair
in a
portrait orientation</p>
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Shorter</span></p>
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6656 1979, Mob 0429 429 539</span></p>
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