<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
The Geospatial LiveDVD team is pleased to announce version 3.0 of the <b>OSGeo
GeoSpatial Live DVD</b> and Virtual Machine, code named <b>Arramagong</b>.
<p>From
the Arramagong LiveDVD, you can try the best of GeoSpatial Open Source
Software(OSS) without installing any applications on your computer. As
a royalty free, reference release with fully tested and configured OSS
stack, the LiveDVD is ideal for training, demonstration and public
outreach. </p>
<p>The LiveDVD is based on <a href="http://xubuntu.org/"
class="external text" title="http://xubuntu.org" rel="nofollow">XUbuntu
9.10</a>
so it can be run on most computers simply by rebooting the computer
with the DVD inserted. The Arramagong LiveDVD also comes with Windows
and Macintosh installers for many of the GeoSpatial applications too. </p>
<p>Highlights from this 3.0 release include: </p>
<ul>
<li> 34 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source applications included. </li>
<li> 14 new applications added since release 2.0, at FOSS4G 2009 </li>
<li> 13 applications updated </li>
<li> Formalised testing introduced for all packages as part of the
release process </li>
<li> Plus lots of general improvements and fixes </li>
</ul>
<a name="Downloads:"></a>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Downloads: </span></h2>
<p><a href="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd" class="external free"
title="http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd" rel="nofollow">http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd</a>
</p>
<a name="Packages:"></a>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline">Packages:</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> AtlasStyler SLD editor and Geopublisher :: 1.4 (new) </li>
<li> deegree WMS, WFS, WCS and iGeoPortal :: 2.2 </li>
<li> GDAL :: 1.6.3 </li>
<li> GeoKettle :: 3.2.0-20090609 </li>
<li> Geomajas :: 1.4.2 (new) </li>
<li> GeoNetwork :: 2.4.2 </li>
<li> GeoServer :: 2.0.1 </li>
<li> GMT: The Generic Mapping tools :: 4.4.0 (new) </li>
<li> GpsDrive :: 2.10pre7 </li>
<li> GRASS GIS :: 6.4.0rc5 </li>
<li> gvSIG :: 1.9 stable </li>
<li> Kosmo :: 2.0 RC1 </li>
<li> Mapfish :: 1.2 (new) </li>
<li> Mapnik :: 0.6.1 (new) </li>
<li> Mapserver :: 5.6.1 </li>
<li> MapTiler :: 1.0 beta2 </li>
<li> Marble :: 0.8.1 </li>
<li> MB System :: 5.1.2 </li>
<li> Octave Mapping Toolbox :: 3.0 / 1.0.7 (new) </li>
<li> Open Jump :: 1.3 </li>
<li> Open Layers :: 2.8 (new) </li>
<li> OpenCPN :: 1.3.6 (new) </li>
<li> OpenStreetMap editors and tools :: JOSM svn1788, Gosmore
svn20090624 (new) </li>
<li> osgEarth :: 1.3 (new) </li>
<li> Ossim/OssimPlanet :: 1.8.3 (new) </li>
<li> pgRouting :: 1.04 </li>
<li> Postgres/PostGIS :: 8.4/1.4 </li>
<li> PROJ.4 :: 4.7.0 (new) </li>
<li> QuantumGIS :: 1.4.0 </li>
<li> R geostatistics :: 2.10.1 </li>
<li> SpatiaLite :: 2.4.0 (new) </li>
<li> uDig :: 1.2RC1 </li>
<li> Unofficial gvSIG Mobile for Linux :: 0.1.6 (new) </li>
<li> Xubuntu :: 9.10 </li>
</ul>
<a name="Interested.3F"></a>
<h2> <span class="mw-headline">Interested?</span></h2>
<p>You can find more details about the project on our wiki at: <a
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc" class="external free"
title="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc</a>
</p>
<p>Us packagers are keen to help projects make use of the next release
of the Live DVD at this year's OSGeo FOSS4G conference, <a
href="http://2010.foss4g.org/" class="external free"
title="http://2010.foss4g.org" rel="nofollow">http://2010.foss4g.org</a>.
Can you use the Live DVD in your presentations, tutorials or workshops?
Talk to us about it. </p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
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>
</pre>
</body>
</html>