[osgeo-ph] Fwd: [Live-demo] OSGeo-Live 7.0 Released - belated press release

[maning sambale]

FYI.


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From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:54 AM
Subject: [Live-demo] OSGeo-Live 7.0 Released - belated press release
To: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org, discuss at lists.osgeo.org


(This email didn't seem to get sent properly, so I'm resending ...)

The OSGeo-Live geospatial software collection version 7.0 has been
released, featuring more than sixty open source, standards compliant
geospatial desktop applications, web applications and frameworks. A
complete installation kit and high-quality sample data in multiple
industry standard formats are included. The OSGeo Live will be
officially launched at FOSS4G 2013 in Nottingham, UK, 17-21 September,
2013.

Release Highlights

Projects new to this release include:

GeoNode -- a web-based application and platform for developing
geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data
infrastructures (SDI)
Leaflet -- a modern, open source JavaScript library for
mobile-friendly interactive maps
ncWMS -- a Web Map Service (WMS) for geospatial data stored in
CF-compliant NetCDF files
netCDF dataset -- daily maximum temperature and rainfall, worldwide

All geospatial applications on the disc have been updated to their
latest stable releases.

About OSGeo-Live

OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and
Virtual Machine based upon Ubuntu Linux (version 12.04 LTS).
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.

http://live.osgeo.org

OSGeo-Live includes:

Over sixty quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and
pre-configured
Free world maps and geodata
One page overview and quick start guide for every application
Overviews of key OGC standards
Translations to multiple languages

Credits

Over 160 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging,
documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in
building the packaged software.

Packagers, documenters and translators include:

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Thierry Badard, Thomas Baschetti, Thomas Gratier, Tom
Kralidis, Toshikazu Seto, Trevor Wekel, Valenty González, Vera,
Xianfeng Song, Yoichi Kayama, Zhengfan Lin

Sponsoring organisations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo provides the primary
development & hosting infrastructure and personnel for the OSGeo-Live
project, and infrastructure for many of the software projects
themselves.
LISAsoft provides sustaining resources and staff toward the management
and packaging of software onto the Live DVD. http://www.lisasoft.com
Information Center for the Environment (ICE) at the University of
California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support
to the OSGeo Live project. http://ice.ucdavis.edu
Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of
Athens, provides hardware resources and development support to the
OSGeo-Live project. http://www.ntua.gr
The DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure many of
the core packages. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis and
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS


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