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<H2>FOSS4G News: MOSSKitt Geo, Training Workshops Available, FOSS4G 2010 Wrap-ups, and much more</H2>
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<DIV class=node><SPAN class=submitted>Fri, 2010/09/17 - 09:40 — <A title="View user profile." href="http://slashgeo.org/users/Satri" jQuery1284844653156="26"><FONT color=#0000ff>Satri</FONT></A></SPAN> </DIV>
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<P>Here's an attempt to catch up the "recent" geospatial open source news that were published the past three weeks. Let's start with the 'everything else' category:
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<LI>In August there was <A href="http://linfiniti.com/2010/08/qgis-mapserver-a-wms-server-for-the-masses/" jQuery1284844653156="27"><FONT color=#0000ff>an introduction entry on QGIS MapServer</FONT></A>, a "WMS server for the masses"
<LI>Around the same time, an entry indicating <A href="http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/drupal/node/944" jQuery1284844653156="28"><FONT color=#0000ff>GRASS GIS can make pretty maps</FONT></A>
<LI>There was an <A href="http://geomaticblog.net/2010/08/31/moskittgeo-from-uml-to-spatial-databases-and-back/" jQuery1284844653156="29"><FONT color=#0000ff>introduction to MOSSKitt Geo, an UML tool for spatial databases</FONT></A>
<LI>Here's an entry on <A href="http://geomaticblog.net/2010/09/03/comparing-oracle-georaster-with-postgis-wkt-raster/" jQuery1284844653156="30"><FONT color=#0000ff>comparing Oracle GeoRaster with PostGIS WKT Raster</FONT></A>
<LI>There's news on the <A href="http://szekerest.blogspot.com/2010/09/ogr-ms-sql-2008-spatial-driver.html" jQuery1284844653156="31"><FONT color=#0000ff>OGR MS SQL 2008 Spatial driver</FONT></A>
<LI><A href="http://sgillies.net/blog/1047/shapely-1-2-4/" jQuery1284844653156="32"><FONT color=#0000ff>Shapely 1.2.4 is out</FONT></A> and <A href="http://sgillies.net/blog/1048/in-rtree-news/" jQuery1284844653156="33"><FONT color=#0000ff>Rtree news</FONT></A>
<LI>The <A href="http://blog.opengeo.org/2010/08/31/opengeo-suite-community-edition-2-1-3-released/" jQuery1284844653156="34"><FONT color=#0000ff>OpenGeo Suite Community Edition 2.1.3 was released</FONT></A> at the end of last month and the <A href="http://blog.opengeo.org/2010/09/13/new-opengeo-training-workshops-released/" jQuery1284844653156="35"><FONT color=#0000ff>OpenGeo workshops are also available</FONT></A> - what a wonderful resource!
<LI>Here's the steps done by <A href="http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/8590-Update-Esri-Geoportal-Extension-Goes-Free-and-Open-Source.html" jQuery1284844653156="36"><FONT color=#0000ff>ESRI towards open sourcing their Geoportal Extension</FONT></A> </LI></UL>
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<P>Specifically on the FOSS4G 2010 conference, in addition to my own upcoming note, here's some of the many entries on the topic:
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<LI>Jody Garnett's coverage: <A href="http://how2map.blogspot.com/2010/09/foss4g-1.html" jQuery1284844653156="37"><FONT color=#0000ff>FOSS4G 1</FONT></A>, <A href="http://how2map.blogspot.com/2010/09/foss4g-3.html" jQuery1284844653156="38"><FONT color=#0000ff>FOSS4G 3</FONT></A>,
<LI>Paul Ramsey's coverage: <A href="http://blog.opengeo.org/2010/09/08/foss4g-day-1/" jQuery1284844653156="39"><FONT color=#0000ff>day 1</FONT></A>, <A href="http://blog.opengeo.org/2010/09/08/foss4g-day-2/" jQuery1284844653156="40"><FONT color=#0000ff>day 2</FONT></A>, <A href="http://blog.opengeo.org/2010/09/09/foss4g-day-3/" jQuery1284844653156="41"><FONT color=#0000ff>day 3</FONT></A>, and the <A href="http://blog.opengeo.org/2010/09/11/foss4g-2010-final-answer/" jQuery1284844653156="42"><FONT color=#0000ff>final answer</FONT></A>
<LI>Geoff has a <A href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/zeissg/geospatial/~3/MKhW5piYVMs/foss4g-frank-warmerdam-on-vertical-datums.html" jQuery1284844653156="43"><FONT color=#0000ff>summary of Frank Warmerdam's talk on vertical datums</FONT></A>
<LI>Here's a nice <A href="http://www.paolocorti.net/2010/09/11/foss4g-2010-in-barcelona/" jQuery1284844653156="44"><FONT color=#0000ff>1-entry FOSS4G summary by Paolo Corti</FONT></A>
<LI>Directions Magazine offers <A href="http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/foss4g-barcelona-open-source-geospatial-software-still-much-in-demand/132158" jQuery1284844653156="45"><FONT color=#0000ff>their own FOSS4G wrap-up</FONT></A> </LI></UL>
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