From warmerdam at pobox.com Fri Apr 4 10:36:55 2008 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:36:55 -0400 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] The GeoNetwork opensource geospatial catalog v2.2.0 is out! Message-ID: <47F66737.2040101@pobox.com> We're happy to announce the release of GeoNetwork opensource 2.2.0. This is a mayor release for the project. GeoNetwork opensource (http://geonetwork-opensource.org) is a standards based geospatial catalog application that helps people and organizations to organize and publish their geospatial data through the web. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world. The software provides an easy to use web interface to search geospatial data across multiple catalogs, combine distributed map services in the embedded map viewer, send annotated interactive maps to friends by email, publish geospatial data using the online metadata editing tools and optionally the embedded GeoServer map server. Administrators have the option to manage user and group accounts, configure the server through web based and desktop utilities and schedule metadata harvesting from other catalogs. You will find support for a number of metadata formats (ISO19115/19119 following ISO19139, FGDC and Dublin Core), a number of catalog interfaces (CSW2.0 ISO profile client and server, OAI-PMH client and server, GeoRSS server, GEO OpenSearch server, WebDAV harvesting, GeoNetwork to GeoNetwork harvesting support). A single, platform independent installer allows to install and run the software on a PC or a server on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The installer can be downloaded as an executable Windows file or as a platform independent .jar installer. It creates a Start menu on Windows computers. Command line installations are also possible for remote installations. Please refer to chapter 6 of the manual for detailed installation instructions. The GeoNetwork community has been expanding quickly over the last years. The current release has been possible because of all those that contributed to the project through code contributions, testing, bug reports and fixes as well as many suggestions. This release is also the milestone for the Open Source Geospatial Foudation (OSGeo, http://www.osgeo.org) incubation process the project is going through. The GeoNetwork Project Steering Committee will now ask OSGeo to graduate the project. Thanks and congratulations to the all community members! Downloads at: http://geonetwork-opensource.org/software/geonetwork_opensource Enjoy! Jeroen Ticheler From warmerdam at pobox.com Fri Apr 4 11:00:06 2008 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:00:06 -0400 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] FOSS4G 2008 Registration and Calls for Papers and Workshops Message-ID: <47F66CA6.6030409@pobox.com> If you attend just one GIS conference in 2008, make it FOSS4G 2008! It promises to be the highlight of your year. The 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference, incorporating GISSA 2008, is on the horizon. WHERE: Cape Town, South Africa, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Cape Town is one of the Top 5 worldwide tourist and conference destinations. WHEN: Monday 29 September to Friday 3 October. Extend your stay with a holiday in beautiful South Africa and make the trip even more worthwhile. Theme: "Open Source Geospatial: An Option for Developing Nations" FOSS4G is presented annually by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and in 2007 gathered 700 developers and users of open source geospatial software as well as managers and decision makers from around the world to discuss new directions, exciting implementations, and growing business opportunities in the field of open source geospatial software. Incorporation of GISSA 2008 this year opens FOSS4G to a wider field of GIS practitioners and decision makers. GISSA is the GeoInformation Society of South Africa and we want all players from South Africa to join their peers from around the world at this international event. Come and present your work, learn about Open Source GIS and participate in the FOSS-Proprietary debate. South Africa's recent adoption of a National Open Source Policy in Government and the introduction of GIS into our school syllabus this year make FOSS4G an especially important conference for South Africa and other countries in a similar position. Major features include Hands-on Workshops and Labs, Presentations and Academic Papers, a live Demo Theatre, large exhibition hall, Outreach activities, Technical visits and a great social programme including a gala dinner at Moyo in Stellenbosch. Visit the website http://www.foss4g2008.org to find out more. Register or submit an Abstract or Workshop Proposal. This year there will be an Academic Track in addition to non-peer-reviewed presentations, catering for a wide range of topics. Autodesk and Google have already come on board as sponsors. If your organisation is interested in supporting the conference or exhibiting, please download the Prospectus from the website. Please circulate this widely. I'm looking forward to seeing you in Cape Town! Gavin Fleming FOSS4G 2008 Conference Chair www.foss4g2008.org From warmerdam at pobox.com Sun Apr 13 18:58:48 2008 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:58:48 -0400 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] geocamp2008: Call for Presentations/Workshops Message-ID: <4802BA58.3050102@pobox.com> A friendly reminder of osbootcamp/geocamp2008 on June 2nd and 3rd in Ottawa, Canada. Attendance is free, and there are cool prizes to be won! Accommodation options have been added to the site for those coming from out of town. http://www.osbootcamp.org/osbootcamp6.html Don't forget to join the mailing list to ensure you get information about the event, and so we can estimate likely attendance. http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/bootcamp08/ At this time we would like to issue a call for presentations and workshops. Suggested topics: Software & Projects (Mapserver, Mapguide, OpenLayers, GDAL/OGR, GEOS, Mapbender, Mapbuilder, GRASS, FDO, OSSIM, gvSVIG) any other open source Geospatial projects I haven't suggested. Teaching using open source geospatial software Making money using open source geospatial software Saving lives, money, or the environment using open source geospatial software Issues with open source geospatial software today The future of open source geospatial software If you are interested in doing a talk, please send a brief (<=250 words) abstract to osbootcamp at gmail.com by no later than May 9th, 2008. Thank you, osbootcamp/geocamp2008 organizing committee From warmerdam at pobox.com Tue Apr 15 20:56:20 2008 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:56:20 -0400 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OpenLayers 2.6 Released Message-ID: <480578E4.4070402@pobox.com> The OpenLayers Development Team is proud to announce release of OpenLayers 2.6. As of this final release, the OpenLayers 2.6 release closes 294 outstanding tickets, 75% more than any OpenLayers release to date. This release includes dozens of new features: client side reprojection support, improved styling support, new layers, new controls, and a number of major contributions by users outside the core development community. With the improvements brought by this release of OpenLayers, a variety of new paths for open source mapping on the web are becoming available. For more on the OpenLayers 2.6 Release, see the release announcement at: http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.6/Announce/Final From warmerdam at pobox.com Tue Apr 22 09:39:32 2008 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:39:32 -0400 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo Welcomes Twenty Students for Google Summer of Code Message-ID: <480E14C4.5070800@pobox.com> OSGeo has selected twenty students to participate in development efforts spread across GRASS, GeoServer, GeoTools, uDig, Mapbender, GDAL, OpenLayers, OpenJUMP and Quantum GIS projects as part of the Google Summer of Code for 2008. Google is providing funding for the selected students, while the project communities are providing mentors to assist the students. A full list of students, mentors and planned developments is available at: http://code.google.com/soc/osgeo/about.html OSGeo thanks Google for its support of this great program, and looks forward to the participation of these students in our community. From warmerdam at pobox.com Thu Apr 24 10:46:33 2008 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:46:33 -0400 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] GRASS GIS 6.3.0 released Message-ID: <4810C779.10200@pobox.com> GRASS GIS releases version 6.3.0 23 April 2008 http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS 6.3.0 is a "technology preview" release, the first beta on the path to GRASS 6.4-stable, and also marks the start of work on GRASS 7. As such GRASS 6.3.0 is not intended to be a stable release with ongoing support, but after five months of quality-assurance review users can be confident to use this version for their day to day work, indeed due to the open development model many already do. This release brings hundreds of new module features, supported data formats, and language translations, as well as a number of exciting enhancements to the GIS. A prototype of the new wxPython user interface is debuted, and for the the first since its inception with a port from the VAX 11/780 in 1983, GRASS will run on a non-UNIX based platform: MS-Windows. This is currently still in an experimental state and we hope that widespread testing of 6.3.0 will mean the 6.4 release of WinGRASS will be fully functional and robust. Existing users will be happy to know that these new features do not disrupt the base GIS which remains as solid as ever and fully backwards compatible with earlier GRASS 6.0 and GRASS 6.2 releases. Several infrastructure changes accompany this release with the project becoming a founding member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). This includes a new home for the website, the Wiki help system, source code repository, community add-on module repository, integrated bug tracking system, and formal membership for the project in a non-profit legal entity. We hope that these changes will guarantee that the GRASS community will be well supported and vibrant well into the future. The Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for spatial modeling, visualization of both raster and vector data, geospatial data management and analysis, processing of satellite and aerial imagery, and production of sophisticated presentation graphics and hardcopy maps. GRASS combines powerful raster, vector, and geospatial processing engines into a single integrated software package. The GRASS GIS project is developed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (the GPL) by volunteers the world over. GRASS differs from many other GIS software packages used in the professional world in that it is developed and distributed by users for users, mostly on a volunteer basis, in the open, and is given away for free. Emphasis is placed on interoperability and unlimited access to data as well as on software flexibility and evolution rate. The source code is freely available allowing for immediate customization, examination of the underlying algorithms, addition of new features, and fast bug fixing. GRASS is currently used around the world in academic and commercial settings as well as by many governmental agencies and environmental consulting companies. Software download at http://grass.osgeo.org/download/ and numerous mirror sites. Full story at http://grass.osgeo.org/announces/announce_grass630.html