From tmitchell at osgeo.org Wed Sep 2 10:12:41 2009 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:12:41 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Announcing the release of QGIS 1.2.0 'Daphnis' In-Reply-To: <4A9D9F88.60301@linfiniti.com> References: <4A9D9F88.60301@linfiniti.com> Message-ID: <1251911561.21389.3142.camel@siduxbox> We are very pleased to announce the release of QGIS 1.2.0 'Daphnis' the next in our development release series. Our 'development' release series are provided to offer users a chance to try out new features as they make their way into the code base. We will not support these releases over a long term and they are aimed at people who don't mind if the user interface changes from release to release. We are dropping the term 'unstable' in favour of 'development' to label our non-long term support releases since it creates the incorrect impression that these releases are more crash prone. In reality the developer releases contain many bug fixes that should improve stability over previous releases. Binary and source code packages are available at http://qgis.org/en/download/current-software.html A visual changelog for the release is available here: http://blog.qgis.org/node/137 Along with the release of QGIS 1.2.0, the QGIS Community Team is hard at work on an updated QGIS Users' Guide version 1.2. The guide will be available in the near future - we will post announcements when it is available. QGIS is a completely volunteer driven project, and is the work of a dedicated team of developers, documenters and supporters. We extend our thanks and gratitude for the many, many hours people have contributed to make this release happen. If you would like to make a donation or sponsor our project, please visit http://www.qgis.org/en/sponsorship.html . QGIS is Free software and you are under no obligation to do so. Happy QGIS'ing! - -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) From jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com Fri Sep 11 10:30:50 2009 From: jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com (Jeff McKenna) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:30:50 -0300 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations Message-ID: <4AAA894A.9030909@gatewaygeomatics.com> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2009 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software. The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early GFOSS archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://www.cancer.org/asp/donate/don_multi_donate.asp?navToScreen=don_1. Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to SolKatzAward at osgeo.org with a description of the reasons for this nomination. Nominations will be accepted until midnight UTC on October 9th (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=10&day=09&year=2009&hour=23&min=59&sec=59). A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by an OSGeo designated selection committee. The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced on October 23rd at the FOSS4G 2009 conference (http://2009.foss4g.org/) closing plenary in Sydney, Australia. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come. It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible. Past Awardees: 2008: Paul Ramsey 2007: Steve Lime 2006: Markus Neteler 2005: Frank Warmerdam Selection Committee: Jeff McKenna (chair) Frank Warmerdam Markus Neteler Steve Lime Paul Ramsey Sophia Parafina From tmitchell at osgeo.org Mon Sep 21 14:38:09 2009 From: tmitchell at osgeo.org (Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:38:09 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Rush on Geospatial Open Source Workshops at FOSS4G and Live DVD ready to test Message-ID: <1253569089.3574.983.camel@siduxbox> Sydney, Australia. 22 September 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org One of the FOSS4G workshops have reached capacity and many of the other workshops are close to full. People wanting to learn about Geospatial Standards, Geospatial Open Source Software and Business Cases should sign up soon to avoid disappointment. See: http://2009.foss4g.org/workshops/ Geospatial Open Source users are invited to test a beta version of a DVD full of Geospatial Open Source Software which will be handed out at the FOSS4G conference. Download from: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/ == About FOSS4G == FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more. == Upcoming milestones == * 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop * 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials * 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint == Media Sponsors == * Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/ * Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com * Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/ * Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/ * GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/ * Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/ ---- For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/ or contact: Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft tel +61-2-8570-5050 c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m