From warmerdam at pobox.com Tue Mar 6 20:00:15 2012 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 20:00:15 -0800 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeoLive 5.5 Released Message-ID: OSGeoLive 5.5 Released (DVD/USB/VM of Open Source GeoSpatial software + docs + data) Version 5.5 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection http://live.osgeo.org and accompanying Lightening Presentation http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/promo/trunk/en/presentation/, has been released, ready for distribution at a large number of geospatial conferences and workshops from around the world. About OSGeo-Live OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and Virtual Machine based upon Ubuntu Linux that is pre-configured with a wide variety of robust open source geospatial software. The applications can be trialled without installing anything on your computer, simply by booting the computer from the DVD or USB drive. The lightening overview introduces all these applications, and hence provides a comprehensive introduction to the breadth of Geospatial Open Source. * http://live.osgeo.org Highlights * 50 Quality Geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured * Quality free world maps and geodata * One page overviews and quick start guides for all applications * Overviews of key OGC standards * Translations for Greek, German, Polish, Spanish and Japanese Read more: http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/osgeo-live-55-ready-to-distribute-at.html From warmerdam at pobox.com Tue Mar 13 16:34:08 2012 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:34:08 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] PROJ 4.8.0 Released Message-ID: Folks, I am pleased to announce the release of PROJ 4.8.0. This is a major new feature release and collects all the work done since the PROJ 4.7.0 release in September 2009. The NEWS file includes these major items: * Added the Natural Earth projection. * Added HEALPIX, rHEALPIX and Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area projections. * nad2bin now produces "CTable2" format grid shift files by default which are platform independent. * nad2nad removed, use cs2cs for datum shift operations. * projects.h no longer installed as a public include file. Please try to only use proj_api.h. * Add pj_get_spheroid_defn() accessor. * Added an alternate version of pj_init() that takes a projCtx (execution context) structure to address multithreading issues with error management and to provide a support for application hookable error reporting and logging. * Upgrade to EPSG 7.9. Some changes in ideal datum selection. * JNI bindings reworked, org.proj4.Projections deprecated in favor of org.proj4.PJ. * Added preliminary vertical datum support. * Fix various multithreading issues, particular in datum grid handling code. * Added support for the +axis= option for alternate axis orientations as part of a coordinate system (used for TM South Orientated support). * +proj=omerc implementatioin replaced with code from libproj4. +rot_conv flag no longer works, and some coordinate systems (ie. Malaysian) will need to use +gamma instead. "epsg" init file updated accordingly. More detailed information on work can be found in the ChangeLog file at: http://svn.osgeo.org/metacrs/proj/tags/4.8.0/proj/ChangeLog The source code can be found at: http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.8.0.tar.gz http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-4.8.0.zip Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up?? | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam at pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush? ? | Geospatial Software Developer From warmerdam at pobox.com Sat Mar 31 13:24:36 2012 From: warmerdam at pobox.com (Frank Warmerdam) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:24:36 -0700 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo accepted in Google Summer of Code 2012 Message-ID: <4F776804.2040203@pobox.com> OSGeo has been accepted as mentoring organisation at Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2012! This program provides funding for students to work on open source projects under the support of experienced mentors. http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/program/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2012 http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/show/google/gsoc2012/osgeo All OSGeo projects are invited to propose ideas, and encourage would-be students to discuss their own ideas with the developers: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2012_Ideas The main communication channel is the dedicated mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/soc We look forward for another productive and fun Summer of Code! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 837 bytes Desc: not available URL: