From xurxosanz at gmail.com Sun Sep 1 03:12:34 2019 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Jorge Sanz) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 12:12:34 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Announcing PROJ 6.2.0 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On behalf of the PROJ development team I am happy to announce the release of PROJ 6.2.2. See release notes below for details. Download the source distribution here: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-6.2.0.tar.gz (https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-6.2.0.tar.gz.md5) https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-6.2.0.zip (https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-6.2.0.zip.md5) In addition we are also releasing an update to the proj-datumgrid-europe package, which is now at version 1.4. Download it here: https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-europe-1.4.tar.gz https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-datumgrid-europe-1.4.zip The grid package now includes the two Swiss grids CHENyx06a.gsb and CHENyx06_ETRS89.gsb. ????????????????????????????????? 6.2.0 Release Notes ------------------- Updates ------- o Introduced PROJJSON, a JSON encoding of WKT2 (#1547) o Support CRS instantiation of OGC URN's (#1505) o Expose scope and remarks of database objects (#1537) o EPSG Database updated to version 9.7.0 (#1558) o Added C API function proj_grid_get_info_from_database() (#1494) o Added C API function proj_operation_factory_context_set_discard_superseded() (#1534) o Added C API function proj_context_set_autoclose_database() (#1566) o Added C API function proj_create_crs_to_crs_from_pj() (#1567) o Added C API function proj_cleanup() (#1569) Bug Fixes --------- o Fixed build failure on Solaris systems (#1554) -- Kristian Evers From astrid_emde at osgeo.org Thu Sep 5 11:02:44 2019 From: astrid_emde at osgeo.org (Astrid Emde (OSGeo)) Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:02:44 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Press Release 87: OSGeoLive 13.0 Released Message-ID: <82694f98a5d7105ce921ad17d5df0198@posteo.de> OSGeoLive 13.0 Released * see also ?https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeolive-13-0-released/ 5. September 2019 Version 13.0 of the ?OSGeoLive GIS software collection has been released at the ?International Conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) in Bucharest, Romania. It was handed out to delegates and used in many Workshops. Release Highlights Highlights for this release include: ------------------------------------------- * New applications ?MapCache, ?GeoExt, ?t-rex, ?actinia. * Additional Python modules like Fiona, rasterio, cartopy, pandas, geopandas, mappyfile. * Improved documentation and four new translations, now supporting: English | Deutsch | Espa?ol | Suomi | Fran?ais | Italiano | ??? | Hungarian * Version ?updates to many of the included packages. Brian Hamlin noted: "Version 13.0 has improved the Python experience a lot. With the introduction of Jupyter, OSGeoLive can be used in Python training, which supports the rising usage and relevance of Python in geospatial architectures." Nicolas Roelandt and Vicky Vergara's introduction of Transifex has significantly improved the translation process. During the FOSS4G community sprint a new Romanian translation was added. Zolt?n Siki, one of the Hungarian translators, pointed out the need for the translation and will use it at GIS courses at University in Budapest. Maria Aria de Reyna, president of OSGeo, says "So much effort goes into each OSGeoLive release, from documentation to packaging to testing, that we must take a moment to thank those involved. The whole OSGeoLive team deserves a huge thanks. Thank you OSGeoLive team and congratulations on this release." FOSS4G 2019 "What's new in OSGeoLive 13.0" ------------------------------------------------------------ * Talk ?https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-251-what-s-new-in-osgeolive-13-0-#t=358 * Presentation: ?https://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation.html#/ Download ------------- Download the OSGeoLive 13.0 image at ?https://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html About OSGeoLive OSGeoLive is a ?Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Virtual Machine, USB and DVD. OSGeoLive is pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which can be trialed without installing anything. It includes: * Close to 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured * Free world maps and sample datasets * Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each application * Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker's script * Translations to multiple languages Homepage: ?https://live.osgeo.org Credits ---------- Hundreds of people have directly helped with OSGeoLive packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged software. Thank you to all involved. ?https://live.osgeo.org/en/sponsors.html Sponsoring organisations -------------------------------- * ?OSGeo - the Open Source Geospatial Foundation provides development & hosting infrastructure for OSGeoLive and many of the included applications. * ?Information Center for the Environment (ICE) at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support. * ?Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens, provides hardware resources and development support. * The ?Debian GIS and ?UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages. * ?Okeanos is kindly providing Virtual Machines for building the OSGeoLive iso images. Enjoy OSGeoLive 13.0! The OSGeoLive Team From astrid_emde at osgeo.org Thu Sep 5 11:26:08 2019 From: astrid_emde at osgeo.org (Astrid Emde (OSGeo)) Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 20:26:08 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Even Rouault receives the 2019 Sol Katz Award Message-ID: <9f086be8df0430ae8a1d4e826af5e548@posteo.de> Even Rouault was honoured with the 2019 Sol Katz Award, presented on 29 August 2019, during the closing session of the FOSS4G event in Bucharest. This was the 15th year of the award. Even took over the title of "Mister GDAL" after Frank Warmerdam passed him the torch. GDAL is a cornerstone of many GIS software both open source and proprietary. He is an active contributor to GDAL, MapServer, PROJ, libgeotiff, GEOS, QGIS and many other projects. Even is a highly productive OSGeo contributor. Sol Katz is not about numbers, but Evens stats are quite impressive: over the last 5 years, he has over 10,000 commits to multiple OSGeo projects. (Ref: From 2014 to 2019: 10,900 commits to GDAL, 300 in MapServer, 400 in QGIS, not counting his recent refactoring of PROJ6, and his contributions to other OSGeo projects) Even is a brilliant developer and also a really nice person. He cares about OSGeo as an organization, about the goals and the way OSGeo runs its activities. On behalf of the OSGeo communities we congratulate and thank Even for all of his contributions. See Video from FOSS4G 2019 https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-481-awards-ceremony#t=1190 Thank you Even, you deserve this. About the award The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come. From xurxosanz at gmail.com Wed Sep 18 23:54:10 2019 From: xurxosanz at gmail.com (Jorge Sanz) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 08:54:10 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Announce] Agreement between Spanish QGIS Association and Spanish Geographers' Professional Association In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Last Friday, September 13, an agreement was signed with the QGIS Spain Association and the Geographers' Professional Association, within the framework of the 20th anniversary of the Geographers' Professional Association. This supports the group of Spanish users of QGIS and encourages further participation. The text recognizes that both entities have a mutual interest in working together and that there exist current lines of collaboration with the possibility of joint development of future actions. Maria Arias de Reyna -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: