[Live-demo] Re: Kosmo Team. LiveDVD description.

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com
Thu Sep 24 18:51:16 EDT 2009


It seems your documentation is included in 2.0.beta5 of the livedvd. (I 
noticed it in the scripts).

At this late stage, I strongly suggest that we don't move to Kosmo 2.0 
beta as there is insufficient time to fix any errors if we find them.

SAIG Carlos wrote:
> Thank you very much for your quick answer.
> We will work on it right now so we can test it in 2.0beta5 release.
>
> (We were thinking in a version change from Kosmo 1.2.1 to Kosmo 2.0 beta
> that is almost definitive and with lot of more functionalities but we are
> afraid is too late for this so we made a mention in the description. If you
> think it is still possible, please make us know).
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Carlos Navarro
> cnavarro at saig.es
> Director Técnico de SAIG  // SAIG Technical Director
> www.saig.es -- Tlf: +34 954788876 -- info at saig.es
>
>  
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com] En nombre de Cameron
> Shorter
> Enviado el: jueves, 24 de septiembre de 2009 22:58
> Para: SAIG Carlos
> CC: cameron.shorter at gmail.com; sbc at saig.es; 'Antonio Muñoz'; Volker Mische;
> live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
> Asunto: Re: Kosmo Team. LiveDVD description.
>
> Carlos, I've just given your svn access. Can you please add yourself to the
> contributors.csv list as per:
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Subversion
>
>
> If someone else doesn't beat you to it, can you also add your docs into svn.
> If you are quick, they will be included into the 2.0beta5 release which has
> just started building.
>
>
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Subversion
>
> SAIG Carlos wrote:
>   
>> Hello Cameron.
>>
>> We are Kosmo development team. First apologies for be so late. We have 
>> a problem and we would like to know if it is possible to resolve it.
>>
>> We were trying to update Kosmo introduction and Kosmo description in 
>> the desktop help functionality of LiveDVD. We have set a user to see 
>> SVN content but we have no right to commit changes.
>>
>> We know you have almost no time but it could be possible for you to 
>> please commit it, or, if you couldn't, give us write rights in order 
>> to commit the changes needed.
>>
>> We have send to you attached to the mail two html files corresponding 
>> to the description and definition for the kosmo 1.2.1 desktop client. 
>> We have tried to commit it to the Os-Geo SVN but our user (sbcalvo / 
>> pepe2much) is not able to write on it. It's also needed to update the 
>> corresponding script by including kosmo in the software list.
>>
>> Anycase, thanks in advance for your attention.
>>
>> Please could you confirm you received this email.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carlos Navarro
>> cnavarro at saig.es
>> Director Técnico de SAIG  // SAIG Technical Director www.saig.es -- 
>> Tlf: +34 954788876 -- info at saig.es
>>   
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>>
>> # Kosmo 1.2.1 <kosmo_description.html>
>>
>> Kosmo - Desktop is a Geographic Information System (GIS), designed for 
>> a full management of spatial information, with advanced tools to 
>> explore, edit and analyze it. You can install a new Linux 2.0 beta 
>> version using the script from Kosmo_2.0b_linux 
>> <http://www.saig.es/descargas/dloads/kosmo/install_kosmo_2beta.sh>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>>
>>
>>   Kosmo 1.2.1
>>
>> Kosmo - Desktop <http://www.opengis.es> is a general Desktop-GIS. 
>> Using extra extensions allows customizing it for specific purposes. It 
>> is designed for the average GIS user, with special emphasis on 
>> user-friendly interface (quite similar to the most famous and wide 
>> used commercial desktop GIS). It is open source and provides users 
>> with the most useful tools to explore, edit and analyze spatial data.
>> All of it by observing the OpenGIS standards and applying high efforts 
>> to maintain the data topology quality. It is the first component of a 
>> series of developments oriented to be a complete spatial data 
>> infrastructure that will be made available to the entire community.
>>
>> Kosmo - 1.2.1 is distributed under a GPLv2 license (see GPL v2 license 
>> <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> for more details about it)
>>
>>
>>     Running on the LiveDVD
>>
>>    1. To run Kosmo 1.2.1 on the Live DVD, click on the Kosmo link on
>>       the desktop.
>>    2. In the /"Wellcome to Kosmo"/ dialog, select the option /"With a
>>       new view"/ under the /"Create new project"/ group in order to
>>       create a new project with an empty view. Press Ok to continue
>>    3. In the next dialog, select your Spatial Reference System and
>>       press Ok to continue
>>    4. Press the green plus button from the main toolbar to start
>>       adding geodata resources (files, databases tables) to the empty 
>> view
>>
>>
>>     Getting started
>>
>> Kosmo - Desktop Client 1.2.1 is able to load the next types of geodata
>> resources:
>>
>>     * *Vectorial file layers:* Shapefiles, DXF, DWG, DGN, CSV (by an
>>       extension)
>>     * *Vectorial databases:* PostgreSQL + PostGIS, Oracle, MySQL
>>     * *Raster layers:* ECW, MrSID, Tiff, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP
>>     * *OGC services:* WMS 1.0.0/1.1.0/1.3.0
>>
>> There are some shapefiles and images from 
>> //usr/local/share/openjump-data/ or //usr/local/share/qgis-data/ that 
>> can be loaded, as well as any WMS server configured.
>>
>>
>>     New functionalities in the new 2.0 beta download
>>
>> Apart from the Kosmo - Desktop 1.2.1 version that is available in the 
>> LiveDVD, we have also build a Kosmo - Desktop 2.0 beta release for 
>> Linux that includes most of the list of main new functionalities and 
>> improvements described next:
>>
>>    1. New advanced printing module that uses as base the OpenOffice
>>       offimatic suite
>>    2. Topology relations on edition and post-edition mode
>>    3. Sextante
>>       <http://forge.osor.eu/plugins/wiki/index.php?id=13&type=g>
>>       bindings for Kosmo
>>    4. Raster georreferencing tool
>>    5. Generation of polygons from a line set tool
>>    6. Clean / intersect / validating tools
>>    7. Improvements for digitizing tools (geometry tracking mode, ...)
>>    8. KML export
>>    9. GML import / export
>>   10. SLD import / export
>>   11. WFS connector added
>>   12. WMS connector improved
>>   13. Field calculator improved with some new functions
>>
>> In order to download and install it automatically, there is an install 
>> script available at Kosmo_2.0b_linux 
>> <http://www.saig.es/descargas/dloads/kosmo/install_kosmo_2beta.sh>
>>     
>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Systems Architect
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
> http://www.lisasoft.com
>
>   


-- 
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Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
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