[Live-demo] Re: XCSoar on the OSGeo-Live DVD?

[Cameron Shorter]

Scott,
We have started the build cycle for our next OSGeo-Live release, and I'm
interested to know whether we should be including XCSoar on it, and if so,
which version (noting that we are space constrained).

Press release here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_11

What is the status of your android version?
Is it stable enough yet?

We haven't packaged android apps on the OSGeo-Live DVD yet, but there is a
strong interest in Open Source mobile apps, and I think it would be a
valuable to have the android apps included if they work ok.

Questions I have is:
* I assume we'd need to include an android emulator?
* How much space will an android emulator add to the OSGeo-Live?
* Will an android emulator running inside a virtual machine, or booted in
Live mode be fast enough to be usable?


On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Scott,
> I'm CCing the osgeo-live email list as others will likely have comments and
> suggestions about including XCSoar on OSGeoLive. http://www.xcsoar.org/
>
>
> On 23/09/2010 8:51 AM, Scott Penrose wrote:
>
> Good morning Cameron
>
>  On 21/09/2010, at 10:04 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
>  Scott,
> I'm one of the people behind the OSGeo Live DVD http://live.osgeo.org,
> where we package high quality Open Source GeoSpatial applications.
>
> My father, a glider pilot, suggested that XCSoar is another high quality
> geospatial which we should consider including.
>
> Does this interest you?
>
>
>  Yes very much. I went to FOSS4G in Sydney last year and the osgeo live DVD
> was an excellent resource.
>
> Great.
>
>
>
>  Currently XCSoar is running on Pocket PC and runs via WINE on Linux and a
> native linux version (with X support) and a native Linux/Android version is
> almost ready to trial.
>
>
> Our next release will be ~ April next year.
> What we will be looking for is a stable version from you, which will
> install onto Ubuntu.
>
>
>
>  How can I help provide you what is necessary ?
>
>
> What is required is documented in detail here:
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project
>
> Have a read, they get back to me if you have questions.
>
>
>
>  For Pocket PC, Windows and WINE versions, I imagine a directory along the
> lines of:
>  - Readme
>  - Manual PDF
>  - Installations EXE for each platform
>  - Data for various example locations (do we have enough space to provide
> a few of these?)
>
> To date we have had installers for windows versions in previous releases,
> but it is likely we won't have room for this in the next release. Also, the
> windows installers are secondary to the linux version (which can be run from
> the DVD).
>
> Documentation requirements are listed here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Documentation
>
> (You can see what it looks like here:
> http://live.osgeo.org/overview/overview.html )
>
>
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Scott
>
>
>   OSGeoLive is handed out at GeoSpatial conferences around the world, and
> is a very effective marketing tool.
>
> To get involved
> * we'd expect you to develop an install bash script which can be run on
> ubuntu linux.
> * write a one page marketing page
> * write a quickstart
> * test the installed application
>
> More details here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project
>
>
>
> On 21/09/10 08:03, Dave Shorter wrote:
>
>  Hi Cam,
>
>
>
> We discussed the XCSoar software development which is an open source
> software project.
>
>
>
> You may wish to contact them and include them in your circle of open source
> geeks.
>
>
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/xcsoar/
>
>
>
> The two names I know who are working actively on this in Australia are John
> Wharington and Scott Penrose who I think both live in Victoria. John
> Wharington I understand did a lot of this work as part of his Doctorate in
> aeronautical engineering.
>
>
>
> The finished product is used by a large number of highly competitive racing
> pilots – the finished product is highly professional and bug free. A version
> of it has been developed specifically for a Swiss instrument maker as the
> basic software used in their gliding instrumentation – navigation,
> speed-to-fly, rate of climb/sink, final glide calculation etc etc. I have
> this instrumentation in my glider.
>
>
>
> <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
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>
> An installed instrument panel with the Altair in a portrait orientation
>
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>
>
> Dave Shorter
>
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>
> Emerald Beach, NSW 2456
>
> email dave at shorter.net
>
> Ph 02 6656 1979, Mob 0429 429 539
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>
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>
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>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Solutions Manager
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
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>
>


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