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

[Cameron Shorter]

  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>
>>>
>>> An installed instrument panel with the Altair in a portrait orientation
>>>
>>> <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
>>>
>>> Dave Shorter
>>>
>>> 11 Lighthouse Crescent
>>>
>>> Emerald Beach, NSW 2456
>>>
>>> email dave at shorter.net <mailto:dave at shorter.net>
>>>
>>> Ph 02 6656 1979, Mob 0429 429 539
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Director
>> 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
>


-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
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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