[Live-demo] Re-categorising OSGeo-Live projects

Thu Dec 13 11:26:09 PST 2012

I've had a go at updating the categorisations of the OSGeo-Live 
projects, and would be interested to hear feedback.

http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/overview.html

    Desktop GIS

General GIS viewing, editing, and analysis on the desktop:

  * /Quantum GIS (QGIS)/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/qgis_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/qgis_quickstart.html>]
  * /GRASS GIS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/grass_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/grass_quickstart.html>]
  * /gvSIG Desktop/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/gvsig_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/gvsig_quickstart.html>]
  * /User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig)/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/udig_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/udig_quickstart.html>]
  * /Kosmo Desktop/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/kosmo_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/kosmo_quickstart.html>]
  * /OpenJUMP GIS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/openjump_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/openjump_quickstart.html>]
  * /SAGA/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/saga_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/saga_quickstart.html>]

    Browser Facing GIS

General GIS viewing, editing and analysis in the browser:

  * /OpenLayers/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/openlayers_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/openlayers_quickstart.html>]
    - Browser Mapping Library
  * /Geomajas/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/geomajas_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/geomajas_quickstart.html>]
    - Browser GIS Client
  * /Mapbender/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mapbender_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mapbender_quickstart.html>]
    - Geoportal Framework
  * /MapFish/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mapfish_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mapfish_quickstart.html>]
    - Web Mapping Framework
  * /GeoMoose/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/geomoose_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/geomoose_quickstart.html>]
    - Web GIS Portal

    Web Services

Publishing spatial data to the internet:

  * /GeoServer/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/geoserver_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/geoserver_quickstart.html>]
  * /MapServer/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mapserver_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mapserver_quickstart.html>]
  * /deegree/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/deegree_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/deegree_quickstart.html>]
  * /EOxServer/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/eoxserver_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/eoxserver_quickstart.html>]
    - Web Coverage Service
  * /GeoNetwork/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/geonetwork_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/geonetwork_quickstart.html>]
    - Metadata Catalogue
  * /pycsw/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/pycsw_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/pycsw_quickstart.html>]
    - Metadata Catalogue
  * /MapProxy/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mapproxy_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mapproxy_quickstart.html>]
    - Proxy WMS & tile services
  * /QGIS Server/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/qgis_mapserver_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/qgis_mapserver_quickstart.html>]
    - Web Map Service
  * /52°North WSS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/52nWSS_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/52nWSS_quickstart.html>]
    - Web Security Service
  * /52°North WPS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/52nWPS_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/52nWPS_quickstart.html>]
    - Web Processing Service
  * /52°North SOS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/52nSOS_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/52nSOS_quickstart.html>]
    - Sensor Observation Service
  * /TinyOWS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/tinyows_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/tinyows_quickstart.html>]
    - WFS-T Service
  * /ZOO-Project/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/zoo-project_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/zoo-project_quickstart.html>]
    - Web Processing Service

    Data Stores

Storing spatial data:

  * /PostGIS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/postgis_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/postgis_quickstart.html>]
    - Spatial Database
  * /SpatiaLite/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/spatialite_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/spatialite_quickstart.html>]
    - Lightweight Database
  * /Rasdaman/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/rasdaman_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/rasdaman_quickstart.html>]
    - Multi-Dimensional Raster Database
  * /pgRouting/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/pgrouting_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/pgrouting_quickstart.html>]
    - Routing for PostGIS

    Navigation and Maps

  * /GpsDrive/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/gpsdrive_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/gpsdrive_quickstart.html>]
    - GPS Navigation
  * /GpsPrune/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/gpsprune_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/gpsprune_quickstart.html>]
    - View, Edit and Convert GPS Tracks
  * /OpenCPN/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/opencpn_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/opencpn_quickstart.html>]
    - Marine GPS Chartplotter
  * /OpenStreetMap/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/osm_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/osm_quickstart.html>]
    - OpenStreetMap Tools
  * /Viking/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/viking_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/viking_quickstart.html>]
    - GPS Data Analysis and Viewer

    Spatial Tools

Specific analysis tools:

  * /GeoKettle/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/geokettle_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/geokettle_quickstart.html>]
    - ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Tool
  * /GMT/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/gmt_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/gmt_quickstart.html>]
    - Cartographic Rendering
  * /Mapnik/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mapnik_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mapnik_quickstart.html>]
    - Cartographic Rendering
  * /MapTiler/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/maptiler_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/maptiler_quickstart.html>]
    - Create Map Tiles
  * /OSSIM/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/ossim_overview.html>
    [/Quickstart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/ossim_quickstart.html>]
    - Image Processing
  * /OTB/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/otb_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/otb_quickstart.html>]
    - Image Processing
  * /R for Spatial Data/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/R_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/R_quickstart.html>]
    - Statistical Programming

    Domain Specific GIS

Applications targeted at a specific domain:

  * /Sahana Eden/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/sahana_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/sahana_quickstart.html>]
    - Disaster management
  * /Ushahidi/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/ushahidi_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/ushahidi_quickstart.html>]
    - Mapping and Timeline for events
  * /osgEarth/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/osgearth_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/osgearth_quickstart.html>]
    - 3D Terrain Rendering
  * /MB-System/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mb-system_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mb-system_quickstart.html>]
    - Sea Floor Mapping
  * /Marble/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/marble_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/marble_quickstart.html>]
    - Spinning Globe
  * /zyGrib/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/zygrib_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/zygrib_quickstart.html>]
    - Weather Forecast Maps

    Data

Spatial data sets:

  * /Natural Earth/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/naturalearth_overview.html>
    - Global Data Sets
  * /OSGeo North Carolina, USA Educational dataset/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/nc_dataset_overview.html>
  * /OpenStreetMap/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/osm_dataset_overview.html>
    - Sample extract from OpenStreetMap

    Geospatial Libraries

  * /GDAL/OGR/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/gdal_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/gdal_quickstart.html>]
    - Geospatial Data Translation Tools
  * /JTS Topology Suite (JTS)/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/jts_overview.html>
    - Java Topology Suite
  * /GeoTools/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/geotools_overview.html>
    - Java GIS Toolkit
  * /GEOS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/geos_overview.html>
    - C/C++ Spatial Library
  * /MetaCRS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/metacrs_overview.html>
    - Coordinate Reference System Transformations
  * /libLAS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/liblas_overview.html>
    - LiDAR Data Access

    Other software of interest (not available Live)

Available on microsoft windows only:

  * /MapWindow GIS/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mapwindow_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mapwindow_quickstart.html>]
    - Microsoft Windows based Desktop GIS

Available from prior OSGeo-Live releases:

  * /MapGuide Open Source/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/mapguide_overview.html>
    - [/QuickStart/
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/mapguide_quickstart.html>]
    - Web Service, not included after OSGeo-Live 5.0
  * Geopublisher <http://en.geopublishing.org/Geopublisher> - Catalogue,
    retired after OSGeo-Live 6.0
  * AtlasStyler <http://en.geopublishing.org/AtlasStyler> - Style
    Editor, retired after OSGeo-Live 6.0

    Windows and Apple Installers

Included on the full OSGeo-Live image:

  * Microsoft Windows Installers
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/WindowsInstallers/>
  * Apple OSX Installers
    <http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/MacInstallers/>

On 10/12/12 09:24, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
>
>
> On 9 December 2012 19:24, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     As I'm reviewing the OSGeo-Live overview contents [1], I think
>     that we should be recategorising some of the projects. Here are my
>     suggestions
>
>     Rasdaman - Move from Databases to Web Services (I understand it is
>     best described as a WCS)
>
>     GDAL - Move from "Spatial Tools" to "Geospatial Libraries"
>
>     OSSIM - Move from "Desktop" to "Spatial Tools"
>
>     Geopublisher & AtlasStyler - Move from "Desktop" to a new "Prior
>     OSGeoLive Projects" section
>
>     Any objections or other suggestions?
>
>     [1]
>     http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/overview.html
>
>
>  Some thoughts:
>
> 1. "Browser Clients" doesn't seem a very informative or accurate 
> description of the projects listed, several of which have server-side 
> components. "Web Mapping and GIS" might be better. Or something else.
>
> 2. "Databases" might be better as "Spatial Data Storage and 
> Management". I'd take pgRouting off that category.
>
> 3. I'd take everything after SAGA (ie OSSIM onwards) off the Desktop 
> GIS category, so that this category is purely general purpose GIS 
> packages. OSSIM, Geopublisher, AtlasStyler, osgEarth, and MB-System 
> are not 'Desktop GIS' as understood by your average GIS person...
>
> 4. Create a new category of specialised ('vertical'?) applications, 
> containing such as: zyGrib, OpenCPN, MB-System and possibly Ushahidi 
> and Sahana Eden.
>
> 5. Put pgRouting and the remaining GPS-related packages into a 
> Tracking and Routing category.
>
> 6. Think maybe a categorical index is a bit simplistic and maybe we 
> should just tag everything instead.
>
> 7. Wonder why OSSIM and OTB are in different categories and think it's 
> getting late I should just go to bed instead.
>
> Barry
>
>
>

-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
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