[Live-demo] OSGeo-Live 9.0 Released

[Angelos Tzotsos]

15 September 2014

Version 9.0 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection
<http://live.osgeo.org> has been released, featuring over 50 open source,
standards compliant geospatial applications.
Release Highlights 64 bit architecture support We are now providing both 32
and 64 bit architecture support. The Virtual Machine version has moved to
64 bit architecture. Moved to Git We have moved from subversion to git
<https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive> for our version system. Debian
packaging We have steadily been moving more of our projects to .deb
packaging <https://launchpad.net/%7Eosgeolive>, which makes it easier to
install programs on debian based systems such as OSGeo-Live, and allows
application of post-release fixes
<https://launchpad.net/%7Eosgeolive/+archive/ubuntu/release-9.0/+packages>
if required. Applications 32 geospatial programs have been updated to newer
versions. About OSGeo-Live

OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and Virtual
Machine, pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which
can be trialled without installing anything. It includes:

   - Over 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
   - Overviews of key OGC standards
   - Translations to multiple languages

Homepage: http://live.osgeo.org

Download details: http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

Post release glitches collected here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc/Errata/9.0
Credits

Over 180 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging, documenting
and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged
software.

Developers, packagers, documenters and translators include:

Activity Workshop, Agustín Dí­ez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Alan Beccati, Alan
Boudreault, Alessandro Furieri, Alex Mandel, Alexander Bruy, Alexander
Kleshnin, Alexander Muriy, Alexandre Dube, Alexey Ardyakov, Amy Gao, Andrea
Antonello, Andrea Yanza, Andrey Syrokomskiy, Andry Rustanto, Angelos
Tzotsos, Anna Muñoz, Anton Novichikhin, Anton Patrushev, Antonio Falciano,
Antonio Santiago, Argyros Argyridis, Ariel Núñez, Assumpció Termens, Astrid
Emde, Balasubramaniam Natarajan, Barry Rowlingson, Benjamin Pross, Brian
Hamlin, Bruno Binet, Bu Kun, Cameron Shorter, Christophe Tufféry, Christos
Iossifidis, Cristhian Pin, Damian Wojsław, Dane Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl,
Danilo Bretschneider, Daria Svidzinska, David Mateos, Denis Rykov, Diego
González, Diego Migliavacca, Dimitar Misev, Dmitry Baryshnikov, Dominik
Helle, Edgar Soldin, Eike Hinderk Jürrens, Elena Mezzini, Eric Lemoine,
Erika Pillu, Estela Llorente, Etienne Delay, Etienne Dube, Evgeny Nikulin,
Fabian Schindler, Fran Boon, François Prunayre, Frank Gasdorf, Frank
Warmerdam, Friedjoff Trautwein, Gavin Treadgold, Giuseppe Calamita, Grald
Fenoy, Grigory Rozhentsov, Guy Griffiths, Hamish Bowman, Haruyuki Seki,
Henry Addo, Hernan Olivera, Hirofumi Hayashi, Howard Butler, Hungary,
Hyeyeong Choe, Ian Edwards, Ian Turton, Ilya Filippov, Jackie Ng, Jan
Drewnak, Jane Lewis, Javier Rodrigo, Javier Sánchez, Jesús Gómez, Jim
Klassen, Jing Wang, Jinsongdi Yu, Jody Garnett, Johan Van de Wauw, John
Bryant, Jorge Arévalo, Jorge Sanz, José Antonio Canalejo, José Vicente
Higón, Judit Mays, Klokan Petr Pridal, Ko Nagase, Kristof Lange, kuzkok,
Lance McKee, Larry Shaffer, Lars Lingner, Luca Delucchi, Lucía Sanjaime, M
Iqnaul Haq Siregar, Mage Whopper, Manuel Grizonnet, Marc Torres, Marc-André
Barbeau, Marco Curreli, Marco Puppin, Margherita Di Leo, Maria
Vakalopoulou, Mario Andino, Mark Leslie, Markus Neteler, Massimo Di
Stefano, Matteo De Stefano, Matthias Streulens, Mauricio Miranda, Mauricio
Pazos, Maxim Dubinin, Micha Silver, Michaël Michaud, Michael Owonibi, Mike
Adair, Milena Nowotarska, Nacho Varela, Nadiia Gorash, Nathaniel V. Kelso,
Ned Horning, Nobusuke Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Òscar Fonts, Otto Dassau,
Pasquale Di Donato, Patric Hafner, Paul Meems, Pavel, Pedro-Juan Ferrer,
Pirmin Kalberer, Raf Roset, Regina Obe, Ricardo Pinho, Roald de Wit,
Roberta Fagandini, Roberto Antolin, Roberto Antolí­n, Robin Lovelace, Roger
Veciana, Ruth Schoenbuchner, Samuel Mesa, Scott Penrose, Sergey Grachev,
Sergey Popov, Sergio Baños, Simon Cropper, Simon Pigot, Stefan A. Tzeggai,
Stefan Hansen, Stefan Steiniger, Stephan Meissl, Steve Lime, Takayuki
Nuimura, Thierry Badard, Thomas Baschetti, Thomas Gratier, Tom Kralidis,
Toshikazu Seto, Trevor Wekel, Valenty González, Vera, Xianfeng Song, Yoichi
Kayama, Zhengfan Lin, Zoltan Siki
Sponsoring organisations

   - The Open Source Geospatial Foundation <http://www.osgeo.org> provides
   development & hosting infrastructure for OSGeo-Live and many of the
   included applications.
   - LISAsoft <http://www.lisasoft.com> provides sustaining resources and
   staff toward management and packaging.
   - Information Center for the Environment (ICE) <http://ice.ucdavis.edu>
   at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and
   development support.
   - Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of
   Athens <http://www.ntua.gr>, provides hardware resources and development
   support.
   - The Debian GIS <https://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/> and UbuntuGIS
   <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS> teams provide and quality-assure
   many of the core packages.
   - Okeanos <https://okeanos.grnet.gr/> is kindly providing Virtual
   Machines for building the OSGeoLive iso images.
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