[Portugal] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-Live 5.0 released - the Open Source Geospatial DVD]

Wed Sep 7 08:31:47 EDT 2011

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> From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-Live 5.0 released - the Open Source
> Geospatial DVD
> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:26:44 +1000
> 
> 
> 
> Version 5.0 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection has been
> released. 
> 
> OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and
> Virtual Machine based upon Ubuntu Linux that is pre-configured with a
> wide variety of robust open source geospatial software. 
> 
> The applications can be trialled without installing anything on your
> computer, simply by booting the computer from the DVD or USB drive. 
> 
> A DVD or USB of OSGeo-Live is being distributed to every delegate at
> the upcoming international conference for Free and Open Source
> Software, http://2011.foss4g.org. 
> 
> 
> Homepage: http://live.osgeo.org
> Highlights
>       * 47 Quality GeoSpatial Open Source applications installed and
>         pre-configured 
>       * Quality free world maps 
>       * One page overviews and quick starts for all applications 
>       * Overviews of key OGC standards 
>       * Translations for Greek, German, Polish, Spanish and Japanese 
> Contents
> Browser Clients 
> 
>       * OpenLayers 2.10 - Browser GIS Client 
>       * Geomajas - 1.8 Browser GIS Client 
>       * Mapbender 2.7.2 - Geoportal Framework 
>       * MapFish 2.2 - Web Mapping Framework 
>       * GeoMoose 2.4 - Web GIS Portal 
> 
> Crisis Management 
> 
>       * Sahana Eden 0.5.5 - Disaster management 
>       * Ushahidi 2.1 - Mapping and Timeline for events 
> 
> Databases 
> 
>       * PostGIS 1.5 - Spatial Database 
>       * SpatiaLite 2.3.1 / 2.4 beta - Lightweight Database 
>       * Rasdaman 8.2 - Multi-Dimensional Raster Database 
>       * pgRouting 1.05 - Routing for PostGIS 
> 
> Desktop GIS 
> 
>       * Quantum GIS (QGIS) 1.7.0 
>       * GRASS GIS 6.4.1 
>       * gvSIG Desktop 1.11 
>       * User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) 1.2.2 
>       * Kosmo Desktop 2.0.1 
>       * OpenJUMP GIS 1.4.0.1 
>       * SAGA 2.0.7 
>       * OSSIM 1.8.6 - Image Processing 
>       * Geopublisher 1.7 - Catalogue 
>       * AtlasStyler 1.7 - Style Editor 
>       * osgEarth 2.0 - 3D Terrain Rendering 
> 
> Navigation and Maps 
> 
>       * GpsDrive 2.11 - GPS Navigation 
>       * Marble 1.0.2 - Spinning Globe 
>       * OpenCPN 2.5.0 - Marine GPS Chartplotter 
>       * OpenStreetMap Tools - JOSM, Merkaartor, Gosmore, Osmarender 
>       * Prune 12 - View, Edit and Convert GPS Tracks 
>       * Viking 9.9.94 - GPS Data Analysis and Viewer 
>       * zyGrib 5.0 - Weather Forecast Maps 
> 
> Spatial Tools 
> 
>       * GeoKettle 2.0-RC1 - ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Tool 
>       * GDAL/OGR 1.8.0 - GeoSpatial Data Translation Tools 
>       * GMT 4.5.2 - Cartographic Rendering 
>       * Mapnik 0.7.1 - Cartographic Rendering 
>       * MapTiler 1.0beta2 - Create Map Tiles 
>       * OTB 3.10 - Image Processing 
>       * R Spatial Task View 2.12.1 - Statistical Programming 
> 
> Web Services 
> 
>       * GeoServer 2.1.1 
>       * MapServer 6.0.1 
>       * deegree 3.0 
>       * GeoNetwork 2.6.4 - Metadata Catalog and Catalog Services for
>         Web 
>       * MapProxy 1.1.1 - Proxy WMS &amp; tile services 
>       * QGIS Server 1.7.0 - Web Map Service 
>       * 52°North WSS 2.2.0 - Web Security Service 
>       * 52°North WPS - 2.0 RC6 - Web Processing Service 
>       * 52°North SOS - 3.2.0 Sensor Observation Service 
>       * TinyOWS 1.0 - WFS-T Service 
>       * ZOO Project 1.0.0 - Web Processing Service 
> 
> Data 
> 
>       * Natural Earth 1.3.1 - Geographic Data Sets 
>       * OSGeo's North Carolina, USA Educational dataset 
>       * OpenStreetMap - Sample extract from OpenStreetMap 
> 
> Geospatial Libraries 
> 
>       * GeoTools - Java GIS Toolkit 
>       * MetaCRS - Coordinate Reference System Transformations 
>       * libLAS - LiDAR Data Access 
> Credits
> Over 80 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging,
> documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in
> building the packaged software. 
> 
> Packagers, documenters and translators include: Activity Workshop,
> Agustín Díez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Alan Boudreault, Alexandre Dube,
> Alex Mandel, Andrea Antonello, Andrea Yanza, Angelos Tzotsos, Anne
> Ghisla, Anton Patrushev, Argyros Argyridis, Astrid Emde, Brian Hamlin,
> Bruno Binet, Cameron Shorter, Christos Iossifidis, Dane Springmeyer,
> Daniel Kastl, David Terrativa, Diego González, Dominik Helle, Eike
> Hinderk Jürrens, Eric Lemoine, Etienne Dube, Fran Boon, François
> Prunayre, Frank Gasdorf, Gavin Treadgold, Gérald Fenoy, Hamish Bowman,
> Haruyuki Seki, Henry Addo, Hernan Olivera, Howard Butler, Ian Turton,
> Jackie Ng, Jan Drewnak, Javier Sanchez, Jesús Gómez, Jim Klassen, Jody
> Garnett, Johan Van de Wauw, Jorge Sanz, José Antonio Canalejo, Judit
> Mays, Klokan Petr Pridal, Kristof Lange, Lance McKee, Lars Lingner,
> Lucía Sanjaime, Mage Whopper, Manuel Grizonnet, Marco Puppin, Mark
> Leslie, Massimo Di Stefano, Mauricio Miranda, Mauricio Pazos, Michael
> Owonibi, Mike Adair, Milena Nowotarska, Nathaniel V. Kelso, Ned
> Horning, Nobusuke Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Òscar Fonts, Otto Dassau,
> Pedro-Juan Ferrer, Pirmin Kalberer, Ricardo Pinho, Ruth Schoenbuchner,
> Samuel Mesa, Sergio Baños, Simon Cropper, Simon Pigot, Stefan A.
> Tzeggai, Stefan Hansen, Steve Lime, Thierry Badard, Thomas Baschetti,
> Trevor Wekel, Valenty Gonzalez, and Yoichi Kayama. 
> 
> 
> Sponsoring organisations:
>       * LISAsoft provides sustaining resources and staff toward the
>         management and packaging of software onto the Live DVD.
>         http://www.lisasoft.com 
>       * Information Center for the Environment at the University of
>         California, Davis provides hardware resources and development
>         support to the OSGeo Live project. http://ice.ucdavis.edu 
>       * The DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure
>         many of the core packages. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis
>         and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS
> -- 
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Director
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> 
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