Live GIS Disc Packages

Packages status
The list of Live GIS packages is now in a Google doc spreadsheet

Package wishlist
(for the next version; please volunteer to write an install script and overview/quickstart documentation!)


 * Starspan (Java)
 * http://starspan.projects.atlas.ca.gov/doku/doku.php
 * Contact: Jonathan Greenberg?'
 * concerns: is the project established yet?


 * NASA World Wind: (Java; maybe too toolkitish and not enough of an end user app?)
 * http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov
 * concerns:


 * XCSoar
 * http://www.xcsoar.org
 * Tactical Glider navigation software for a handheld PDA
 * Awaiting native linux release'
 * Contact: Scott Penrose


 * qlandkartegt
 * http://www.qlandkarte.org
 * supports GPS maps in GeoTiff format as well as Garmin's img vector map format. Aims to be a great geodata viewer like QGIS, but without all the expert tools.
 * Already an Ubuntu 10.04 package
 * Contact: ?


 * Opticks
 * http://opticks.org/
 * Opticks is a remote sensing and imagery analysis software platform
 * applied for OSGeo incubation
 * Contact: Dustan Adkins


 * THREDDS
 * THREDDS
 * for cataloging netCDF data
 * Contact: Ethan Davis


 * ncWMS
 * ncWMS
 * for serving netCDF as a WMS
 * Contact: Jon Blower


 * Leaflet
 * A Modern, Lightweight Open-Source JavaScript Library for Interactive Maps by CloudMade
 * http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/


 * GeoTrellis
 * An open source geographic data processing engine for high performance applications.
 * http://www.azavea.com/products/geotrellis


 * Localwiki
 * a local place based wiki software www.localwiki.org
 * Contact: Philip Neustrom


 * Geodjango
 * a python framework for building geo websites, it's what localwiki is built on. Maybe we can copy the existing tutorial which in RST.
 * Contact: Justin Bronn


 * Tilemill
 * Tile building designer
 * Contact: Dane Springmeyer