Live GIS Disc Press Release 1

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=What should be included in the next GIS Live DVD?=

15 December 2009

We are planning two Arramagong GIS Live DVD releases during 2010 and are would like to know what applications and functionality people would like to contribute.

Arramagong includes a stack of popular GeoSpatial Open Source Applications including:
 * deegree
 * GDAL
 * GeoKettle
 * GeoNetwork
 * GeoServer
 * GpsDrive
 * GRASS
 * gvSIG
 * Kosmo
 * Mapfish
 * Mapnik
 * Mapserver
 * MapTiler
 * Marble
 * MB System
 * Open Jump
 * Open Layers
 * pgRouting
 * PostGIS
 * PROJ.4
 * QuantumGIS
 * uDig

Arramagong is based on XUbuntu and GISVM, and allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is currently available as:
 * A Live DVD, which is regularly handed out at conferences, most recently being given to all delegates at the 2009 FOSS4G conference.
 * A Virtual Machine
 * Within a web browser from Click2Try: http://www.click2try.com/catalog/Web-Development/Geospatial/Arramagong-GISVM/details

Milestones

 * 24 Jan 2010: Version 3.0 Feature Freeze
 * 07 Mar 2010: Version 3.0 Final Release
 * 05 Jul 2010: Version 4.0 Feature Freeze
 * 16 Aug 2010: Version 4.0 Final Release (ready for FOSS4G 2010)

Ideas for future releases

 * Upgrade to Xubuntu 9.10

Should we find sufficient volunteers, we would like to address the following:


 * Upgrade packages to latest versions
 * Incorporate new Geospatial packages
 * General cleanup of existing image
 * Incorporate help, tutorials, and training material
 * Apply internationalisation

Interested?
Please contact our mailing list at: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo or contact me directly at: cameronD O TshorterATlisasoftD O Tcom.