Live GIS Disc Press Release 61

10 September 2014

DRAFT

Version 9.0 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection has been released, featuring over 50 open source, standards compliant geospatial applications.

Release Highlights

 * 64 bit image support
 * We are now providing both 32 and 64 bit image support


 * Moved to Git
 * We have moved from subversion to git for our version system.


 * Debian packaging
 * We have steadily been moving more of our projects to .deb packaging, which makes it easier to install programs on debian based systems such as OSGeo-Live, and allows application of post-release fixes if required.


 * Applications
 * TBD 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 TBD 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:

TBD

Sponsoring organisations

 * The Open Source Geospatial Foundation provides development & hosting infrastructure for OSGeo-Live and many of the included applications.
 * LISAsoft provides sustaining resources and staff toward management and packaging.
 * Information Center for the Environment (ICE) at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support.
 * Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens, provides hardware resources and development support.
 * The DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages.