Live GIS Disc Press Release 17

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=OSGeo-Live 4.5 released=

28 March 2011

Version 4.5 of the OSGeo Live GIS software collection has been released, along with a 25 minute video describing the 42 contributing GeoSpatial Open Source applications.

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.


 * Homepage: http://live.osgeo.org


 * Video: TBD

Highlights

 * 45 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

Packages

 * 52º North SOS (Sensor Observation Service) 3.1.1
 * 52º North WPS (Web Processing Service) 2.0 RC6
 * AtlasStyler (Feature Style Editor) 1.6
 * deegree (Web Services) 2.3
 * GDAL/OGR (GeoSpatial Data Translation Tools) 1.7.3
 * GeoKettle (Business Intelligence) 3.2.0-20090609
 * Geomajas (Browser GIS Client) 1.8
 * GeoNetwork (Metadata Catalog) 2.6.3
 * Geopublisher (Electronic Library Manager) 1.6
 * GeoServer (Web Service) 2.1rc1
 * GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) 4.5.1
 * GpsDrive (GPS Navigation Software) 2.11
 * GRASS GIS (Fully featured GIS) 6.4.0
 * gvSIG Desktop (Desktop GIS) 1.10
 * Kosmo Desktop (Desktop GIS) 2.0
 * Mapbender (Geoportal Framework) 2.7
 * MapFish (Web Mapping Framework) 2.0
 * MapGuide Open Source (Web Service) 2.2.0
 * Mapnik (Cartographic rendering engine) 0.7.0
 * MapServer (Web Service) 5.6.6
 * MapTiler (Tiled Map Publishing) 1.0beta2
 * Marble (3D desktop globe) 0.9.5
 * MB-System (Sea floor mapping) 5.2.1880
 * OpenCPN (Marine GPS navigation) 2.3.1
 * OpenJUMP GIS (Desktop GIS) 1.4.0.1
 * OpenLayers (Browser GIS Client) 2.10
 * osgEarth (Terrain rendering toolkit) 2.0
 * OpenStreetMap (Tools for mapping the world) 3751
 * OSSIM (Image Processing) 1.8.10
 * OTB - ORFEO Toolbox Library (Image Processing) 3.8.0
 * pgRouting (GIS Tools) 1.05
 * PostGIS (Spatial Database) 1.5.2
 * Prune (GPS Track Editing) 10-1 Lucid
 * Quantum GIS (Desktop GIS) 1.6.0
 * QGIS mapserver (Web Service) 1.6.0
 * Rasdaman (Multi-Dimensional Raster Database) 8.1
 * R Spatial (Statistical Programming) 2.12.1
 * SAGA (Desktop GIS) 2.0.5
 * Sahana (Disaster management) Eden 0.5.3
 * SpatiaLite (Spatial Database) 2.4
 * uDig (Desktop GIS) 1.2.0
 * Ushahidi (Crowd Sourced Event Mapping) 2.0.1
 * Viking (Manage and plot GPS data) 0.9.9
 * ZOO Project (Web Processing Service) 1.2.0
 * zyGrib (Weather forecasting) 3.9.9.1