Live GIS Disc Press Release 29

= OSGeo-Live 6.0 released =

20 August 2012

Version 6.0 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection and accompanying Lightening Presentation, has been released, ready for distribution at a large number of geospatial conferences and workshops from around the world.

Release Highlights

 * Translations
 * There has been significant activity translating OSGeo-Live documentation, with core documents available in 10 languages, and comprehensive translations for many other languages. Languages available include: English, Spanish, Catalan (new), French (new), German, Italian (new), Polish, Greek, Chinese (new), Korean (new), Japanese


 * OpenJDK 7
 * All OSGeo-Live java applications have successfully been migrated to OpenJDK 7. This move to OpenJDK has been driven by Oracle's announcement that Sun Java is no longer allowed to be distributed in Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, or OSGeo-Live.


 * Xubuntu 12.04 LTS
 * Upgraded to be based upon Xubuntu 12.04 LTS.

About OSGeo-Live
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. The lightening overview introduces all these applications, and hence provides a comprehensive introduction to the breadth of Geospatial Open Source.


 * http://live.osgeo.org

It includes:


 * 50 Quality Geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
 * Quality free world maps and geodata
 * One page overviews and quick start guides for all applications
 * Overviews of key OGC standards
 * Translations for Greek, German, Polish, Spanish and Japanese

Contents
Browser Clients


 * OpenLayers - Browser GIS Client
 * Geomajas - Browser GIS Client
 * Mapbender - Geoportal Framework
 * MapFish - Web Mapping Framework
 * GeoMoose - Web GIS Portal

Crisis Management


 * Sahana Eden - Disaster management
 * Ushahidi - Mapping and Timeline for events

Databases


 * PostGIS - Spatial Database
 * SpatiaLite - Lightweight Database
 * Rasdaman - Multi-Dimensional Raster Database
 * pgRouting - Routing for PostGIS

Desktop GIS


 * Quantum GIS (QGIS)
 * GRASS GIS
 * gvSIG Desktop
 * User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig)
 * Kosmo Desktop
 * OpenJUMP GIS
 * SAGA
 * OSSIM - Image Processing
 * Geopublisher - Catalogue
 * AtlasStyler - Style Editor
 * osgEarth - 3D Terrain Rendering
 * MB-System - Sea Floor Mapping

Navigation and Maps


 * GpsDrive - GPS Navigation
 * Marble - Spinning Globe
 * OpenCPN - Marine GPS Chartplotter
 * OpenStreetMap - OpenStreetMap Tools
 * Prune - View, Edit and Convert GPS Tracks
 * Viking - GPS Data Analysis and Viewer
 * zyGrib - Weather Forecast Maps

Spatial Tools


 * GeoKettle - ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Tool
 * GDAL/OGR - Geospatial Data Translation Tools
 * GMT - Cartographic Rendering
 * Mapnik - Cartographic Rendering
 * MapTiler - Create Map Tiles
 * OTB - Image Processing
 * R Spatial Task View - Statistical Programming

Web Services


 * GeoServer
 * MapServer
 * deegree
 * GeoNetwork - Metadata Catalogue
 * pycsw - Metadata Catalogue
 * MapProxy - Proxy WMS & tile services
 * QGIS Server - Web Map Service
 * 52°North WSS - Web Security Service
 * 52°North WPS - Web Processing Service
 * 52°North SOS - Sensor Observation Service
 * TinyOWS - WFS-T Service
 * ZOO Project - Web Processing Service

Data


 * Natural Earth - Geographic Data Sets
 * OSGeo 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

Other software of interest (not available Live)


 * MapWindow GIS - Microsoft Windows based GIS
 * MapGuide Open Source - Web Service

Where to find OSGeo-Live
You can pick up an OSGeo-Live DVD or USB and/or see the presentation at:

TBD: Update this list
 * 1) Our http://live.osgeo.org website

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:

TBD: Update this list ...

Sponsoring organisations

 * The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) provides the primary development & hosting infrastructure and personnel for the project, and for many of the software teams which contribute to it.


 * 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