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


 * 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


 * 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


 * Opticks
 * Opticks is a remote sensing and imagery analysis software platform
 * applied for OSGeo incubation


 * netCDF utils
 * THREDDS: for cataloging netCDF data
 * ncWMS: for serving this data as a WMS


 * Geos
 * Completed OSGeo Incubation
 * Open Source Geospatial library
 * FrankW has committed to write a Project Overview (and possible quickstart) for osgeolive 6.0
 * http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/


 * 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