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=OSGeo-Live 4.5, the Open Source Geospatial DVD, released=
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Version 5.0 of the [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live GIS software collection] has been released. 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. A DVD or USB of OSGeo-Live is being distributed to every delegate at the upcoming international conference for Free and Open Source Software, http://2011.foss4g.org.
  
28 March 2011
 
 
Version 5.0 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection has been released. 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
 
;Homepage: http://live.osgeo.org
  
 
==Highlights==
 
==Highlights==
  
TBD: update below ...
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* 47 Quality GeoSpatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
 
 
* 45 Quality GeoSpatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
 
 
* Quality free world maps
 
* Quality free world maps
 
* One page overviews and quick starts for all applications
 
* One page overviews and quick starts for all applications
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* Translations for Greek, German, Polish, Spanish and Japanese
 
* Translations for Greek, German, Polish, Spanish and Japanese
  
==Packages==
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==Contents==
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Browser Clients
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* OpenLayers 2.10 - Browser GIS Client
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* Geomajas - 1.8 Browser GIS Client
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* Mapbender 2.7.2 - Geoportal Framework
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* MapFish 2.2 - Web Mapping Framework
 +
* GeoMoose 2.4 - Web GIS Portal
 +
 
 +
Crisis Management
 +
 
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* Sahana Eden 0.5.5 - Disaster management
 +
* Ushahidi 2.1 - Mapping and Timeline for events
 +
 
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Databases
 +
 
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* PostGIS 1.5 - Spatial Database
 +
* SpatiaLite 2.3.1 / 2.4 beta - Lightweight Database
 +
* Rasdaman 8.2 - Multi-Dimensional Raster Database
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* pgRouting 1.05 - Routing for PostGIS
 +
 
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Desktop GIS
 +
 
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* Quantum GIS (QGIS) 1.7.0
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* GRASS GIS 6.4.1
 +
* gvSIG Desktop 1.11
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* User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) 1.2.2
 +
* Kosmo Desktop 2.0.1
 +
* OpenJUMP GIS 1.4.0.1
 +
* SAGA 2.0.7
 +
* OSSIM 1.8.6 - Image Processing
 +
* Geopublisher 1.7 - Catalogue
 +
* AtlasStyler 1.7 - Style Editor
 +
* osgEarth 2.0 - 3D Terrain Rendering
 +
 
 +
Navigation and Maps
  
TBD: Update versions below ...
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* GpsDrive 2.11 - GPS Navigation
 +
* Marble 1.0.2 - Spinning Globe
 +
* OpenCPN 2.5.0 - Marine GPS Chartplotter
 +
* OpenStreetMap Tools - JOSM, Merkaartor, Gosmore, Osmarender
 +
* Prune 12 - View, Edit and Convert GPS Tracks
 +
* Viking 9.9.94 - GPS Data Analysis and Viewer
 +
* zyGrib 5.0 - Weather Forecast Maps
  
* 52º North SOS (Sensor Observation Service) 3.1.1
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Spatial Tools
* 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
 
  
== Credits ==
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* GeoKettle 2.0-RC1 - ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Tool
 +
* GDAL/OGR 1.8.0 - GeoSpatial Data Translation Tools
 +
* GMT 4.5.2 - Cartographic Rendering
 +
* Mapnik 0.7.1 - Cartographic Rendering
 +
* MapTiler 1.0beta2 - Create Map Tiles
 +
* OTB 3.10 - Image Processing
 +
* R Spatial Task View 2.12.1 - Statistical Programming
 +
 
 +
Web Services
 +
 
 +
* GeoServer 2.1.1
 +
* MapServer 6.0.1
 +
* deegree 3.0
 +
* GeoNetwork 2.6.4 - Metadata Catalog and Catalog Services for Web
 +
* MapProxy 1.1.1 - Proxy WMS & tile services
 +
* QGIS Server 1.7.0 - Web Map Service
 +
* 52°North WSS 2.2.0 - Web Security Service
 +
* 52°North WPS - 2.0 RC6 - Web Processing Service
 +
* 52°North SOS - 3.2.0 Sensor Observation Service
 +
* TinyOWS 1.0 - WFS-T Service
 +
* ZOO Project 1.0.0 - Web Processing Service
  
TBD: Update below ...
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Data
  
Over 60 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged software.
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* Natural Earth 1.3.1 - Geographic Data Sets
 +
* OSGeo's North Carolina, USA Educational dataset
 +
* OpenStreetMap - Sample extract from OpenStreetMap
  
Packagers and documenters: Alan Boudreault, Alex Mandel, Alexandre Dube, Andrea Antonello, Anton Patrushev, Astrid Emde, Brian Hamlin, Bruno Binet, Cameron Shorter, Dane Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl, Eike Hinderk Jürrens, Eric Lemoine, Etienne Dube, Fran Boon, François Prunayre, Gavin Treadgold, Gérald Fenoy, Hamish Bowman,
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Geospatial Libraries
Haruyuki Seki, Henry Addo, Ian Turton, Jody Garnett, Johan Van de Wauw, Jorge Sanz, Judit Mays, Klokan Petr Pridal, Kristof Lange, Lance McKee, Manuel Grizonnet, Mark Leslie, Massimo Di Stefano, Michael Owonibi,
 
Nathaniel V. Kelso, Pirmin Kalberer, Ricardo Pinho, Sergio Baños, Simon Pigot, Stefan A. Tzeggai, Stefan Hansen, Thierry Badard and Trevor Wekel
 
  
Translators: Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Angelos Tzotsos, Anne Ghisla, Argyros Argyridis, Astrid Emde, Christos Iossifidis, Daniel Kastl, Haruyuki Seki, Javier Sanchez, Jorge Sanz, Lars Lingner, Marco Puppin, Massimo Di Stefano,
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* GeoTools - Java GIS Toolkit
Milena Nowotaska, Nobusuke Iwasaki, Otto Dassau, Ruth Schoenbuchner,
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* MetaCRS - Coordinate Reference System Transformations
Thomas Baschetti, Valenty Gonzalez and Yoichi Kayama
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* libLAS - LiDAR Data Access
  
Sponsoring institutions:
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== Credits ==
  
LISAsoft provides sustaining resources and staff toward the management and packaging of software onto the Live DVD. http://www.lisasoft.com
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Over 80 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged software.
  
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
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Packagers, documenters and translators include: Activity Workshop, Agustín Díez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Alan Boudreault, Alexandre Dube, Alex Mandel, Andrea Antonello, Andrea Yanza, Angelos Tzotsos, Anne Ghisla, Anton Patrushev, Argyros Argyridis, Astrid Emde, Brian Hamlin, Bruno Binet, Cameron Shorter, Christos Iossifidis, Dane Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl, David Terrativa, Diego González, Dominik Helle, Eike Hinderk Jürrens, Eric Lemoine, Etienne Dube, Fran Boon, François Prunayre, Frank Gasdorf, Gavin Treadgold, Gérald Fenoy, Hamish Bowman, Haruyuki Seki, Henry Addo, Hernan Olivera, Howard Butler, Ian Turton, Jackie Ng, Jan Drewnak, Javier Sanchez, Jesús Gómez, Jim Klassen, Jody Garnett, Johan Van de Wauw, Jorge Sanz, José Antonio Canalejo, Judit Mays, Klokan Petr Pridal, Kristof Lange, Lance McKee, Lars Lingner, Lucía Sanjaime, Mage Whopper, Manuel Grizonnet, Marco Puppin, Mark Leslie, Massimo Di Stefano, Mauricio Miranda, Mauricio Pazos, Michael Owonibi, Mike Adair, Milena Nowotarska, Nathaniel V. Kelso, Ned Horning, Nobusuke Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Òscar Fonts, Otto Dassau, Pedro-Juan Ferrer, Pirmin Kalberer, Ricardo Pinho, Ruth Schoenbuchner, Samuel Mesa, Sergio Baños, Simon Cropper, Simon Pigot, Stefan A. Tzeggai, Stefan Hansen, Steve Lime, Thierry Badard, Thomas Baschetti, Trevor Wekel, Valenty Gonzalez, and Yoichi Kayama.
  
The DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages.
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==Sponsoring organisations==
  
 +
* 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
  
 
[[Category: Live-demo]]
 
[[Category: Live-demo]]

Latest revision as of 05:08, 7 September 2011

OSGeo-Live 5.0 released - the Open Source Geospatial DVD

7 September 2011

Version 5.0 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection has been released. 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. A DVD or USB of OSGeo-Live is being distributed to every delegate at the upcoming international conference for Free and Open Source Software, http://2011.foss4g.org.

Homepage
http://live.osgeo.org

Highlights

  • 47 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

Contents

Browser Clients

  • OpenLayers 2.10 - Browser GIS Client
  • Geomajas - 1.8 Browser GIS Client
  • Mapbender 2.7.2 - Geoportal Framework
  • MapFish 2.2 - Web Mapping Framework
  • GeoMoose 2.4 - Web GIS Portal

Crisis Management

  • Sahana Eden 0.5.5 - Disaster management
  • Ushahidi 2.1 - Mapping and Timeline for events

Databases

  • PostGIS 1.5 - Spatial Database
  • SpatiaLite 2.3.1 / 2.4 beta - Lightweight Database
  • Rasdaman 8.2 - Multi-Dimensional Raster Database
  • pgRouting 1.05 - Routing for PostGIS

Desktop GIS

  • Quantum GIS (QGIS) 1.7.0
  • GRASS GIS 6.4.1
  • gvSIG Desktop 1.11
  • User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) 1.2.2
  • Kosmo Desktop 2.0.1
  • OpenJUMP GIS 1.4.0.1
  • SAGA 2.0.7
  • OSSIM 1.8.6 - Image Processing
  • Geopublisher 1.7 - Catalogue
  • AtlasStyler 1.7 - Style Editor
  • osgEarth 2.0 - 3D Terrain Rendering

Navigation and Maps

  • GpsDrive 2.11 - GPS Navigation
  • Marble 1.0.2 - Spinning Globe
  • OpenCPN 2.5.0 - Marine GPS Chartplotter
  • OpenStreetMap Tools - JOSM, Merkaartor, Gosmore, Osmarender
  • Prune 12 - View, Edit and Convert GPS Tracks
  • Viking 9.9.94 - GPS Data Analysis and Viewer
  • zyGrib 5.0 - Weather Forecast Maps

Spatial Tools

  • GeoKettle 2.0-RC1 - ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) Tool
  • GDAL/OGR 1.8.0 - GeoSpatial Data Translation Tools
  • GMT 4.5.2 - Cartographic Rendering
  • Mapnik 0.7.1 - Cartographic Rendering
  • MapTiler 1.0beta2 - Create Map Tiles
  • OTB 3.10 - Image Processing
  • R Spatial Task View 2.12.1 - Statistical Programming

Web Services

  • GeoServer 2.1.1
  • MapServer 6.0.1
  • deegree 3.0
  • GeoNetwork 2.6.4 - Metadata Catalog and Catalog Services for Web
  • MapProxy 1.1.1 - Proxy WMS & tile services
  • QGIS Server 1.7.0 - Web Map Service
  • 52°North WSS 2.2.0 - Web Security Service
  • 52°North WPS - 2.0 RC6 - Web Processing Service
  • 52°North SOS - 3.2.0 Sensor Observation Service
  • TinyOWS 1.0 - WFS-T Service
  • ZOO Project 1.0.0 - Web Processing Service

Data

  • Natural Earth 1.3.1 - Geographic Data Sets
  • OSGeo's 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

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: Activity Workshop, Agustín Díez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Alan Boudreault, Alexandre Dube, Alex Mandel, Andrea Antonello, Andrea Yanza, Angelos Tzotsos, Anne Ghisla, Anton Patrushev, Argyros Argyridis, Astrid Emde, Brian Hamlin, Bruno Binet, Cameron Shorter, Christos Iossifidis, Dane Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl, David Terrativa, Diego González, Dominik Helle, Eike Hinderk Jürrens, Eric Lemoine, Etienne Dube, Fran Boon, François Prunayre, Frank Gasdorf, Gavin Treadgold, Gérald Fenoy, Hamish Bowman, Haruyuki Seki, Henry Addo, Hernan Olivera, Howard Butler, Ian Turton, Jackie Ng, Jan Drewnak, Javier Sanchez, Jesús Gómez, Jim Klassen, Jody Garnett, Johan Van de Wauw, Jorge Sanz, José Antonio Canalejo, Judit Mays, Klokan Petr Pridal, Kristof Lange, Lance McKee, Lars Lingner, Lucía Sanjaime, Mage Whopper, Manuel Grizonnet, Marco Puppin, Mark Leslie, Massimo Di Stefano, Mauricio Miranda, Mauricio Pazos, Michael Owonibi, Mike Adair, Milena Nowotarska, Nathaniel V. Kelso, Ned Horning, Nobusuke Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Òscar Fonts, Otto Dassau, Pedro-Juan Ferrer, Pirmin Kalberer, Ricardo Pinho, Ruth Schoenbuchner, Samuel Mesa, Sergio Baños, Simon Cropper, Simon Pigot, Stefan A. Tzeggai, Stefan Hansen, Steve Lime, Thierry Badard, Thomas Baschetti, Trevor Wekel, Valenty Gonzalez, and Yoichi Kayama.

Sponsoring organisations