News Highlights 2007

January

• ILWIS GIS Software Migrates to Open Source
• MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 Released
• FOSS4G in Victoria, Canada, September 24-27, 2007
• GDAL/OGR 1.4.0 Released
• GeoTools 2.3.0 Released

February

• OSGeo Celebrates 1st Anniversary
• FOSS4G 2007 Call for Workshops Reminder
• OpenLayers 2.3 Released
• MapServer 4.10.1 Released
• MOSS4G Project Announcement
• FOSS4G 2007 Call for Workshops

March

• OSGeo Accepted for Google Summer of Code
• MapGuide Open Source helps San Francisco protect the urban forest
• QGIS and FDO Enter OSGeo Incubation
• MapGuide Open Source Graduates Incubation

April

• deegree day 2007 – Call for Papers
• OSGeo Welcomes Sixteen Students for Google Summer of Code
• FOSS4G 2007 Call for Presentations

May

• AWare Systems to extend LibTiff library with support for the new BigTIFF format
• OSGeo Journal Volume 1 Now Available
• Seeking Consultants and Service Organizations

June

• GDAL/OGR 1.4.2 Released
• FOSS4G 2007 Call for Presentations Closes THIS WEEK
• Quantum GIS 0.8.1 Released
• Journal Submissions for Peer Review

July

• FOSS4G 2007 Early Bird Registration Ends FRIDAY
• GRASS GIS releases version 6.2.2

August

• Ominiverdi Desktop LiveCD 2007.1 Released
• FOSS4G Program Finalized - 1 month to go!
• Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations
• FOSS4G 2008 Awarded to Cape Town, South Africa
• OSGeo Board Election Results

September

• Steve Lime Wins Sol Katz GFOSS Award
• MapServer 5.0 Released
• OSGeo Journal Volume 2 Available
• OSGeo Annual Meeting at FOSS4G
• gvSIG Enters OSGeo Incubation
• MapGuide Open Source 1.2.0 Released

October

• OSGeo Announces Request for Proposal for Hosting 2009 Conference
• Mapbender 2.4.3 Released

November

• Italian Local Chapter Formed
• OpenLayers Graduates Incubation
• GEOS Enters OSGeo Incubation
• Francophone Local Chapter Formed

December

• GDAL/OGR 1.5.0 Released
• FOSS4G Proceedings - Journal Vol. 3 Now Available
• GRASS Book 3rd Edition Available