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!)

Starspan

(Java)

http://starspan.projects.atlas.ca.gov/doku/doku.php

ZyGrib

Weather forecast visualization (1.4mb installed)

zygrib-maps package: 180mb installed

http://www.zygrib.org/

http://packages.ubuntu.com/zygrib

apt-get --assume-yes install zygrib

NASA World Wind

(Java)

http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov

OpenStreetMap's osmrender .osm to .svg renderer

(pick perl or xslt version)

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmarender

http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/osmarender

Viking

(GPS data editor, analyzer and viewer; 1.5mb installed)

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/

http://packages.ubuntu.com/viking

Included Data

The following data was included on the 2008 Arramagong Live DVD and is being considered for the FOSS4G 2009 DVD.

Data	Location	Notes
Alaska	/usr/local/share/qgis_sample_data	The Alaska Dataset is a free dataset including raster and vector data for the state of Alaska, as well as boundary polygons for neighbouring countries. The Alaskan state boundary is also available in the PostGIS database test.
Australian	postgres database	The Australian Dataset consists of low-scale vector data for australian roads, rails and rivers, as well as political boundary shapes Australia and surrounding areas.
Blue Marble	/usr/local/share/bluemarble	Blue Marble is the blue marble.
Spearfish	/usr/local/share/datagrass	The spearfish demo is provided in GRASS compatible formats.