FOSS4G 2008 LiveDVD

Goal

To create a live CD\DVD with as much OSGEO software as possible to be used in workshops, as handouts at conferences and to demonstrate a full functioning FOSS GIS stack.

Download

Download the live DVD from here: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/ .

FOSS4G 2008 LiveDVD Contents

Applications:

GeoServer 1.6.4	GDAL 1.5.0	GRASS 6.3.0
gvSIG 1.1.1	Java 1.6.0	PgAdmin 1.6.3
PostGIS 1.3.1	PostgreSQL 8.3.1	Proj 4.5.0
QGIS 0.11.0	R 2.4.1

Windows Installers:

FWTools 2.2.1	gvSIG 1.1.1
ms4w 2.2.8	QGIS 0.11.0
WinGRASS 6.3.0

Data:

North Carolina GRASS Dataset	QGIS Alaskan Dataset	Spearfish
Tasmania Dataset	US States	NYC Dataset

Development

Communication

Communication on the Debian GIS list
IRC will be on irc://freenode.net#osgeo
Logs:
- Kickoff discussion

What exists as of September, 11 2008

Authors	Distro Base	Packages	Building tool	Link
Camptocamp	Ubuntu:	MapGuideOS, adding MapFish, and SDI ?
LisaSoft	Ubuntu	PostGIS, geoserver, gvsig	LISAsoft-LiveCD process
Ominiverdi	Xubuntu	QGIS, Grass, PostGIS, GDAL, R	UCK	Ominiverdi Edu Live
Gvsig	Knoppix	Postgis, geoserver, deegree, geonetwork		gvsig live

Live DVD for FOSS4G2008

DVD in size (not CD)
Base Distribution: Xubuntu
We will start from the Ominiverdi image
LISAsoft will add Geoserver and hopefully other java packages

Testing

Who did testing	ISO Image	Results	Machines
Cameron Shorter	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha2.iso	Loaded fine, didn't note any problems with images
Alex Mandel	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Loaded ok, no login problems. QGIS ok, sampledata ok, Mapserver appears to be working but the desktop icon doesn't go to anything useful, actually goes to an error page saying that no query was provided. QGIS think the Grass dataset is under the ubuntu user, but the user was changed to demo.	VMWare Beta 2 on Ubuntu 8.04 amd64
Brian Hamlin	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	PGAdmin/psql, QGis Pg layers, ok.. GeoServer MapPreview of Alaska Layer in OpenLayers shows no results??	MacBook, VirtualBox 2 on amd64
Nicol Hermann	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Loading OK. Missing raster layer in gvSIG project, unsure what password to use for postgis ODBC connection during gvSIG startup. I found no logout/shoutdown link on the Desktop. Does this happen intentionally?	Lenovo T60, WLAN was not detected
Lorenzo Becchi	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Autorun fails because directs to index.htm while the file name is index.html index.html offers no link to installers but the text "Prova Livecd"	Windows on VirtualBOX 1.5
Lorenzo Becchi	FOSS4G-2008-LiveDVD-Alpha3_4.iso	Readme file on the last line tells (www.ominiverdi) instead of (www.ominiverdi.org) Mapserver doesn't seem to have a local mapfile to show local data I've made a mapfile for Mapserver: Live_GIS_Disc:mapfile_for_mapserver and added few instruction how to use it. so it can be used by other applications	LiveCD on VirtualBOX 1.5

shellexecute=index.htm
Password is in the Readme on the desktop, maybe we should but it on the desktop by embedding it in the background image?
Logout/shutdown is in the upper right corner, as well as on the main menu.

DVD Burning

Requirements:

Burn onto a DVD
Graphics to be printed onto the other side with a suitable logo and contents. A simple one colour print run will be sufficient.
Target print run of at least 100. If budget permits, 250 would be better. It would be good to give one to all local delegates who want one.

Timeline:

We need to know when we need to hand over the ISO image so that it can be burned.
The more time we have, the more testing we can do on the image and the more polished it will be.
- We can hand the image over on Tuesday 23 September, but would prefer if we had till Thursday 2 October.

Potential Printers:

The 2008 Local Organising Committee have provided the following details for burning DVDs and printing: FOSS4G_2008_Media_Facilities

From the 2008 Local Organising Committee:

Heindrich Du Plessis
Burnie / Inge, have a list of service providers that is being used for the conference CDs?

Tim Bowden has found someone as well ...

Build Process

LiveCD for FOSS4G2008 Schedule

Date	Milestone	Responsible
Fr 12 Sept	~~IRC kickoff meeting~~
Fr 19 Sept	~~Draft ISO to be released for testing (feature freeze)~~
We 24 Sept	~~Final ISO complete~~
Th 25 Sept	Burn CDs	Tim Bowden
Mo 29 Sept	FOSS4G 2008 Starts

Who's helping

LISAsoft can provide equivalent of 1 resource, split between Mark Leslie, Stefan Hansen, Volker Mische, & Cameron Shorter.
jsanz, chevi
wildintellect have offered 2 days
Tim Bowden is looking into CD burning
Luca Casagrande and Ominiverdi Family
HamishBowman can provide DebianGIS integration help
... (add your name)

Long Term Plan

Not discussed yet. To be considered at the FOSS4G BOF (and irc hookup for those not present) http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_BOF_Sessions#Room_2.60a

Suggestions:

Next updated release for GIS Day 2008, November 19th
- Include QGIS 1.0
Addition of some more python tools:
- OGR
- Shapely
- Featureserver
- Tilecache
Add JTS-1.8.0, with a script to launch the TestBuilder as a demo

Links to related projects

DebianGIS Live Image

build scripts in SVN

Live GIS Disc

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