| | 1 | DRAFT |
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| | 3 | = OSGeoLive 14.0 Released = |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | * see also https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeolive-14-0-released/ |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | xx. April 2021 |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | Version 14.0 of the [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeoLive GIS software collection] has been released. |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | == Release Highlights == |
| | 12 | Highlights for this release include: |
| | 13 | * New applications [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/mapcache_overview.html MapCache], [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/geoext_overview.html GeoExt], [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/t-rex_overview.html t-rex], [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/actinia_overview.html actinia]. |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | * Additional Python modules like Fiona, rasterio, cartopy, pandas, geopandas, mappyfile. |
| | 16 | * Improved documentation and four new translations, now supporting: English | Deutsch | Español | Suomen kieli | Français | Italiano | 日本語 | Hungarian |
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| | 18 | |
| | 19 | * Version [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/master/CHANGES.txt updates] to many of the included packages. |
| | 20 | * 100 % translation to hungarian. Zoltán Siki, one of the Hungarian translators, pointed out the need for the translation and will use it at GIS courses at University in Budapest. |
| | 21 | * Command line introduction |
| | 22 | * improved Quuickstart for OSM thanks to Enock |
| | 23 | * VMDK - first time |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | XXX, says "....Thank you OSGeoLive team and congratulations on this release." |
| | 26 | |
| | 27 | OSGeoLive 14 is ready to be used at events,. It will be used at FOSSGIS Konferenz 221 in june (https.//fossgis-konferenz.de/2021) and FOSS4G 2021 in September 2021 (http://foss4g.org). |
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| | 29 | |
| | 30 | == Download == |
| | 31 | Download the OSGeoLive 14.0 image at https://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html |
| | 32 | |
| | 33 | == About OSGeoLive == |
| | 34 | OSGeoLive is a [https://lubuntu.net Lubuntu] based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Virtual Machine, USB and DVD. OSGeoLive is pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which can be trialed without installing anything. |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | It includes: |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | * Close to 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured |
| | 39 | * Free world maps and sample datasets |
| | 40 | * Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each application |
| | 41 | * Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker's script |
| | 42 | * Translations to multiple languages |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | Homepage: https://live.osgeo.org |
| | 45 | |
| | 46 | == Credits == |
| | 47 | |
| | 48 | Hundreds of people have directly helped with OSGeoLive packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged software. Thank you to all involved. |
| | 49 | |
| | 50 | https://live.osgeo.org/en/sponsors.html |
| | 51 | |
| | 52 | == Sponsoring organisations == |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | * [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo - the Open Source Geospatial Foundation] provides development & hosting infrastructure for OSGeoLive and many of the included applications. |
| | 55 | * [http://ice.ucdavis.edu Information Center for the Environment (ICE)] at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support. |
| | 56 | * [http://www.ntua.gr Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens], provides hardware resources and development support. |
| | 57 | * The [https://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/ Debian GIS] and [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS] teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages. |
| | 58 | * [https://okeanos.grnet.gr/ Okeanos] is kindly providing Virtual Machines for building the OSGeoLive iso images. |
