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Geospatial Archive
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Recent Books on Geospatial Free/Libre Open Source Software
These are recent geospatial books involving free/libre open source software (from 2010 to 2012): PostGIS, OpenStreetMap, OpenLayers, GDAL/OGR and QGIS among others.
Note: Books have affiliate links.
The Geospatial Desktop
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OSGeo-Live 6.0 geospatial distribution available for download
OSGeo live DVD distibution version 6.0 is available. This version i based on Xubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long Term Support).
Download: OSGeo-Live 6.0.
OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive …
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GeoTools 8.1 available for download
GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. Version 8.1 of the library is available:
Get it at: GeoTools: GeoTools 8.1 Released.
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OpenLayers 2.12 download
The OpenLayers 2.12 library for dynamic web maps is available:
OpenLayers 2.12 offers great new features and improvements in various areas:
A new CSS-customizable zoom control.
Sensible projection defaults to ease …
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Open GPS Tracking System 2.4.3 available
Open GPS Tracking System 2.4.3 is available.
Download: Open GPS Tracking System 2.4.3.
OpenGTS™ (“Open GPS Tracking System”) is the first available open source project designed specifically to provide web-based …
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GeoMoose 2.6 Released
GeoMOOSE (http://www.geomoose.org) is an open source web application framework for displaying geographic data.
Some new features to GeoMOOSE 2.6 include:
Updated OpenLayers version (2.11)
Integrated Dojo javascript library
Updated website and documentation
Addition …
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Open GPS Tracking System version 2.4.2 available
Version 2.4.2 of the OpenGTS project has been released:
Open GPS Tracking System – Browse /server-base/2.4.2 at SourceForge.net.
OpenGTS (Open Source GPS Tracking System) is a full featured web-based GPS tracking …
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OpenCPN 3.0.0 available
OpenCPN: A concise ChartPlotter/Navigator. A cross-platform ship-borne GUI application supporting * GPS/GPDS Postition Input * BSB Raster Chart Display * S57 Vector ENChart Display * AIS Input Decoding * …
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QGIS 1.8 Released
The Quantum GIS project (QGIS) announced the release of version 1.8 of their geospatial software:
QGIS 1.8 Release.
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Example of Mapping Open Data With Open GIS
At the Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings blog we found a short but interesting tutorial about Mapping Open Data With Open GIS.
The tutorial shows some notable …
