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GIS Live DVD is a type of the thematic Live CDs containing GIS/RS

Remote sensing

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth by means of propagated signals Remote sensing...

applications and related tutorials, and sample data sets. The general sense of a GIS Live DVD is to demonstrate the power of FLOSS

Floss

Floss may refer to:* Dental floss, used to clean teeth* Embroidery thread, machine or hand-spun yarn for embroidery* Fairy floss or candyfloss, alternative names for cotton candy* Rousong, i.e. meat floss-Computing:...

GIS and encourage users to start on FLOSS GIS. However a disc can be used GIS data processing

Data processing

Computer data processing is any process that a computer program does to enter data and summarise, analyse or otherwise convert data into usable information. The process may be automated and run on a computer. It involves recording, analysing, sorting, summarising, calculating, disseminating and...

and training too. A disc usually includes some selected Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

based or Wine (software)

Wine (software)

Wine is a free software application that aims to allow computer programs written for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. Wine also provides a software library, known as Winelib, against which developers can compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like...

enabled Windows applications for GIS and Remote Sensing

Remote sensing

use. Using this disc the end users can execute GIS functions to get experience in Free and open source software

Free and open source software

Free and open-source software or free/libre/open-source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code...

solutions or solve some simple business operations. The set-up and the operating behaviour of the applications can be studed too prior to building real FLOSS GIS based systems. Recently a LiveDVD image is stored and booted from USB (Live USB

Live USB

A live USB is a USB flash drive or a USB external hard disk drive containing a full operating system that can be booted. Live USBs are closely related to live CDs, but sometimes have the ability to persistently save settings and permanently install software packages back onto the USB device...

Use Cases

There can be multiple use cases:

Demonstration of one or more GIS applications or data
The disc contains preconfigured applications with some GIS data and introductory tutorials. It is used at workshops or meetings to demonstrate the capabilities of one or more GIS applications or data sets or results of projects that applied FLOSS
Floss
Floss may refer to:* Dental floss, used to clean teeth* Embroidery thread, machine or hand-spun yarn for embroidery* Fairy floss or candyfloss, alternative names for cotton candy* Rousong, i.e. meat floss-Computing:...

GIS. It makes possible the stand alone operation using the pre-installed tutorial and sample data. The performance is critical especially the time behaviour. Usually a demonstration disc tends to promote a project so the user friendliness and correctness are critical too.
Evaluation of GIS applications
The objective is to provide a simple use and compact environment for evaluating and/or benchmarking applications or data sets. It has a similar built to a demonstration disc however it needs more flexibility in using external data and access to network. The time behaviour and the performance is less critical since is highly likely the disc is run in a virtual machine
Virtual machine
A virtual machine is a "completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system". Modern virtual machines are implemented with either software emulation or hardware virtualization or both together.-VM Definitions:A virtual machine is a software...

. The user-friendliness is less important since the evaluation is done by professional usually.
Education
Primary aim of this disc is to support of certain GIS training that is based on an established curricula. It can be university education or a special training course. The selection of the applications for the disc supports the gathering of the targeted skill. The disc includes the agenda of the course too. Networking and using peripherals such as printer and external disks is important.
Installation
The goal is support the installation of WEB
WEB
WEB is a computer programming system created by Donald E. Knuth as the first implementation of what he called "literate programming": the idea that one could create software as works of literature, by embedding source code inside descriptive text, rather than the reverse , in an order that is...

or Desktop
Desktop
Desktop refers to the surface of a desk.The term has been adopted as an adjective to distinguish office appliances which can be fitted on top of a desk, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor....

applications by users do not have the required skills or the configuration is complex or difficult.
Development Kit for implementing complex customised applications
The goal is provide a package of a tools for GIS/LIS
LIS
LIS may refer to:* LIS programming language* Laboratory information system, databases oriented towards medical laboratories.* Language-independent specification, a programming language specification providing a common interface usable for defining semantics applicable to arbitrary programming...

application development that includes standard software components and business related sample models and codes to support and speed up implementation. The emphases is on the demonstration of system integration and the sample databases and software codes and instruction.
GIS data processing
Theoretically a Thematic Live DVD can be used for supporting real business procedures. A USB version of a Live DVD can be adopted to data collection where it includes a specific set-up, e.g. an IT system for spatial related census.

Creation

The creation is Usually based on an existing Live CD

Live CD

A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

. Some of the GIS and Remote sensing applications are already included in the basic Linux distribution

Linux distribution

A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

. Some other packages has got "ready to install" versions while some others need to be translated from the source code. After having got all applications and related contents (e.g. documentations, sample data) installed the image of the Live DVD is create by the basic distribution provided tools.

Risks and assumptions

The CASCADOSS research project has identified the following risks of disc creation

Shortages of the Incomplete Applications
The developments of several FLOSS products are not completed. There are some never finished products too. However these incomplete products can have extremely useful functionality that makes use in environmental GIS data processing. By adding them to a disc their weaknesses could not be fixed. Moreover in case of some old products the incompatibility, e.g. Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

kernel
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....

is a real risk.
Coexistence Problems
In order to create a disc that includes several applications various sub-packages needs to be installed. These packages are not necessarily compatible. They have different technical approach and quality. Therefore some products cannot coexist smoothly (or at all) with the others on the same Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

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Difficulties with Closed Package Dependent Applications
When the code of an FLOSS product is open then errors and reasons can be identified, the code can be corrected and the binary version can be recompiled. However there are some closed packages, e.g. Sun’s Java Runtime Environment that cannot be diagnosed or modified. Therefore some Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

based and closed package dependent application cannot be installed.
Difficulties Proprietary Hardware Drivers
Several hardware drivers, e.g. video, wireless, printer are proprietary software. The standard Linux drivers can not necessarily manage them correctly. Therefore it is impossible to create a disc that compatible with all PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

s. Especially the notebooks could have problem in running a LiveDVD.
Difficulties with Obsolete Hardware
The Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

kernel
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....

is continuously evolving so some older hardware are not supported in a standard way so it is not possible to support them on a disc.
Legal Risks (a plethora of different FLOSS licences)
The complex dependency of packages can result conflicts of different FLOSS
Floss
Floss may refer to:* Dental floss, used to clean teeth* Embroidery thread, machine or hand-spun yarn for embroidery* Fairy floss or candyfloss, alternative names for cotton candy* Rousong, i.e. meat floss-Computing:...

licences. Several package needs to be changed recompiled and some dependent packages needs to be replaced by a functionally equivalent that can have incompatible licence. Therefore some FLOSS project could complain for removing their package from the Live CD
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

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Licence or Patent violations
Some FLOSS products depend on proprietary package some others have code that can violate patents or related rights of some firms. Since the broad national differences in related rights the violation depends on where the Live CD
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

is run. Therefore some right owners could complain for removing some package from the Live CD
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

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Exceeding available room
FLOSS GIS/Remote sensing
Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth by means of propagated signals Remote sensing...

/Environmental applications have a large amount of sample, demonstration and training data sets. Installing all the data could easily result too large amount of data that cannot be burnt to a CD or DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

. Therefore some data sets might be excluded from the media.
Poor I18n support in the GIS/Remote sensing
Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the use of aerial sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth by means of propagated signals Remote sensing...

applications
The I18n stands for the internationalisation in IT applications. Unfortunately several applications do not care the international use of applications that makes hard or impossible the use of national characters or integrating an application to a national version of an operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...

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Unfamiliarity of Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

Most of the PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

users are inflexible to turn to any different operating system. Therefore a Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

based application can be strange for them since it has a different habit then well known products. Moreover the terminal based operation is unacceptable for most of the end-users.
Quality Problems of the Basic Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

Are Hardy Manageable
As all software products the Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

s have bugs and failures. These problems have a direct impact on any Live CD
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

and cannot be haandndled as part of a Live CD
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

creation that is focused on applications and not the functions of the operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...

.

Functions

The following diagram presents a general Function Means Tree

Function Means Tree

In engineering design, a function/means tree is a method for functional decomposition and concept generation. At the top level main functions are identified. Under each function, a means is attached. Alternative solution elements can also be attached...

of the GIS LiveDVDs.

Installation
The ability to isntall comes from the basic Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

usually. To keep this feature of the basic Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

the thematic content needs to be stored according to the standards of the basic distribution. As part of the installation the system makes an updete that can spoil the set-up of the added applications. In order the fully reserve this feature repositories must be created and regularly maintenained for all the installed applications.
Standard functions of the operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...

This is provided by the basic Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

usually. Use of resources and periferals must be adjusted to the needs of the installed application. The tools are available for experienced users to correct the set-up or customise Live CD while it is in use.
Office applications
This means an Office suite
Office suite
In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of programs intended to be used by knowledge workers...

that makes possible to run slides, editing texts and images.
GIS Applications specific functions
This covers information contect, tutorials, user guides, etc. and the functions provided by the GIS applications. It has sense to divide applications to desk top, server and terminal based tools.

ArcheOS

Primary use is demonstration. Distributor: Arc-Team Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. Basic Operating system: Kubuntu

Kubuntu

Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the Unity graphical environment. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to install both the KDE Plasma Desktop as well as the Unity desktop on...

, 2007, Software included: AutoQ3D

AutoQ3D

AutoQ3D Community is an OpenGL based free software cad used for 3D modeling and texturing. The main objective of this software development is to take the hassle and complexity for sketching and drawing in 3D. AutoQ3D Community is not a professional CAD program and it is focused to beginners who...

, OpenJUMP GIS

JUMP GIS

JUMP is a Java based vector GIS and programming framework. Current development continues under the OpenJUMP name.-Features:* platform independent * reads and writes ESRI Shapefile, GML files, DXF and PostGIS...

, XvidCap

XVidCap

XVidCap is free software used for recording a screencast or digital recording of an X Window System screen output with an audio narration. Screen capture tools are very handy for developers to document software and installation procedures...

, QCAD

QCad

QCad is a computer-aided design software package for 2D design and drafting. It is available for Linux, Mac OS X, Unix and Microsoft Windows....

, Saga

Saga

Sagas, are stories in Old Norse about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, etc.Saga may also refer to:Business*Saga DAB radio, a British radio station*Saga Airlines, a Turkish airline*Saga Falabella, a department store chain in Peru...

, ParaView

ParaView

ParaView is an open source, freely available program for parallel, interactive, scientific visualization. It has a client–server architecture to facilitate remote visualization of datasets, and generates level of detail models to maintain interactive framerates for large datasets. It is an...

, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL, often simply Postgres, is an object-relational database management system available for many platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, MS Windows and Mac OS X. It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT-style license, and is thus free and open source software...

, PostGIS

PostGIS

PostGIS is an open source software program that adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. PostGIS follows the Simple Features for SQL specification from the Open Geospatial Consortium .-Features:...

, JSVR, WhiteDune, Pmapper, GRASS

Grass

Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...

Cascadoss LiveDVD ver 3.0

Primary uses are evaluation and training. Distributor: Compet-Terra Bt. Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

as a member of the CASCADOSS project. Basic distribution: Fedora

Fedora (operating system)

Fedora is a RPM-based, general purpose collection of software, including an operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat...

11. GIS software included: Grass

Grass

, gvSIG

GvSIG

gvSIG is a geographic information system , that is, a desktop application designed for capturing, storing, handling, analyzing and deploying any kind of referenced geographic information in order to solve complex management and planning problems. gvSIG is known for having a user-friendly interface,...

, ivics, ISIS Modelling Software

ISIS Modelling Software

ISIS is a software package which is used for river modelling. Developed by Halcrow Group Limited, it is used throughout the world as an analysis tool for flood risk mapping, flood forecasting and other aspects of flood risk management analysis...

, JUMP GIS

JUMP GIS

, Kosmo

Kosmo

Kosmo is a desktop geographic information system with advanced functions. It is the first of a series of developments that are being made available to the community....

, QGIS, SAGA

SAGA GIS

SAGA GIS is a free and open source geographic information system used for editing spatial data. It was originally developed by a small team at the Department of Physical Geography, University of Göttingen, Germany, and is now being maintained and extended by an international developer...

, Ilwis

ILWIS

ILWIS is a GIS / Remote sensing software for both vector and raster processing. ILWIS features include digitizing, editing, analysis and display of data as well as production of quality maps...

, Spatialite

Spatialite

SpatiaLite is a spatial extension to SQLite, providing vector geodatabase functionality. It is similar to PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, and SQL Server with spatial extensions, although SQLite/SpatiaLite aren't based on client-server architecture: they adopt a simpler personal architecture. i.e...

, GeoNetwork opensource

GeoNetwork opensource

The GeoNetwork opensource project is a free and open source cataloging application for spatially referenced resources. It is a catalog of location-oriented information.-Outline:...

, MapServer

MapServer

MapServer is an open source development environment for building spatially-enabled internet applications. It can run as a CGI program or via MapScript which supports several programming languages . MapServer was developed by the University of Minnesota — so, it is often and more specifically...

, GeoServer

GeoServer

In computing, GeoServer - an open-source server written in Java - allows users to share and edit geospatial data. Designed for interoperability, it publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards...

, Openlayers

OpenLayers

OpenLayers is an open source JavaScript library for displaying map data in web browsers. It provides an API for building rich web-based geographic applications similar to Google Maps and Bing Maps...

, R

R (programming language)

R is a programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians for developing statistical software, and R is widely used for statistical software development and data analysis....

, Postgresql

PostgreSQL

, postgis

PostGIS

, Data included: sample data from Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

and sample data of the applications.

Debian GIS Live image

Primary use is demonstration. Distributor: Software in the Public Interest, Inc., United States of America. Basic distribution: Debian, 2007, GIS Software Included: Qgis 0.8.0-5, earth3d

Earth3D

Earth3D was developed as part of a diploma thesis of Dominique Andre Gunia atBraunschweig University of Technology to display a virtual globe of the earth. It was developed before Google bought Keyhole, Inc and changed their product into Google Earth. Earth3D downloads its data from a server while...

1.0.5-1, mapnik

Mapnik

Mapnik is an open source mapping toolkit, written in C++ and useful for both desktop- and server-based map rendering. One of its many users is the OpenStreetMap project which uses it in combination with an Apache Web Server module to render tiles that make up the OSM 'Slippy Map' Layer...

0.4.0-1, Grass

Grass

6.2.1-3, gpsbabel

GPSBabel

GPSBabel is a cross-platform, free software to transfer routes, tracks, and waypoint data to and from consumer GPS units, and to convert between over a hundred types of GPS data formats...

1.3.3-2, mapserver

MapServer

4.10.2-1, gpsdrive

GpsDrive

GpsDrive is a computer program designed to act as a vehicle navigation system. The program displays its user's position, obtained from an NMEA-capable GPS receiver, on a zoomable map drawn on a computer screen...

2.09-2.2, kflog 2.1.1-3.1, postgis

PostGIS

1.2.1-2

FOSS4G 2009 Live DVD

Primary uses are demonstration, education and installation. Distributor: The Open Source Geospatial Foundation

Open Source Geospatial Foundation

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation , is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies and data. The foundation was formed in February 2006 to provide financial, organizational and legal support to...

, Basic distribution: Ubuntu

Ubuntu (operating system)

Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...

Hardy, 2009, Software included: GDAL/OGR, mapserver

MapServer

, Grass

Grass

, postgis

PostGIS

, pgadmin, grass

Grass

, gdal

GDAL

GDAL is a library for reading and writing raster geospatial data formats, and is released under the permissive X/MIT style free software license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats...

-grass

Grass

plugin, proj, geoserver

GeoServer

, uDig

UDig

uDig is a GIS software program produced by a community led by Canadian-based consulting company Refractions Research. It is based on the Eclipse platform and features full layered Open Source GIS...

, gvSIG

GvSIG

, R

R is the eighteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The original Semitic letter may have been inspired by an Egyptian hieroglyph for tp, "head". It was used for by Semites because in their language, the word for "head" was rêš . It developed into Greek Ρ and Latin R...

-spatial, GeoNetwork opensource

GeoNetwork opensource

The GeoNetwork opensource project is a free and open source cataloging application for spatially referenced resources. It is a catalog of location-oriented information.-Outline:...

FOSS4G 2008 "Practical Introduction to GRASS" workshop Live DVD,

Primary use is education. FOSS4G 2008 "Practical Introduction to GRASS and related software for beginners" Workshop Live DVD. Creator: M. Ciolli, C. Tattoni, P. Zatelli, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Trento, Italy

Italy

. Basic operating system: Kubuntu

Kubuntu

8.04. Software: GRASS GIS 6.2.3 and GRASS GIS 6.4 (snapshot_2008_7_12), R 2.7.0 with GRASS support, QGIS 0.10 with GRASS plugin, PostgreSQL 8.3.8, PostGIS 1.3.3, pgAdminIII 1.8.2, pgagent 1.8.2, GRASS

Grass

tutorial and workshop slides.

GISAK

Primary use is education. Creator: Jan Růžička, František Klíme, Institute of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. Basic distribution: Knoppix, 2006, GIS Software. included: GRASS, Thuban

Thuban

Thuban also known by its Bayer designation Alpha Draconis is a star in the constellation of Draco. A relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, it is historically significant as having been the north pole star in ancient times...

, gps drive, JUMP GIS

JUMP GIS

, MapLab, MapServer

MapServer

, QGIS, PostGIS

PostGIS

GIS Knoppix

Primary use is demonstration. Distributor: Sourcepole AG, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. GIS Basic distribution: Knoppix Software included: GRASS 6.2, UMN MapServer 4.4.1, MapLab 2.0.1, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

8.1.4.2, TerraView

TerraView

TerraView is an GIS application built on the TerraLib GIS library. TerraView handles vector data and raster data , both of them stored in a relational or geo-relational database, including ACCESS, PostgreSQL, MySQL and Oracle Spatial...

2.0, MapDesk, MySQL

MySQL

MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...

5.0.21, JUMP GIS

JUMP GIS

1.1.2, Interlis

Interlis

The INTERLIS standard which has been especially composed in order to fulfill the requirements of modeling and the integration of geodata into contemporary and future geographic information systems. The current version is INTERLIS version 2.3 , Swiss standard SN612031...

, QGIS 0.8, Thuban

Thuban

1.0.0, GSdrive, GPSMan

GIS-LiveCD Release for FOSS4G2006

Primary use is demonstration. Distributor: GDF Hannover bR, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Basic distribution: 2006, KNOPPIX

Knoppix

Knoppix, or KNOPPIX , is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD or a USB key , one of the first of its kind for any operating system. Knoppix was developed by Linux consultant Klaus Knopper. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium...

. GIS Software included: GRASS 6.2, Quantum GIS

Quantum GIS

Quantum GIS is a free software desktop Geographic Information Systems application that provides data viewing, editing, and analysis capabilities.-Development:...

0.8 CVS, MySQL

MySQL

, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

Ominiverdi

Primary use is demonstration. Distributor: Omniverdi. Italy

Italy

(that is a group of programmers) Basic distribution: 2008, Gentoo

Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and based on the Portage package management system. It is distributed as free and open source software. Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen...

Software included: GRASS 6.3.0, QGIS 0.11.0, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

8.3.1, PostGIS

PostGIS

1.3.1, GDAL

GDAL

1.5.0, Proj 4.5.0, PgAdmin 1.6.3 Data included: QGIS Dataset Alaska, Spearfish, North Carolina GRASS

Grass

Dataset

OSGeo-Live 5.0

Primary use are demonstration and installation. Distributor: The live DVD project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation

Open Source Geospatial Foundation

, Basic distribution: 2011, Xubuntu

Xubuntu

Xubuntu is a Canonical Ltd. recognized, community maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, using the Xfce desktop environment.The name Xubuntu is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu...

Software included: OpenLayers

OpenLayers

OpenLayers is an open source JavaScript library for displaying map data in web browsers. It provides an API for building rich web-based geographic applications similar to Google Maps and Bing Maps...

, Geomajas

Geomajas

Geomajas is an open source GIS framework for the web. It allows aggregation and transformation of GIS data sources and has components for Web mapping. It was written in Java building on the Spring Framework, JTS Topology Suite, GeoTools, Hibernate spatial, GWT...

, Mapbender

Mapbender

' is a graduated project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. Read more about in the project Wiki.-Introduction:Mapbender is a web mapping software implemented in PHP and JavaScript, the configuration resides in a data model stored in a PostgreSQL PostGIS or MySQL database. It is developed as...

, MapFish

MapFish

MapFish is an open source web mapping development framework that extends the Pylons development framework and provides support for spatial data. In order to create rich UIs, MapFish aggregates the power of OpenLayers, ExtJS and GeoExt....

, GeoMoose,Sahana Eden

Sahana FOSS Disaster Management System

The Sahana Free and Open Source Disaster Management System was conceived during the 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami. The system was developed to help manage the disaster and was deployed by the Sri Lankan government's Center of National Operations , which included the Center of Humanitarian Agencies...

, Ushahidi

Ushahidi

Ushahidi, Inc. is a non-profit software company that develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping....

, PostGIS

PostGIS

, SpatiaLite

Spatialite

, Rasdaman, pgRouting,
QGIS desktop and server, GRASS GIS

GRASS GIS

GRASS GIS is a free, open source geographical information system capable of handling raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphic data....

, gvSIG

GvSIG

, uDig

UDig

uDig is a GIS software program produced by a community led by Canadian-based consulting company Refractions Research. It is based on the Eclipse platform and features full layered Open Source GIS...

, Kosmo

Kosmo

Kosmo is a desktop geographic information system with advanced functions. It is the first of a series of developments that are being made available to the community....

, OpenJUMP GIS

JUMP GIS

, SAGA

SAGA

SAGA or "Simple API for Grid Aapplications" is the name of a family of related standards specified by the Open Grid Forum to define an application programming interface , for common distributed computing functionality....

, OSSIM

OSSIM

OSSIM, or the Open Source Security Information Management, is a collection of tools designed to aid network administrators in computer security, intrusion detection and prevention....

, Geopublisher, AtlasStyler, osgEarth, GpsDrive

GpsDrive

, Marble, OpenCPN, OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. Two major driving forces behind the establishment and growth of OSM have been restrictions on use or availability of map information across much of the world and the advent of inexpensive portable GPS devices.The...

, Prune, Viking, zyGrib, GeoKettle, GDAL/OGR

GDAL

, GMT, Mapnik

Mapnik

, MapTiler, OTB

Orfeo toolbox

Orfeo Toolbox is a library for remote sensing image processing. The project had been initiated by the French space agency in 2006 and is under heavy developments and the participation from the open source community is currently growing. The goal is to provide potential users of satellite images...

, R

Spatial Task View,GeoServer

GeoServer

, MapServer

MapServer

, deegree

Deegree

deegree supplies the building blocks of a Spatial Data Infrastructure, while implementing the standards of the Open Geospatial Consortium and ISO/TC 211. The Java-based deegree framework is the most extensive implementation of OGC/ISO standards in the field of Free Software.deegree is an...

,GeoNetwork

GeoNetwork opensource

The GeoNetwork opensource project is a free and open source cataloging application for spatially referenced resources. It is a catalog of location-oriented information.-Outline:...

, MapProxy, 52°North WSS,52°North WPS, 52°North SOS, TinyOWS, ZOO Project, GeoTools, MetaCRS, libLAS. Data included: Natural Earth, OSGeo North Carolina, OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap

. Windows and Apple Installers for some of the above applications. A Video of the OSGeo-Live is available too.

The Italian GRASS DVD

Primary use is education. Creator: M. Ciolli, C. Tattoni, A. Vitti, P. Zatelli, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Trento, Italy

Italy

. Basic operating system: Kubuntu

Kubuntu

9.04 2009 GRASS, GIS 6.4RC4, PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL

8.3.7, pgAdminIII 1.8.4, QGIS 1.1.0, PostGIS

PostGIS

1.3.3, R 2.9.0 with gstat and spgrass6 packages, North Carolina GRASS Dataset, QGIS & GRASS Tutorials.

External links

http://cascadoss.competterra.com/dnload/workshop2009/csutortok/viragh_janos/cascadossszeged.odp - Presentation about the creation of a GIS LiveDVD in Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
http://www.geostudio.pl/FOSS/OGC_WMS&WFS_LiveDVD.doc - Using Live DVD to train WMS
Web Map Service
A Web Map Service is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database...

/WFS
Web Feature Service
The Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service Interface Standard provides an interface allowing requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls...

services regarding QGIS and MapServer
MapServer
MapServer is an open source development environment for building spatially-enabled internet applications. It can run as a CGI program or via MapScript which supports several programming languages . MapServer was developed by the University of Minnesota — so, it is often and more specifically...
http://www.geostudio.pl/FOSS/Evaluation.doc - Using LiveDVD to evaluate MapServer
MapServer
MapServer is an open source development environment for building spatially-enabled internet applications. It can run as a CGI program or via MapScript which supports several programming languages . MapServer was developed by the University of Minnesota — so, it is often and more specifically...

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Use Cases

Creation

Risks and assumptions

Functions

ArcheOS

Cascadoss LiveDVD ver 3.0

Debian GIS Live image

FOSS4G 2009 Live DVD

FOSS4G 2008 "Practical Introduction to GRASS" workshop Live DVD,

GISAK

GIS Knoppix

GIS-LiveCD Release for FOSS4G2006

Ominiverdi

OSGeo-Live 5.0

The Italian GRASS DVD

See also

External links