OSGeo-Live 8.5 has been released! For this release, geospatial applications have been updated to their latest stable release. OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and Virtual Machine based upon Ubuntu Linux (version 12.04 LTS). OSGeo-Live is pre-configured with a wide variety of robust open source geospatial software. All applications can be trialled without installing anything on your computer, simply by booting the computer from a DVD or USB drive, or running in a Virtual Machine environment. Each featured package is accompanied by both a publication quality one page descriptive summary and a short tutorial on how to get started using it.
With this version, you can try running instances of the following 52°North service implementations:
- 52°North SOS version 4.0.0 Just go to Geospatial → Web Services → Start 52°North SOS to start testing. Firefox will open with three tabs:
- a client to test the SOS
- a quick start page to get things started
- a documentation page about the 52°North SOS implementation
- 52°North WPS version 3.3.1 Just go to Geospatial → Web Services → Start 52°North WPS to start testing:
- a simple client to test the WPS
- a quick start page to get things started
- a documentation page about the 52°North WPS implementation
Just give it a try and test a lot of geospatial applications without installing any of them. The OSGeo Live DVD contains software for the following categories, and it is all FOSS:
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