<h1> <span> OSGeo-Live 6.5 released </span></h1>
<p>26 February 2013
</p><p>Version 6.5 of the <a href="http://live.osgeo.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OSGeo-Live GIS software collection</a> has been released, ready for distribution at a large number of geospatial conferences and workshops from around the world.
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<h2> <span>Release Highlights</span></h2>
<dl><dt> Applications
</dt><dd> Geospatial applications on the disc have been updated to their latest stable releases.
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<dl><dt> Increased quality
</dt><dd> With each release, the quality of OSGeo-Live is steadily
increasing. This release has seen a concerted review of OSGeo-Live
quickstarts, ensuring the every step of quickstarts have been tested,
and increasing consistency and readability of the quickstart
documentation.
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<dl><dt> Translations
</dt><dd> OSGeo-Live is now translated into Russian. Translations are
available for: Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian (new), Spanish
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<h2> <span>About OSGeo-Live</span></h2>
<p>OSGeo-Live is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB flash drive and
Virtual Machine based upon Ubuntu Linux that is pre-configured with a
wide variety of robust open source geospatial software. The 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. An accompanying collection of <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/promo/trunk/en/presentation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lightning presentations</a> introduces the breadth and depth of Free and Open Source for Geospatial (<b>FOSS4G</b>).
</p><p><i>Homepage:</i>
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<ul><li> <a href="http://live.osgeo.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://live.osgeo.org</a>
</li></ul>
<p><i>OSGeo-Live includes:</i>
</p>
<ul><li> Fifty (<b>50</b>) Quality Geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
</li><li> Over a gigabyte of free world maps and geodata
</li><li> One page overview <i>and</i> quick-start guides for every application
</li><li> Overviews of key OGC standards
</li><li> Translations for multiple languages
</li></ul>
<h2> <span> Credits </span></h2>
<p>Over 140 people have directly helped with OSGeo-Live packaging,
documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in
building the packaged software.
</p><p>Packagers, documenters and translators include:
</p><p>Activity Workshop, Agustín Díez, Aikaterini Kapsampeli, Alan
Boudreault, Alessandro Furieri, Alexander Bruy, Alexander Kleshnin,
Alexander Muriy, Alexandre Dube, Alexey Ardyakov, Alex Mandel, Amy Gao,
Andrea Antonello, Andrea Yanza, Andrey Syrokomskiy, Angelos Tzotsos,
Anna Muñoz, Anne Ghisla, Antonio Falciano, Anton Novichikhin, Anton
Patrushev, Argyros Argyridis, Assumpcio Termens, Astrid Emde, Barry
Rowlingson, Benjamin Pross, Brian Hamlin, Bruno Binet, Cameron Shorter,
Christophe Tufféry, Christos Iossifidis, Cristhian Pin, Damian Wojsław,
Dane Springmeyer, Daniel Kastl, Daria Svidzinska, David Mateos, Denis
Rykov, Diego González, Dimitar Misev, Dmitry Baryshnikov, Dominik Helle,
Edgar Soldin, Eike Hinderk Jrrens, Elena Mezzini, Eric Lemoine, Estela
Llorente, Etienne Delay, Etienne Dube, Evgeny Nikulin, Fran Boon,
François Prunayre, Frank Gasdorf, Frank Warmerdam, Gavin Treadgold,
Giuseppe Calamita, Grald Fenoy, Grigory Rozhentsov, Hamish Bowman,
Haruyuki Seki, Henry Addo, Hernan Olivera, Howard Butler, Hyeyeong Choe,
Ian Turton, Ilya Filippov, Jackie Ng, Jan Drewnak, Javier Sánchez,
Jesús Gómez, Jim Klassen, Jing Wang, Jinsongdi Yu, Jody Garnett, Johan
Van de Wauw, Jorge Arévalo, Jorge Sanz, José Antonio Canalejo, Judit
Mays, Klokan Petr Pridal, Kristof Lange, kuzkok, Lance McKee, Lars
Lingner, Luca Delucchi, Lucía Sanjaime, Mage Whopper, Manuel Grizonnet,
Marc-André Barbeau, Marco Curreli, Marco Puppin, Marc Torres, Margherita
Di Leo, Maria Vakalopoulou, Mario Andino, Mark Leslie, Massimo Di
Stefano, Mauricio Miranda, Mauricio Pazos, Maxim Dubinin, Michaël
Michaud, Michael Owonibi, Micha Silver, Mike Adair, Milena Nowotarska,
Nacho Varela, Nadiia Gorash, Nathaniel V. Kelso, Ned Horning, Nobusuke
Iwasaki, Oliver Tonnhofer, Oscar Fonts, Òscar Fonts, Otto Dassau,
Pasquale Di Donato, Paul Meems, Pavel, Pedro-Juan Ferrer, Pirmin
Kalberer, Raf Roset, Ricardo Pinho, Roald de Wit, Roberto Antolín, Roger
Veciana, Ruth Schoenbuchner, Samuel Mesa, Sergey Grachev, Sergio Baños,
Simon Cropper, Simon Pigot, Stefan A. Tzeggai, Stefan Hansen, Stefan
Steiniger, Stephan Meissl, Steve Lime, Thierry Badard, Thomas Baschetti,
Thomas Gratier, Tom Kralidis, Toshikazu Seto, Trevor Wekel, Valenty
González, Vera, Xianfeng Song, Yoichi Kayama, Zhengfan Lin
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<h2> <span>Sponsoring organisations</span></h2>
<ul><li> <a href="http://www.osgeo.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Open Source Geospatial Foundation</a> <b>OSGeo</b>
provides the primary development & hosting infrastructure and
personnel for the OSGeo-Live project, and infrastructure for many of the
software projects themselves.
</li></ul>
<ul><li> <b>LISAsoft</b> provides sustaining resources and staff toward the management and packaging of software onto the Live DVD. <a href="http://www.lisasoft.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lisasoft.com</a>
</li><li> <b>Information Center for the Environment (ICE) at the University of California, Davis</b> provides hardware resources and development support to the OSGeo Live project. <a href="http://ice.ucdavis.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ice.ucdavis.edu</a>
</li><li> <b>Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens</b>, provides hardware resources and development support to the OSGeo-Live project. <a href="http://www.ntua.gr/index_en.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ntua.gr/index_en.html</a>
</li><li> The <b>DebianGIS</b> and <b>UbuntuGIS</b> teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages. <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis</a> and <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS</a></li>
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