From freegis at intevation.de Sat Jan 5 00:25:28 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:25:28 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] TerraView Message-ID: <20080104232528.9FE4D600D78@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: TerraView Updated by: jan (2008-01-05 00:22:51) Homepage: http://www.dpi.inpe.br/terraview/index.php Version: 3.2.0 RC 3 ChangeLog: ---------- English homepage vanished (was http://www.dpi.inpe.br/terraview/english/index.html). New homepage URL only in portuguese. Updated version to 3.2.0 RC 3 Description: ------------ A geographical application that serves the Brazilian community of geographical data users. In particular, social scientists, and health and education public sectors are targetted. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Jan 16 11:43:38 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:43:38 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Geospatial Data Abstraction Library Message-ID: <20080116104338.B670F600D63@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Geospatial Data Abstraction Library Updated by: bjoern (2008-01-07 09:49:07) Homepage: http://www.gdal.org Version: 1.5.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 1.4.4. The new release brings a lot of new features and bug fixes. The big change in GDAL is new Python bindings. Description: ------------ GDAL is a translator library for raster geospatial data formats. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Jan 16 11:43:59 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:43:59 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] geos Message-ID: <20080116104359.97F21600D6B@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: geos Updated by: bjoern (2008-01-07 09:55:27) Homepage: http://geos.refractions.net/ Version: 3.0.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Major feature enhancements. Description: ------------ GEOS (Geometry Engine - Open Source) is a C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS). As such, it aims to contain the complete functionality of JTS in C++. This includes all the OpenGIS "Simple Features for SQL" spatial predicate functions and spatial operators, as well as specific JTS topology functions such as IsValid(). Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Jan 16 11:52:55 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:52:55 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] TileCache Message-ID: <20080116105255.CEB8F600D68@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: TileCache Updated by: bjoern (2008-01-07 10:00:20) Homepage: http://www.tilecache.org/ Version: 2.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. TileCache 2.0 is a major change in that way that the code works internally. New features are available: - ArcXML Layer - MGMaps Service - WMTS Service New url. Previous was http://labs.metacarta.com/wms-c/ Description: ------------ TileCache is an implementation of a WMS-C compliant server. TileCache provides a Python-based WMS/TMS server, with pluggable caching mechanisms and rendering backends. With TileCache, you can create your own local disk-based cache of any WMS server, and use the result in any WMS-C supporting client or any TMS supporting client. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Jan 16 11:53:32 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:53:32 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] PostGIS Message-ID: <20080116105332.46F10600D70@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: PostGIS Updated by: bjoern (2008-01-07 11:47:59) Homepage: http://postgis.refractions.net/ Version: 1.3.2 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Minor bugfixes and minor feature enhancements. Changes: Improvements in the TIGER geocoder. A fix for an ST_EndPoint() crash bug. ST_AsGML() has been modified, improving v2 and adding v3 support. A fix to ensure ST_Envelope() returns valid geometries. The JDBC build has been changed to use Ant. A fix to the WKB parser to do simple validity check Description: ------------ PostGIS adds support for geographic objects to the PostgreSQL object-relational database. In effect, PostGIS "spatially enables" the PostgreSQL server, allowing it to be used as a backend for GIS.

PostGIS/PostgreSQL includes the following functionality:

Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Jan 16 11:53:49 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:53:49 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Quantum GIS Message-ID: <20080116105349.11E86600D76@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Quantum GIS Updated by: bjoern (2008-01-07 09:45:21) Homepage: http://qgis.org/ Version: 0.9.1 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. This is primarily a bug fix release. Description: ------------ Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a user friendly Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on various platforms. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. It supports many common spatial data formats. QGIS supports plugins to do things like display tracks from your GPS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Jan 18 23:00:20 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:00:20 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] gvSIG Message-ID: <20080118220020.4EA64600151@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: gvSIG Updated by: jan (2008-01-18 22:59:30) Homepage: http://www.gvsig.gva.es Version: 1.1.1 ChangeLog: ---------- Updates to 1.1.1 which provides a number of minor fixes. Description: ------------ gvSIG is a tool for handling geographical information. It has a friendly interface, is capable to access several (raster and vector) formats. It will integrate in a single view both local and remote data through WFS, WMS and WCS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Jan 18 23:28:46 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:28:46 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] David Rumsey Map Collection Message-ID: <20080118222846.D6810600151@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: David Rumsey Map Collection Updated by: jan (2008-01-18 23:26:26) Homepage: http://www.davidrumsey.com/ Version: ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 17,400 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, childrens, and manuscript maps. Some examples are United States map, maps New York, California map, Arizona map, America map, New York City map, Chicago map, and Colorado map. The collection can be used to study history, genealogy and family history. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Jan 18 23:41:28 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:41:28 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] OrbisGIS Message-ID: <20080118224128.2D566600151@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: OrbisGIS Updated by: jan (2008-01-18 23:35:12) Homepage: http://orbisgis.cerma.archi.fr Version: 1.0-beta ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ OrbisGIS is a GIS application dedicated to scientific spatial simulation. This cross-platform GIS is developed at French IRSTV institute and is able to manipulate and create vectorial and raster spatial information. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Sun Feb 3 02:37:31 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 02:37:31 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Thuban Message-ID: <20080203013731.72ED8600D4F@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Thuban Updated by: bernhard (2008-02-03 02:35:54) Homepage: http://thuban.intevation.org/ Version: 1.2.1 ChangeLog: ---------- 1.2.1 was released. Description: ------------ Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer. Main features are its cross-plattform GUI, extensability and flexibility for deriving individual GIS applications. Thuban is implemented with wxPython which allows its GUI to blend in with desktop on different platforms. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Sun Feb 3 23:18:05 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 23:18:05 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Shapely Message-ID: <20080203221805.67935600D6B@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Shapely Updated by: jan (2008-02-03 23:15:47) Homepage: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely/ Version: 1.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Update from 1.0a3 to final 1.0 release. Description: ------------ Shapely is a Python package for programming with geospatial geometries. It is based on GEOS. Shapely is ignorant about coordinate and reference systems. Projection responsibility is left to specific applications. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Feb 13 21:43:46 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:43:46 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Shapely Message-ID: <20080213204346.51456600166@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Shapely Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-10 16:39:19) Homepage: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely/ Version: 1.0.1 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version, a bug fix release. Previous was 1.0.0. Description: ------------ Shapely is a Python package for programming with geospatial geometries. It is based on GEOS. Shapely is ignorant about coordinate and reference systems. Projection responsibility is left to specific applications. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Feb 13 21:44:31 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:44:31 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] GeoTools Message-ID: <20080213204431.44F05600173@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: GeoTools Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-12 18:07:59) Homepage: http://www.geotools.org/ Version: 2.4.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 2.3.5. Major feature enhancements. Description: ------------ GeoTools is Java code library which provides standards compliant methods for the manipulation of geospatial data, for example to implement Geographic Information Systems. The GeoTools library implements OGC specifications as they are developed, in close collaboration with the GeoAPI and GeoWidgets projects. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Feb 13 21:45:27 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:45:27 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Geoserver Message-ID: <20080213204527.030A6600D47@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Geoserver Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-12 18:05:51) Homepage: http://geoserver.org Version: 1.6.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 1.5.4. Major feature enhancements. Support for Versioning WFS. WFS 1.1 and Component WMS support. Description: ------------ The GeoServer project is a full transactional Java (J2EE) implementation of the OpenGIS Consortiums Web Feature Server (WFS) specification. Additionally a OGC Web Map Server (WMS) and support for WCS (Web Coverage Service) and WMS Raster is realised. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Feb 13 21:46:22 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:46:22 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] OpenGTS Message-ID: <20080213204622.21FDB600D62@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: OpenGTS Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-10 14:43:02) Homepage: http://www.opengts.org/ Version: 1.6.5 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 1.4.0. Major feature enhancements. Changes: Fleet device groups are now supported, which can be used for fleet GPS map and report selection. User access can now be restricted to a device group. The displayed English text content of the XML configuration files can now be localized through the standard LocalStrings property files. Description: ------------ OpenGTS is designed specifically for management and reporting of location-based information for a company's fleet of vehicles, using Google Maps. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Feb 13 21:46:58 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:46:58 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] mapnik Message-ID: <20080213204658.DD9B9600D65@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: mapnik Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-10 14:32:25) Homepage: http://mapnik.org Version: 0.5.0 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 0.4.0. Added Screenshot URL. This is a major feature enhancement as well as a bugfix release. Description: ------------ Mapnik is a C++/Python toolkit for developing GIS applications. At the core is a C++ shared library providing algorithms/patterns for spatial data access and visualization. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Sun Feb 24 23:13:51 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:13:51 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] kvwmap Message-ID: <20080224221351.897BD600168@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: kvwmap Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-23 11:00:43) Homepage: http://kvwmap.sourceforge.net Version: 1.6.7 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 1.6.1. Description: ------------ kvwmap is a complex WebGIS-Client and -Server solution especially for eGovernment-purposes written in PHP using UMN-Mapserver-technologies, MySQL- and PostgreSQL/PostGIS-databases, SVG. The MapClient GUI use HTML, SVG, JavaScript and partly AJAX, is user and role dependent and configurable in a MySQL Database. The application is dealing with map content available through umn-mapserver-mapscript and direct PostGIS data access. Developers can create their own custom templates. Special prepared GUI´s provide a set of functionality to manipulate data set. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Sun Feb 24 23:18:16 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:18:16 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] GeoWebCache Message-ID: <20080224221816.D924A600168@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: GeoWebCache Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-22 22:57:18) Homepage: http://geowebcache.org Version: 0.6 ChangeLog: ---------- New entry at FreeGIS. Description: ------------ GeoWebCache is a WMS tile cache, meaning it acts as a proxy between the client and the WMS server and stores the image, implemented as a Java HttpServlet. It does automatic matching to the best available tile and supports JCS and file backends. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Feb 27 20:36:45 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:36:45 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] GeoNetwork Message-ID: <20080227193645.3A90A60016D@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: GeoNetwork Updated by: bjoern (2008-02-26 12:24:06) Homepage: http://geonetwork-opensource.org/ Version: 2.1 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 2.0.3 . This is a major feature enhancement as well as a bugfix release. Description: ------------ GeoNetwork is a web based Geographic Metadata Catalog System developed by FAO-UN and WFP-UN. The system implements the ISO 19115 Geographic Metadata and ISO 23950 (Z39.50) standards. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Wed Feb 27 21:12:27 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:12:27 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] InteProxy Message-ID: <20080227201227.113D5600D50@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: InteProxy Updated by: jan (2008-02-27 20:47:00) Homepage: http://inteproxy.wald.intevation.org Version: 0.3.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Update from 0.2.0 to 0.3.0. Apart from various improvements, the most important new feature is support of HTTP Basic Authentication. Description: ------------ InteProxy is a tool that adds secure transmission via SSL a well as user authentication to those OWS-based applications that that do not support these security features. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Feb 29 21:21:14 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:21:14 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] MapGuide Open Source Message-ID: <20080229202114.BC34E600D63@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: MapGuide Open Source Updated by: jan (2008-02-29 21:10:57) Homepage: http://mapguide.osgeo.org/ Version: 2.0.0 ChangeLog: ---------- Updated from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0. This is a major update with the main feature in this release being the integration of Fusion. Description: ------------ MapGuide Open Source is a web mapping platform to develop develop and deploy spatial applications. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Mar 7 21:29:42 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:29:42 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] Geoserver Message-ID: <20080307202942.010F8600D6F@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: Geoserver Updated by: bjoern (2008-03-05 09:05:06) Homepage: http://geoserver.org Version: 1.6.1 ChangeLog: ---------- New Version. Previous was 1.6.1 This is a feature enhancement as well as a bugfix release, including: * Feature type aliases * Max features support, defined per feature type * GetFeatureInfo on coverages * Generate PDFs from coverages * UpdateSequence support in WMS and WCS Description: ------------ The GeoServer project is a full transactional Java (J2EE) implementation of the OpenGIS Consortiums Web Feature Server (WFS) specification. Additionally a OGC Web Map Server (WMS) and support for WCS (Web Coverage Service) and WMS Raster is realised. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Mar 7 21:33:37 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:33:37 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] gvSIG Message-ID: <20080307203337.67D3A600D6F@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: gvSIG Updated by: jan (2008-03-07 21:32:16) Homepage: http://www.gvsig.gva.es Version: 1.1.2 ChangeLog: ---------- Updates from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2. Various fixes and a number of new features. Description: ------------ gvSIG is a tool for handling geographical information. It has a friendly interface, is capable to access several (raster and vector) formats. It will integrate in a single view both local and remote data through WFS, WMS and WCS. Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team. From freegis at intevation.de Fri Mar 7 21:40:39 2008 From: freegis at intevation.de (freegis@intevation.de) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:40:39 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Freegis-updates] ESRI World Basemap Data Message-ID: <20080307204039.C4B75600D6F@lists.intevation.de> Updated or new entry on FreeGIS.org: ESRI World Basemap Data Updated by: jan (2008-03-07 21:38:14) Homepage: http://www.esri.com/data/download/basemap/index.html Version: - ChangeLog: ---------- ESRI has (re)moved this dataset silentley. No alternative location known. Description: ------------ Users can download World Basemap Data in shapefile format for an area of interest that is selected through a web mapping application Best regards Your FreeGIS Core Team.