This is yet another great day for FOSS4G admirers. Latest version of Quantum GIS(QGIS) is live, that too with several major improvements over ‘Copiapo’ release. This gains significance as probably the last public point release in the 1.X series. Hereafter the next major release will be version 2.0. Till the 1.7 will be receiving minor release updates in the form of 1.7.1, 1.7.2 and so on. This release is named after the town of Wroclaw in Poland.
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:27:50 -0600 From: Peter Batty <peter@ebatty.com> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G program published and new web site launched To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, foss4g2011 <foss4g2011@lists.osgeo.org>
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We are pleased to announce the publication of the FOSS4G 2011 program. You can view the program details here http://2011.foss4g.org/program/session-schedule. Selection was very competitive - we had almost 300 submissions for around 150 sessions. So congratulations to those who made it, and commiserations to those who didn’t, but we hope to still see you in Denver for the conference! We feel we have an excellent program lined up.
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Today is a great day for Indians, especially Bangaloreans! Much awaited Google Street View feature will be available for Bangalore on Google Maps very soon. Google’s Street View cars and trikes will be collecting imagery of public locations of Bangalore in the next few weeks. Nrityagram Dance Village is one of the featured places in Google Street View for Bangalore.
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PennState Public Broadcasting released the first episode of Geospatial Revolution Project in Sept. 2010. That video highlighted the utility of GPS, second video showed how maps made cities more personal and the third one highlighted the use of digital mapping in Police work. Now the fourth and final episode is live which showcases the utility of geospatial technology in monitoring global climate change, preventing famine, tracking disease and mapping communities.
Past Episodes:
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World’s most wanted terrorist Osama’s game is over. Internet is abuzz with twitter updates, news and blog articles about the operation and its aftermath. World’s leading high resolution satellite image provider GeoEye has released latest satellite image of the compound in which Osama was said to be hiding. Also available is a video of how the compound changed between 2005-2011.