Hello Cameron.
We are Kosmo development team. First apologies for be so late. We have
a problem and we would like to know if it is possible to resolve it.
We were trying to update Kosmo introduction and Kosmo description in
the desktop help functionality of LiveDVD. We have set a user to see
SVN content but we have no right to commit changes.
We know you have almost no time but it could be possible for you to
please commit it, or, if you couldn't, give us write rights in order
to commit the changes needed.
We have send to you attached to the mail two html files corresponding
to the description and definition for the kosmo 1.2.1 desktop client.
We have tried to commit it to the Os-Geo SVN but our user (sbcalvo /
pepe2much) is not able to write on it. It's also needed to update the
corresponding script by including kosmo in the software list.
Anycase, thanks in advance for your attention.
Please could you confirm you received this email.
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Carlos Navarro
[email protected]
Director Técnico de SAIG // SAIG Technical Director www.saig.es --
Tlf: +34 954788876 -- [email protected]
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# Kosmo 1.2.1 <kosmo_description.html>
Kosmo - Desktop is a Geographic Information System (GIS), designed for
a full management of spatial information, with advanced tools to
explore, edit and analyze it. You can install a new Linux 2.0 beta
version using the script from Kosmo_2.0b_linux
<http://www.saig.es/descargas/dloads/kosmo/install_kosmo_2beta.sh>
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Kosmo 1.2.1
Kosmo - Desktop <http://www.opengis.es> is a general Desktop-GIS.
Using extra extensions allows customizing it for specific purposes. It
is designed for the average GIS user, with special emphasis on
user-friendly interface (quite similar to the most famous and wide
used commercial desktop GIS). It is open source and provides users
with the most useful tools to explore, edit and analyze spatial data.
All of it by observing the OpenGIS standards and applying high efforts
to maintain the data topology quality. It is the first component of a
series of developments oriented to be a complete spatial data
infrastructure that will be made available to the entire community.
Kosmo - 1.2.1 is distributed under a GPLv2 license (see GPL v2 license
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> for more details about it)
Running on the LiveDVD
1. To run Kosmo 1.2.1 on the Live DVD, click on the Kosmo link on
the desktop.
2. In the /"Wellcome to Kosmo"/ dialog, select the option /"With a
new view"/ under the /"Create new project"/ group in order to
create a new project with an empty view. Press Ok to continue
3. In the next dialog, select your Spatial Reference System and
press Ok to continue
4. Press the green plus button from the main toolbar to start
adding geodata resources (files, databases tables) to the empty
view
Getting started
Kosmo - Desktop Client 1.2.1 is able to load the next types of geodata
resources:
* *Vectorial file layers:* Shapefiles, DXF, DWG, DGN, CSV (by an
extension)
* *Vectorial databases:* PostgreSQL + PostGIS, Oracle, MySQL
* *Raster layers:* ECW, MrSID, Tiff, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP
* *OGC services:* WMS 1.0.0/1.1.0/1.3.0
There are some shapefiles and images from
//usr/local/share/openjump-data/ or //usr/local/share/qgis-data/ that
can be loaded, as well as any WMS server configured.
New functionalities in the new 2.0 beta download
Apart from the Kosmo - Desktop 1.2.1 version that is available in the
LiveDVD, we have also build a Kosmo - Desktop 2.0 beta release for
Linux that includes most of the list of main new functionalities and
improvements described next:
1. New advanced printing module that uses as base the OpenOffice
offimatic suite
2. Topology relations on edition and post-edition mode
3. Sextante
<http://forge.osor.eu/plugins/wiki/index.php?id=13&type=g>
bindings for Kosmo
4. Raster georreferencing tool
5. Generation of polygons from a line set tool
6. Clean / intersect / validating tools
7. Improvements for digitizing tools (geometry tracking mode, ...)
8. KML export
9. GML import / export
10. SLD import / export
11. WFS connector added
12. WMS connector improved
13. Field calculator improved with some new functions
In order to download and install it automatically, there is an install
script available at Kosmo_2.0b_linux
<http://www.saig.es/descargas/dloads/kosmo/install_kosmo_2beta.sh>
