OSGeo Virtual Machine - access free GIS software

27 October 2009, 4:38pm

As announced at this year's FOSS4G Conference in Sydney, Australia, that concluded on 23 October, the Arramagong / GISVM GeoSpatial Live DVD and Virtual Machine, which includes a stack of popular GeoSpatial Open Source Applications and is being handed out to delegates at the FOSS4G conference, can now be viewed from http://click2try.com from within your web browser!

All you need to do is:

* Open the webpage in the link below.

* Follow these steps:

1. Click the big "Try this application now" button.

2. Review the connection test results and fix, if necessary.

3. Either wait for the application to launch or click the "Launch App" button.

* Login to the Arramagong desktop using the login credentials in the Quick Start guide in the left pane of the window.

* You should see the icons for the Geospatial applications on the desktop. You can start and try any application.

* To save data, you'll need to apply for a free click2try account at the link below.

About Arramagong

Arramagong is a self-contained live DVD and Virtual Machine, based on XUbuntu and GISVM, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. It is composed entirely of free software, allowing it to be freely distributed, duplicated and passed around. A full list of installed packages is at the final link below.

As explained by Cameron Shorter, coordinator of Arramagong and Geospatial Solutions Manager at LISAsoft, "Arramagong allows users to easily try out the robust, feature rich stack of applications offered by Geospatial Open Source. It is a compelling marketing tool for us organisations who support Open Source."

Try the Arramagong GIS Virtual Machine here!

Register for a free click2try account

Arramagong installed packages info

LISAsoft

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