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  • gvSIG 2.3 called ‘qualitative leap’ for functionality

    gvSIG 2.3, the new gvSIG version, is now available to download.

    According to the gvSIG association, this version has been a qualitative leap — on a functional level as well as an architecture one — because of all the improvements and features.

    Downloads are available from the project website, and there are two distribitions: installable and portable.

    Features of this version include distributions for Mac and Windows 64-bit; PRJ file support for projections; access to Google Maps, Bing Maps or Street View; and lidar data support.

    If users have questions or experience any errors, they can be sent to the user mailing list. Feedback is important to continue improving gvSIG, the association said.

  • gvSIG Conference Sessions Now Available Online

    Presentations, posters and articles presented at the 10th International gvSIG Conference are now available online. The conference was held Dec. 3-5, 2014, in Valencia, Spain.

    Videos of sessions and workshops are also available online. All of the videos are available with both English and Spanish audio, except for three workshops given on Wednesday and Thursday that are only in Spanish.

    “With this publishing, we pretend to bring the Conference closer to the interested people that couldn’t attend the event, having the possibility to access the recording of the different sessions,” gvSIG organizers said.

  • Final Version of gvSIG 2.1 Offers New Features, Bug Fixes

    The gvSIG Association has published the final version of  gvSIG 2.1. This is the first version based on the new architecture oriented to users, and offers many new features, the association said.

    Besides the new functionalities and the correction of a great number of errors that were detected through community collaboration, the association wants to highlight the availability of a distribution for Linux 64 bits and portable versions for Windows as well as Linux.

    Along with the gvSIG 2.1 release, gvSIG has published a new gvSIG website that includes the old gvSIG Association website as well as the project website. It will also serve as a knowledge portal about gvSIG technology. The new website features gvSIG’s catalog of products, such as gvSIG Roads or gvNIX.

    “We want to take advantage of this announcement to thank all the people that have collaborated in making this new version reality, and all the entities that have counted on the gvSIG Association services to solve their needs on geomatics, helping to guarantee the sustainability of the project,” the association said in a statement.

    Features in the latest version include:

    Legends

          – Expresions

          – Proportional symbols

          – Graduated symbols

          – Dot density

          – Quantities by category

          – Charts (pies and bars)

          – Import/export SLD

    Copy/paste geometries

    Lateral buffer

    Split line

    Consecutive numbers function

    Duplicated records function

    Derived geometries

    Chart document

    Map sheets (map series)

    Connection with OpenStreetMap services

    New symbol libraries: Geology, POI Cities, Commerce, Military-APP6, Collective Mapping, Colors, AIGA, Weather

    PostGIS 2.x support (raster and vector)

    Layout

          – Insert chart

          – New layout with TOC (table of contents) included.

          – New grid functionalities.

    Portable views (thematic maps plugin)

    Advanced dissolve geoprocess

    Labeling

          – Advanced labeling

          – Halo option

          – Always show label option

    Raster

          – Set projection to layer

          – Change data type

          – Create multi-file layer

          – Convert to grayscale

          – Integration of tools in the geoprocessing toolbox

          – Principal components tool improved

          – Georeferencing tool improved

          – Tasseled cap

          – Masks by regions of interest

    Export to KML

          – Show attributes in ballon option

          – Use labels option

    Reprojection

          – Reprojection forcing

          – New EPSG projections support.

    Scripting: raster data support

    Layer loading

          – Dragging layers from the file browser.

    Memory management at the Preferences menu.

    Dyschromatopsia / colour blindness

    MsExcel format supporting as a table and a layer

    CSV support

    WFS service:

          – XY axis order selection.

    Print performance improved

    New design of info tool

    Linux 64 bits supporting

    Bug fixing