<s>
GIS	B-Application
Live	I-Application
DVD	I-Application
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
the	O
thematic	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
containing	O
GIS/RS	O
applications	O
and	O
related	O
tutorials	O
,	O
and	O
sample	O
data	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
general	O
sense	O
of	O
a	O
GIS	B-Application
Live	I-Application
DVD	I-Application
is	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
FLOSS	B-License
GIS	B-Application
and	O
encourage	O
users	O
to	O
start	O
on	O
FLOSS	B-License
GIS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
disc	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
GIS	B-Application
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
and	O
training	O
,	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
disc	O
usually	O
includes	O
some	O
selected	O
Linux-based	O
or	O
Wine	O
(	O
software	O
)	O
-enabled	O
Windows	O
applications	O
for	O
GIS	B-Application
and	O
Remote	B-Application
Sensing	I-Application
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
this	O
disc	O
the	O
end	O
users	O
can	O
execute	O
GIS	B-Application
functions	O
to	O
get	O
experience	O
in	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
software	I-License
solutions	O
or	O
solve	O
some	O
simple	O
business	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
set-up	O
and	O
the	O
operating	O
behaviour	O
of	O
the	O
applications	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
studied	O
prior	O
to	O
building	O
real	O
FLOSS	B-License
GIS-based	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demonstration	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
GIS	B-Application
applications	O
or	O
dataThe	O
disc	O
contains	O
preconfigured	O
applications	O
with	O
some	O
GIS	B-Application
data	O
and	O
introductory	O
tutorials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
at	O
workshops	O
or	O
meetings	O
to	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
GIS	B-Application
applications	O
or	O
data	O
sets	O
or	O
results	O
of	O
projects	O
that	O
applied	O
FLOSS	B-License
GIS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evaluation	O
of	O
GIS	B-Application
applicationsThe	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
simple	O
use	O
and	O
compact	O
environment	O
for	O
evaluating	O
and/or	O
benchmarking	O
applications	O
or	O
data	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
time	O
behaviour	O
and	O
the	O
performance	O
is	O
less	O
critical	O
since	O
is	O
highly	O
likely	O
the	O
disc	O
is	O
run	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
EducationPrimary	O
aim	O
of	O
this	O
disc	O
is	O
to	O
support	O
of	O
certain	O
GIS	B-Application
training	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
established	O
curricula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installation	O
The	O
goal	O
is	O
support	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
WEB	O
or	O
Desktop	B-Application
applications	O
by	O
users	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
required	O
skills	O
or	O
the	O
configuration	O
is	O
complex	O
or	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
Kit	O
for	O
implementing	O
complex	O
customised	O
applications	O
The	O
goal	O
is	O
provide	O
a	O
package	O
of	O
a	O
tools	O
for	O
GIS/LIS	O
application	O
development	O
that	O
includes	O
standard	O
software	O
components	O
and	O
business	O
related	O
sample	O
models	O
and	O
codes	O
to	O
support	O
and	O
speed	O
up	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIS	B-Application
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
Theoretically	O
a	O
Thematic	O
Live	O
DVD	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
supporting	O
real	O
business	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creation	O
is	O
usually	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
existing	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
GIS	B-Application
and	O
Remote	B-Application
sensing	I-Application
applications	O
are	O
already	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
basic	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortages	O
of	O
the	O
Incomplete	O
Applications	O
The	O
developments	O
of	O
several	O
FLOSS	B-License
products	O
are	O
not	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
these	O
incomplete	O
products	O
can	O
have	O
extremely	O
useful	O
functionality	O
that	O
makes	O
use	O
in	O
environmental	O
GIS	B-Application
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
real	O
risk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
some	O
products	O
cannot	O
coexist	O
smoothly	O
(	O
or	O
at	O
all	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
others	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Difficulties	O
with	O
Closed	O
Package	O
Dependent	O
Applications	O
When	O
the	O
code	O
of	O
an	O
FLOSS	B-License
product	O
is	O
open	O
then	O
errors	O
and	O
reasons	O
can	O
be	O
identified	O
,	O
the	O
code	O
can	O
be	O
corrected	O
and	O
the	O
binary	O
version	O
can	O
be	O
recompiled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sun	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
Runtime	O
Environment	O
that	O
cannot	O
be	O
diagnosed	O
or	O
modified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
some	O
Java	B-Language
based	O
and	O
closed	O
package	O
dependent	O
application	O
cannot	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
Linux	B-Application
drivers	O
can	O
not	O
necessarily	O
manage	O
them	O
correctly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
impossible	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
disc	O
that	O
compatible	O
with	O
all	O
PCs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Difficulties	O
with	O
Obsolete	O
Hardware	O
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
is	O
continuously	O
evolving	O
so	O
some	O
older	O
hardware	O
are	O
not	O
supported	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
way	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
possible	O
to	O
support	O
them	O
on	O
a	O
disc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legal	O
Risks	O
(	O
a	O
plethora	O
of	O
different	O
FLOSS	B-License
licences	O
)	O
The	O
complex	O
dependency	O
of	O
packages	O
can	O
result	O
conflicts	O
of	O
different	O
FLOSS	B-License
licences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
some	O
FLOSS	B-License
project	O
could	O
complain	O
for	O
removing	O
their	O
package	O
from	O
the	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Licence	O
or	O
Patent	O
violations	O
Some	O
FLOSS	B-License
products	O
depend	O
on	O
proprietary	O
package	O
some	O
others	O
have	O
code	O
that	O
can	O
violate	O
patents	O
or	O
related	O
rights	O
of	O
some	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
broad	O
national	O
differences	O
in	O
related	O
rights	O
the	O
violation	O
depends	O
on	O
where	O
the	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
is	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
some	O
right	O
owners	O
could	O
complain	O
for	O
removing	O
some	O
package	O
from	O
the	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exceeding	O
available	O
room	O
FLOSS	B-License
GIS/Remote	O
sensing/Environmental	O
applications	O
have	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
sample	O
,	O
demonstration	O
and	O
training	O
data	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installing	O
all	O
the	O
data	O
could	O
easily	O
result	O
too	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
cannot	O
be	O
burnt	O
to	O
a	O
CD	B-Device
or	O
DVD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poor	O
I18n	B-General_Concept
support	O
in	O
the	O
GIS/Remote	O
sensing	O
applications	O
The	O
I18n	B-General_Concept
stands	O
for	O
the	O
internationalization	O
in	O
IT	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
several	O
applications	O
do	O
not	O
care	O
the	O
international	O
use	O
of	O
applications	O
that	O
makes	O
hard	O
or	O
impossible	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
national	O
characters	O
or	O
integrating	O
an	O
application	O
to	O
a	O
national	O
version	O
of	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfamiliarity	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
Most	O
of	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
users	O
are	O
inflexible	O
to	O
turn	O
to	O
any	O
different	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
a	O
Linux-based	O
application	O
can	O
be	O
strange	O
for	O
them	O
since	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
different	O
habit	O
than	O
well-known	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quality	O
Problems	O
of	O
the	O
Basic	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
Are	O
Hardy	O
Manageable	O
As	O
all	O
software	O
products	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
have	O
bugs	O
and	O
failures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
problems	O
have	O
a	O
direct	O
impact	O
on	O
any	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
and	O
cannot	O
be	O
handled	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
creation	O
that	O
is	O
focused	O
on	O
applications	O
and	O
not	O
the	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
diagram	O
presents	O
a	O
general	O
function	O
–	O
means	O
tree	O
of	O
the	O
GIS	B-Application
LiveDVDs	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Installation	O
The	O
ability	O
to	O
install	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
basic	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
usually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
keep	O
this	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
,	O
the	O
thematic	O
content	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
stored	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
standards	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
This	O
is	O
usually	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
basic	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tools	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
experienced	O
users	O
to	O
correct	O
the	O
set-up	O
or	O
customise	O
Live	O
CD	B-Device
while	O
it	O
is	O
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIS	B-Application
application-specific	O
functions	O
This	O
covers	O
information	O
content	O
,	O
tutorials	O
,	O
user	O
guides	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
the	O
functions	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
GIS	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIS	B-Application
software	I-Application
included	O
:	O
GRASS	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
,	O
gvSIG	B-Application
,	O
ivics	O
,	O
ISIS	O
Modelling	O
Software	O
,	O
JUMP	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
,	O
Kosmo	B-Language
,	O
QGIS	B-Application
,	O
SAGA	B-Language
,	O
Ilwis	B-Language
,	O
Spatialite	B-Language
,	O
GeoNetwork	B-Language
opensource	I-Language
,	O
MapServer	B-Application
,	O
GeoServer	B-Language
,	O
Openlayers	B-Language
,	O
R	B-Language
,	O
Postgresql	B-Application
,	O
postgis	B-Application
,	O
Data	O
included	O
:	O
sample	O
data	O
from	O
Belgium	O
,	O
Poland	O
,	O
Bohemia	O
and	O
sample	O
data	O
of	O
the	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FOSS4G	O
2008	O
"	O
Practical	O
Introduction	O
to	O
GRASS	B-Application
and	O
related	O
software	O
for	O
beginners	O
"	O
Workshop	O
Live	O
DVD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
:	O
Kubuntu	B-Application
8.04	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
:	O
GRASS	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
6.2.3	O
and	O
GRASS	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
6.4	O
(	O
snapshot_2008_7_12	O
)	O
,	O
R	B-Language
2.7.0	O
with	O
GRASS	B-Application
support	O
,	O
QGIS	B-Application
0.10	O
with	O
GRASS	B-Application
plugin	O
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
8.3.8	O
,	O
PostGIS	B-Application
1.3.3	O
,	O
pgAdminIII	O
1.8.2	O
,	O
pgagent	O
1.8.2	O
,	O
GRASS	B-Application
tutorial	O
and	O
workshop	O
slides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creator	O
:	O
Jan	O
Růžička	O
,	O
František	O
Klímek	O
,	O
Institute	O
of	O
Geoinformatics	O
,	O
Faculty	O
of	O
Mining	O
and	O
Geology	O
,	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
distribution	O
:	O
Knoppix	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
GIS	B-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributor	O
:	O
Sourcepole	O
AG	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributor	O
:	O
The	O
live	O
DVD	O
project	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Geospatial	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Basic	O
distribution	O
:	O
2012	O
,	O
Xubuntu	B-Application
Software	O
included	O
:	O
OpenLayers	B-Language
,	O
Geomajas	O
,	O
Mapbender	O
,	O
MapFish	O
,	O
GeoMoose	O
,	O
Sahana	B-Operating_System
Eden	I-Operating_System
,	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
,	O
PostGIS	B-Application
,	O
SpatiaLite	B-Language
,	O
Rasdaman	B-Application
,	O
pgRouting	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
QGIS	B-Application
desktop	B-Application
and	O
server	O
,	O
GRASS	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
,	O
gvSIG	B-Application
,	O
uDig	B-Language
,	O
Kosmo	B-Language
,	O
OpenJUMP	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
,	O
SAGA	B-Language
GIS	I-Language
,	O
OSSIM	B-Protocol
,	O
Geopublisher	O
,	O
AtlasStyler	O
,	O
osgEarth	O
,	O
GpsDrive	B-Language
,	O
Marble	O
,	O
OpenCPN	O
,	O
OpenStreetMap	O
,	O
Prune	O
,	O
Viking	O
,	O
zyGrib	O
,	O
GeoKettle	O
,	O
GDAL/OGR	B-Language
,	O
GMT	O
,	O
Mapnik	B-Language
,	O
MapTiler	O
,	O
OTB	B-Language
,	O
R	B-Language
Spatial	O
Task	O
View	O
,	O
GeoServer	B-Language
,	O
MapServer	B-Application
,	O
deegree	B-Language
,	O
GeoNetwork	B-Language
,	O
MapProxy	O
,	O
52°North	O
WSS	O
,	O
52°North	O
WPS	O
,	O
52°North	O
SOS	O
,	O
TinyOWS	O
,	O
ZOO	O
Project	O
,	O
GeoTools	O
,	O
MetaCRS	O
,	O
libLAS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
:	O
Kubuntu	B-Application
9.04	O
2009	O
GRASS	B-Application
,	O
GIS	B-Application
6.4RC4	O
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
8.3.7	O
,	O
pgAdminIII	O
1.8.4	O
,	O
QGIS	B-Application
1.1.0	O
,	O
PostGIS	B-Application
1.3.3	O
,	O
R	B-Language
2.9.0	O
with	O
gstat	O
and	O
spgrass6	O
packages	O
,	O
North	O
Carolina	O
GRASS	B-Application
Dataset	O
,	O
QGIS	B-Application
&	O
GRASS	B-Application
Tutorials	O
.	O
</s>
