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= OSGeoLive 14.0 Released =

DD April 2021

The OSGeoLive team are proud to announce the release of version 14.0 of the [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeoLive GIS software collection]. 

== Release Highlights ==
Highlights for this release include:
* New applications [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/mapcache_overview.html MapCache], [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/geoext_overview.html GeoExt], [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/t-rex_overview.html t-rex], [https://osgeo.github.io/OSGeoLive-doc/en/overview/actinia_overview.html actinia].
* Additional Python modules like Fiona, rasterio, cartopy, pandas, geopandas, mappyfile.
* Improved documentation and four new translations, now supporting: English | Deutsch | Español | Suomen kieli | Français | Italiano | 日本語 | Hungarian.
* Version [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/master/CHANGES.txt updates] to many of the included packages.
* 100 % translation to Hungarian. Zoltán Siki, one of the Hungarian translators, pointed out the need for the translation and will use it at GIS courses at University in Budapest.
* 100 % translation to Spanish.
* Command line introduction.
* Improved Quickstart for OSM thanks to Enock.
* VMDK - first time.

XXX, says "....Thank you OSGeoLive team and congratulations on this release."

OSGeoLive 14 is ready to be used at events. It will be used at [https.//fossgis-konferenz.de/2021 FOSSGIS Konferenz 2021] in June and [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G 2021] in September 2021.


== Download ==
Download the OSGeoLive 14.0 image at https://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

== About OSGeoLive ==
[https://live.osgeo.org OSGeoLive] is a [https://lubuntu.net Lubuntu] based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Virtual Machine, USB and DVD. OSGeoLive is pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which can be tried without installing anything.

It includes:

* Close to 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
* Free world maps and sample datasets
* Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each application
* Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker's script
* Translations to multiple languages

== Credits ==

[https://live.osgeo.org/en/sponsors.html Hundreds of people] have directly helped with OSGeoLive packaging, documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in building the packaged software. Thank you to all involved.

== Sponsoring organisations ==

* [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo - the Open Source Geospatial Foundation] provides development & hosting infrastructure for OSGeoLive and many of the included applications.
* [http://ice.ucdavis.edu Information Center for the Environment (ICE)] at the University of California, Davis provides hardware resources and development support.
* [http://www.ntua.gr Remote Sensing Laboratory at the National Technical University of Athens], provides hardware resources and development support.
* The [https://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/ Debian GIS] and [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS] teams provide and quality-assure many of the core packages.
* [https://okeanos.grnet.gr/ Okeanos] is kindly providing Virtual Machines for building the OSGeoLive iso images.

== Published at ==

This announcement has been published at:
* [https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeolive-14-0-released/ OSGeo news]