GIS on a thumb drive: OSGeo-Live 4.5 is a self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Xubuntu. http://goo.gl/6170q
For any one interested in entering the open source geospatial realm here is a pretty easy gateway. Simply save the image to a thumb drive and boot your PC into an open source GIS desktop. An overview of the contents lists a very impressive list of software and opensource systems. There is a nice summary of each item, links to the site and often a quick start guide.
This is definitely worth checking out considering the costs and complexities of the average GIS. A similar system from Esri would cost well over $10,000. Thanks OSGeo and all the contributors and volunteers!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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