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12th International gvSIG Conference: “Know the territory. Manage the reality”. Call for papers is open.

Posted on 24/08/2016 by Alvaro

The 12th International gvSIG Conference, organized by the gvSIG Association, will be held from November 30th to December 2nd 2016 in Valencia, Spain, under the slogan “Know the territory. Manage the reality“. This year they will be held in a … Continue reading →

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Video of the “Vector editing, 3D view and other tools in gvSIG” webinar available

Posted on 10/08/2016 by Mario

The video of the “Vector editing, 3D view and other tools in gvSIG” webinar, the second one of the “Introduction to gvSIG” summer webinars cycle is now available. If you haven’t been able to follow it, you can watch it now … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.3 RC2 is now available

Posted on 10/08/2016 by Mario

The second gvSIG 2.3 Release Candidate (gvSIG 2.3 RC2) is now available. We encourage you to test it and send us any errors and suggestions in the users mailing list. The main new features of this version are: For users: … Continue reading →

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As a reminder: Webinar “Vector editing, 3D view and other gvSIG tools”

Posted on 08/08/2016 by Alvaro

Related to “Introduction to gvSIG” summer webinars. “Vector editing, 3D view and other gvSIG tools” – August 10th (14:00 UTC – Check the time in your country) At the second webinar, we’ll show how to create a new vector layer, … Continue reading →

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Towards gvSIG 2.3: CSV (Wizard) importer

Posted on 08/08/2016 by Mario

CSV files loading in gvSIG had several problems occasionally, because to define the CSV properties it was necessary to have advanced knowledge about the format. To solve this situation, we find a CSV file importer in gvSIG 2.3 -importing them … Continue reading →

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Towards gvSIG 2.3: New OSM (OpenStreetMap) servers

Posted on 05/08/2016 by Mario

In gvSIG 2.3 we find three new OSM servers, that are available thank to the Stamen team. One of them is “Stamen Terrain”, that has a more typical style, but  the “Stamen Watercolor” style, as well as the “Stamen Toner” … Continue reading →

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As a reminder: Webinar “Getting started with gvSIG”

Posted on 02/08/2016 by Alvaro

Related to “Introduction to gvSIG” summer webinars. “Getting started with gvSIG” – August 3rd (14:00 UTC – Check the time in your country) At the first webinar we’ll see how to manage a gvSIG project. We’ll create new views with … Continue reading →

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“Introduction to gvSIG” free online workshops

Posted on 20/07/2016 by Mario

The gvSIG Association is now pleased to inform the “Introduction to gvSIG” summer webinars at the beginning of August. Summer has arrived in a lot of places around the world. This is a good time to learn to use gvSIG, … Continue reading →

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gvSIG, an important tool applied to Open Education

Posted on 14/07/2016 by Alvaro

In the light of the International Map Year (IMY), the ICA and its commissions are highlighting the value of cartography by “mapping” the UN sustainable development goals. The sustainable development goals and their targets can be mapped based on the … Continue reading →

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Open source software: Modernity versus Middle Ages

Posted on 09/07/2016 by Giuliano Ramat

Let’s suppose to travel back to the past and try to replace the medieval concept of knowledge to applied knowledge to computer skill or, if you prefer, to geomatics that is the science this blog deals with. During the Middle … Continue reading →

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