Category Archives: english

OpenStreetMap cartography with reprojected layers in gvSIG 2.x

Posted on 14/03/2016 by Mario

Some time ago, a tool to access to OpenStreetMap cartography was included at the gvSIG 2.0 version. But there was a problem when a layer available in other reference system was added at the same View, that wasn’t reprojected correctly. … Continue reading →

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Smart Cities: no open source software means no intelligence

Posted on 14/03/2016 by Giuliano Ramat

Smart City, the intelligent city, has been one of the most fashion concepts in recent years dealing mainly with the use of ICT, information and communication technology, to improve citizens living standards. Technology is not assumed as result itself but as … Continue reading →

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On the road to gvSIG 2.3: New available formats (OGR / GDAL)

Posted on 08/03/2016 by Giuliano Ramat

One of the major architectural changes in gvSIG 2.3 is related to the use of the GDAL library in the frame of raster data and projections. After completed his task, we have decided to create a new access data driver … Continue reading →

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On the road to gvSIG 2.3: read and write PRJ files (projections)

Posted on 08/03/2016 by Giuliano Ramat

One of the new features that is coming with the next gvSIG version 2.3 is the capability to read and write PRJ files that was, without any doubt, one of the most requested features by the user community and that … Continue reading →

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Politician, promise ICT, it’s cheaper!

Posted on 01/03/2016 by mjlobato76

Imagine some politician going to a neighbourhood and promising to the neighbours, that a health center will be built near to fulfill their needs. It doesn´t matter if it is a health center, a school, a sport center or a … Continue reading →

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On the road to gvSIG 2.3: Dynamic segmentation in 4 videos

Posted on 29/02/2016 by Mario

Creating Routes: Calibrate Routes: Showing measurements: Dynamic segmentation:  

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On the road to gvSIG 2.3: Dynamic segmentation (VI and final)

Posted on 27/02/2016 by mjlobato76

Once we have seen in previous post how to create routes, calibrate them and generate the dynamic segmentation, in this last post we will see how to show and clean measure. Show measures This tool allows the graphic representation of … Continue reading →

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On the road to gvSIG 2.3: Dynamic segmentation (V)

Posted on 27/02/2016 by mjlobato76

Once we´ve learned in previous posts how to create routes and calibrate them, let´s see the available tool to generate dynamic segmentation. This tool allows to create new information layers from a geocodification linked to a linear reference system. For … Continue reading →

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gvSIG 2.3 RC1 available, release candidate to final version

Posted on 26/02/2016 by Mario

As we announced some time ago, last December we started the stabilization process of the next gvSIG version, 2.3. Now we announce the first RC (Release Candidate). This is the moment at which the gvSIG Community helps us to test … Continue reading →

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Change of Productivity Model

Posted on 24/02/2016 by Mario

Strategic sectors, the ICTs and the 21st Century; the Geomatics, gvSIG and the Spatial Data Infrastructures; Standards, Free and Open Source Software, to share and to collaborate; Neutrality, Independence and Technological Sovereignty; and of course, the change of Productivity Model. … Continue reading →

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