MundoGEO [1] and gvSIG Association [2] invite you to join a new webinar about the new gvSIG 2 version.

This webinar will discuss the newest release of gvSIG (version 2.0) focusing on a comparison between this and previous versions, as well as, detailing software developments planned in the coming months.

With free registration, this event is appropriate for all gvSIG Desktop users and developers interested in knowing the key features of gvSIG version 2.0 and the direction of future development.

Attendees will be able to interact with the speakers by sending their comments and questions through chat. All attendees of this web seminar will receive certificates for their participation.

• Webinar: Introducing gvSIG Desktop version 2 (in English)
• Date: Monday, September 23
• Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM GMT
• Language: English
• System requirements:
  • PC based attendees - Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP or Server
  • Mac based attendees - Mac OS X 10.6 or newer
  • Mobile attendees - iPhone, iPad, Android phone or Android tablet
• Space is limited!

Reserve your Webinar seat now free of charge:

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

A new extension for gvSIG 2.0 that allows to create series of maps automatically, covering a certain area of interest, with varying field values in each sheet. It now includes the possibility to rotate the area covered by each sheet.

For installing this plugin you have to open the Add-ons Manager in gvSIG 2.0, selecting the "By URL" option and (in the next days it will be available in the other gvSIG repositories). Finally you have to select the following packages:

• "Document: Layout - Version 2.0.0-SNAPSHOT-26" (It's important to update this "Layouts" plugin for the correct working of the Map Sheets one).  
• “Map sheets main plugin”

More information about the plugin and how to install it in [1] and [2].

With this release we continue with the continuous publishing dynamics of new features on gvSIG 2.0. Be aware of the next publishing!

The 9th International gvSIG Conference, organized by the gvSIG Association, will be held from November 27th to 29th at La Petxina Sports-Cultural Complex (Valencia - Spain), under the slogan "Matter of sovereignty".

Call for papers is now open. As of today communication proposals can be sent to the email address: they will be evaluated by the scientific committee as to their inclusion in the conference program. There are two types of communication: paper or poster. Information regarding to regulations on communication presentations can be found in the Communications section [2]. Abstracts will be accepted until September 27th.

Organizations interest     ed in collaborating in the event can find information in the section: How to collaborate [3].

A new plugin for gvSIG 2.0 that allows to load layers coming from Oracle Spatial geodatabases has been released by the gvSIG Association.

Different from the 1.x versions of gvSIG, the 2.0 version includes an interesting improvement when loading layers coming from PostGIS or Oracle Spatial geodatabases, where there is no preprocess dealing with row IDs. Because of that they are instantly visible although a work area is not established.

For installing this plugin you have to open the Add-ons Manager in gvSIG 2.0, selecting the "By URL" option and (in the next days it will be available in the other gvSIG repositories). Finally you have to select the "Oracle Spatial/Locator connector" package.

A new extension for gvSIG 2.0 that allows to work with a new type of document, the charts, has been released by the gvSIG Association. A new way to represent and analyze data in gvSIG, complementing the existing ones. The charts have a lot of utilities, and they are an easy and visual way to compare entities, distributions, tendencies, etc.

This extension has been released as a RC1 (Release Candidate 1) in order to be tested by the wide gvSIG users community.

For installing this plugin you have to open the Add-ons Manager in gvSIG 2.0, selecting the "By URL" option and (in the next days it will be available in the other gvSIG repositories). Finally you have to select the "Document: charts" package.

With this release we continue with the continuous publishing dynamics of new features on gvSIG 2.0. Be aware of the next publishing!

The extension that allows to access to the OpenStreetMap layers from gvSIG 2.0 is now available.

For installing this plugin you have to open the Add-ons Manager in gvSIG 2.0, selecting the "By URL" option and (in the next days it will be available in the other gvSIG repositories). Finally you have to select the "Formats: OpenStreetMap raster tiles support" package.

This plugin includes a basic access to the OSM layers for viewing, and there are four servers configured by default, that show the Map Quest, Map Quest Open Aerial, Open cycle Map and Mapnik layers. At the "Add layer" interface it is possible to add new servers.

During the last weeks several posts about the gvSIG Desktop novelties have been published at the gvSIG Blog. With them we try to make known all these novelties with more details. Until now, the posts that have been publisher are:

• Scripting, exploit your gvSIG (III): Generate a polygon from a course
• Symbols library “OSM”
• “Google” symbols library
• Scripting, exploit your gvSIG (II). Creating a buffer
• Mirrors for downloads
• Add-ons manager
• How to create symbol libraries (II)
• Raster data tile cache and WMTS
• gvSIG 2.0 on 64 bits or Java 1.7 systems
• Additional feature for managing CRS
• gvSIG 2.0: Scripting, exploit your gvSIG
• How to create symbol libraries (I)

In the last weeks new posts will be published, as well as the translation of the last ones in Spanish. Some of them will be related to the new add-ons that will be available for this version. They will be able to be installed from the Add-ons Manager.

The gvSIG Association announces the publishing of the gvSIG 2.0 final version [1]. The main novelty of this version is its new architecture. The way gvSIG manage the data sources has been redesigned with the objective of improving the reliability as well as the modularity, benefiting the users as well as the developers. Besides it permits an easier maintenance and evolution of the technology. Therefore it has been an investment in the future with the aim of not limiting the technological evolution and establish the bases for a quick evolution.

However this new gvSIG Desktop version includes a series of new features:

• New installer that supports typical and custom installation.
• Add-ons manager that allows to install new extensions and customize gvSIG from the same application.
• Some changes in the interface of data management tools like:
  • File import/export
  • Table operations
  • New layer
• Layer load improved
• WMTS (Web Map Tiled Service) support
• Raster data cache
• Unified geoprocessing interface
• Import symbols, making the creation of symbols libraries easy.
• Export symbols, that allows to share complete symbols libraries with other users easily.
• Scripting framework (languages: Jython, Groovy and Javascript).

Nevertheless it's the last version of gvSIG, it has to be taken into account that it's really a new gvSIG, so you will find that some of the gvSIG 1.12 functionalities are not included. These functionalities will be included in following and continuous updates according to their migration to the new architecture. The main functionalities that are not included are the following:

• Georeferencing
• Legend by proportional symbols, graduated ones, dot density, quantities by categories and by expressions.
• Extensions: Network analysis and 3D

In the same way, there are several projects based on this new architecture that will allow to include new functionalities and improvements directly in gvSIG 2.0 in the next months.

Also it has to be taken into account that the level of stability of this new version is not as high as we would have wished, considering it a final version in order to be used by the community in an official way, and mainly to tackle the new developments on it.

For that, we encourage you to test it and send us any errors in order to fix them in the following updates. The known errors of this version can be consulted in [2].

From this version, several mirrors are now available to download the packages from gvSIG. These mirrors will be available within a few days.  

We hope you enjoy the new features of this version and you help us to improve it.

We remind you that the registration period for the second edition of the gvSIG Basic Course in English at the gvSIG-Training e-Learning platform is still opened.

This course lasts seven weeks and it is included in the Certification Program of the gvSIG Association [1].

- Details of the course:
Subscription until the 1st April
Beginning of the course: 8th April
End of the Course: 31st May