[Gvsig_english] New 1-0-alpha release now available

[Gabriel Carrión]

Edition, Geoprocessing and Georeferencing arrive at gvSIG. The gvSIG 
project publishes an “alpha” release of gvSIG 1.0.

The new version of gvSIG represents a great step ahead about the new 
features compared to its ancestor and the current stable release: gvSIG 
0.6.

The most important new feature in this version is the alphanumeric and 
graphical CAD-like edition, one of the most demanded by the users. It 
also includes tools for geoprocessing, image georeferencing and a WFS 
(Web Feature Service) client, all the services in the OGC's Spatial Data 
Infrastructures are finally.

We consider that gvSIG can now cover the needs of the most users of 
geospatial information, although we are conscious of there are a long 
path to walk on and many things to be improved.

We are proud and impatient to announce all these new features and we 
have decided to publish a pre-release named gvSIG 1.0-Alpha in advance, 
so you can evaluate all these features on your own.

It is important to emphasize that this a development version which 
contain bugs may be potentially important, so it is not recommended to 
use it for normal uses.

We will continue with the usual distribution policy based in a set of 
unstable releases (RCs) that will culminate in the definitive one, gvSIG 
1.0.

gvSIG 1.0-Alpha is available from the Downloads section.

We encourage you all to test and send us any bug or suggestions you may 
have to the distribution lists.

Check the new features included in this version from the Release Notes 
Section.

-- 
Gabriel Carrión Rico
Responsable Grupo SIG - CAD
Conselleria de Infraestructuras y Transporte
Generalitat Valenciana
Valencia - España
http://www.gvsig.gva.es