[Gvsig_english] gvSIG 2 portable?

Chris Puttick chris.puttick at thehumanjourney.net
Mon May 19 21:16:18 CEST 2008


Don't know about portable gvSIG, but I do know of a portable GIS system:

http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/portable-gis/

ISO downloads over here:

http://downloads.thehumanjourney.net/USBGIS_01.zip

If gvSIG portable is possible it will be in there at some point ;)

Regards

Chris

----- "silvio grosso" <grossosilvio at yahoo.it> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I would like to know whether or not a gvSIG 2 portable version for
> Windows is planned to be released in some time in the future?
> 
> At present, I am aware my question is a little bit early because gvSIG
> 2 beta is supposed to
> be released at the end of June.
> Probably, at the moment, nobody knows precisely when a stable version
> will be ready...
> 
> In Italy, in our Public Organization we are happily using gvSIG 1.1
> portable (we have "installed" it in 5 laboratories).
> This version, released at the 3rd conference in Valencia in November,
> is very great (we are really happpy about it).
> 
> In my opionion it will be really important to have a portable version
> for gvSIG 2 as well. 
> The best would be to have Sextante included in tha package (together
> with the other extensions, e.g the 3-D pilot extension).
> 
> A portable version will be helpful for at least 4 reasons:
> 1) In many Public Organizations it is not possible to install any
> software without the Administrator authorisation (and this is not an
> easy thing to get in Italy!).
> Sometimes, the Administrator is very strict when he doesn't know the
> software. When the authorisation is denied a portable version will do
> no harm.
> 2) Most important softwares have a portable version (such as
> OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Qgis, Inkscape, Scribus, Gimp and
> many others).
> 3) When you want to teach gvSIG to some friends or colleagues, in most
> cases, it is better not to install any software in a computer that is
> isn't yours  in order to avoid damages :-)
> 4) As far as I know, ArcGis hasn't got any portable version. As a
> consequence, this would be a Must for gvSIG :-)
> 
> Keep up the wonderful work. 
> 
> Best regards 
> 
> Silvio
> 
> 
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