[Gvsig_english] Comparison of installation ond use of latest version of both gvSIg and gvSIG-CE

[Mario Carrera]

Hi Simon,

there's a Sextante version that fixes some problems on gvSIG 1.11. You
can follow this steps to install it:

1. Download this packages file:

http://downloads.gvsig.org/download/gvsig-desktop/dists/1.11.0/packages.gvspks

(if it has been downloaded as a .zip file, it has to be renamed to its
original extension (.gvpks)).

2. Delete the folder “es.unex.sextante” from the install directory of
gvSIG (We recommend to make a copy previously in case of something is
wrong.). Usually:

    - Linux:
/home/[usuario]/gvSIG_1.11.0_final/bin/gvSIG/extensiones/es.unex.sextante/
    - Windows: C:\Archivos de
programa\gvSIG_1.11.0_final\bin\gvSIG\extensiones\es.unex.sextante
    - MacOS:
/Applications/gvSIG-1.11.0.app/Contents/Resources/Java/gvSIG/extensiones/es.unex.sextante

3. Run gvSIG.

4. Go to the Add-ons Manager (inside the Tools menu).

5. Select “Install from file" and select the path to the packages.gvspks
downloaded previously. -> Next.

6. At the “Not official” tab, select the last version of the Sextante
package -> Next (the process can last several minutes).

7. Close gvSIG.

8. ONLY FOR WINDOWS: Go to the ”extensiones\com.iver.cit.gvsig\lib”
folder and delete these files:

    jts-1.9_gvSIG.jar
    jtsio-1.8.jar

9. Run gvSIG.

It solved some errors at the creation of DEM.

Best regards,
    Mario


El 30/03/12 16:39, Simon Cropper escribió:
> Hi,
> 
> I have been trying to get create a DEM based on a contour shapefile as 
> outlined in Victor's video.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0-_ny4Cj9U
> 
> Initially the process baulked because the contour data was in 3D and 
> Sextante did not process the file correctly. I eventually converted the 
> file to 2D using ogr2ogr then tried again. No luck, the process appeared 
> to finish but the image file did not appear in any directory.
> 
> I have tested the process on old data that this process worked on 
> previously but it now does not work. After looking at all the usual 
> suspects I decided to upgrade to the latest versions of gvSIG and 
> gvSIG-CE to see if this process could be completed and if not whether 
> any feedback was given by the program as to why not.
> 
> ***** DOWNLOADS ***********
> 
> gvsig-ce-1.0.svn-linux.zip 210.17MB
> gvSIG-1_11-1305-final-lin-i586-withjre-j1_5.bin 193.54MB
> 
> ***** INSTALLATION ***********
> 
> gvSIG 1.11 -- Quick and easy, although would confuse a newbie (e.g. 
> change execution flag).
> gvSIG-CE -- unzip and you are done.
> 
> 
> ***** OPEN PROJECT ***********
> 
> gvSIG 1.11 -- Warned me that the project file, if changed would not be 
> able to read by older version of the program.
> 
> gvSIG-CE -- Slightly quicker to open. Same warning about the project file.
> 
> ***** OPEN PROJECT ***********
> 
> gvSIG 1.11 -- Baulked. Generated the error stating the raster file could 
> not be created -- the same as gvSIG 1.10. No error message was in the 
> main console.
> 
> The message was 
> "es.unex.sextante.exceptions.GeoAlgorithmExecutionException: Error 
> exporting the generated raster to the file: ..."
> 
> gvSIG-CE -- Worked first pop. Created a raster as expected.
> 
> All packages use the same Java 1.6.0_20.
> 
> I suspect after snooping around that the version of sextante is newer 
> but it does not explain why a program that used its own java and 
> libraries would or could change (both the current version and the latest 
> download of gvSIG 1.11). I have made the DEM using this process several 
> times using version 1.10. Obviously these packages are not autonomous 
> from the system.
> 
> For the record. I am using gvSIG 1.11, Ubuntu with the xfce desktop and 
> the above mentioned java.
> 
> I suppose there is something to be said for having all the usual tools 
> in the same toolbox and already interconnected.
>