[Freegis-list] OGDI 3.1alpha2 Source Released

[Frank Warmerdam]

Folks, 

The 3i (Information Interoperability Institute) is pleased to 
announce the first 3i source release for OGDI.  OGDI is the
Open Geographic Datastore Interface, an application programming
interface (API) providing local and remote access to geospatial 
data products in a variety of raster and vector formats.  

The open source OGDI core technology, and the OGDI interface standard
is currently maintained by the 3i. 

The OGDI core includes a C client library, a server, and drivers
for RPF, VPF, ADRG and DTED file formats.  

The 3.1alpha2 source release is the first 3i managed release of
OGDI, and is essentially a bug fix release based on the more
widely used, but never officially released, OGDI 3.0beta source.
This release is primarily targetted at the developers of commercial
and free GIS and remote sensing packages interested in taking 
advantage of the capabilities of OGDI.

It is intended that a 3.1 beta, and final release will be prepared
by 3i in coming months.  The 3.1 final release should include 
additional support for version/extension negotiation, and layer
discovery metadata.  Future releases will also include additional 
"end user" tools, and pre-built binaries. 

Developer material, mailing list subscription info, and the 
3.1alpha2 source release may be found at:

  http://ogdi.sourceforge.net/

Information on the 3i, including it's mission and membership options 
is available at:

  http://www.3i.ca/

Best regards,

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