OpenGeo

Last month, we released the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition 2.0. Today we bring Community Edition users up to date with the latest 2.0 features, as well as a number of experimental new ones, with the OpenGeo Suite Community Edition 2.1.0.

GeoExplorer now includes a printing feature. With a simple export to PDF you can now impress your offline friends and your mom’s refrigerator. Another GeoExplorer improvement includes version 3 of the Google Maps API.  You no longer need an API key in order to host maps with Google layers on your site. And for design aficionados, Styler now preserves GeoServer SLD vendor options. We also fixed bugs around GeoWebCache layer groups and GeoServer layer names.

With 2.1.0 there is a lot more than meets the eye. We invite you to try it out and let us know what you think!

You can find answers to your questions at our growing OpenGeo Suite Community Forum.  Remember, the Community Edition is free (open source and no charge), but unsupported.  If you’re going into production, you’ll definitely want the OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition.

We have been hard at work on improving the OpenGeo Suite. Part of our development process is to make interim releases available as Community Edition downloads.  These downloads are functional and ready to try out, but they could still use some more testing. Please download and try out the latest Community Edition and give us feedback on our new community forum.

And you definitely want to try out this new release. Why? Check out some of the new features:

• PostGIS is now integrated into the OpenGeo Suite install experience! You now get a complete spatial mapping stack: database, map server, tile cache, web interface. Or, in project terms: PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, OpenLayers, GeoExt!
• pgShapeLoader, a graphical interface for loading shapefiles into your PostGIS database
• pgAdmin a graphical interface for database administration.
• GeoEditor, a web application. GeoEditor allows for web based editing of data, regardless of the underlying data format (shapefiles, PostGIS, ArcSDE, Oracle Spatial, DB2, etc.). This offers a great opportunity to integrate web based applications with traditional GIS workflows.

We currently have one-click installers available for Windows and Mac OS X. We will be adding an installer for Linux very soon.

It’s worth noting what you’re getting with the OpenGeo Suite. With a simple and quick installation, you have the functional equivalent of ArcGIS Server and Oracle Spatial.

Download the OpenGeo Suite Community Edition