\title{News Items from 2007}
\maketitle
Headlines from news items posted on OSGeo.org:\footnote{To have news items posted to the OSGeo web site, send your requests to: \url{news_items@osgeo.org}}\\

\noindent\textbf{January}

\begin{itemize}
	\item  ILWIS GIS Software Migrates to Open Source 
	\item  MapGuide Open Source 1.1.0 Released 
	\item  FOSS4G in Victoria, Canada, September 24-27, 2007 
	\item  GDAL/OGR 1.4.0 Released 
	\item  GeoTools 2.3.0 Released 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{February}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  OSGeo Celebrates 1st Anniversary 
	\item  FOSS4G 2007 Call for Workshops Reminder 
	\item  OpenLayers 2.3 Released 
	\item  MapServer 4.10.1 Released 
	\item  MOSS4G Project Announcement 
	\item  FOSS4G 2007 Call for Workshops 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{March}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  OSGeo Accepted for Google Summer of Code 
	\item  MapGuide Open Source helps San Francisco protect the urban forest 
	\item  QGIS and FDO Enter OSGeo Incubation 
	\item  MapGuide Open Source Graduates Incubation 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{April}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  deegree day 2007 - Call for Papers 
	\item  OSGeo Welcomes Sixteen Students for Google Summer of Code 
	\item  FOSS4G 2007 Call for Presentations 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{May}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  AWare Systems to extend LibTiff library with support for the new BigTIFF format 
	\item  OSGeo Journal Volume 1 Now Available 
	\item  Seeking Consultants and Service Organizations 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{June}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  GDAL/OGR 1.4.2 Released 
	\item  FOSS4G 2007 Call for Presentations Closes THIS WEEK 
	\item  Quantum GIS 0.8.1 Released 
	\item  Journal Submissions for Peer Review 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{July}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  FOSS4G 2007 Early Bird Registration Ends FRIDAY 
	\item  GRASS GIS releases version 6.2.2 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{August}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  Ominiverdi Desktop LiveCD 2007.1 Released 
	\item  FOSS4G Program Finalized - 1 month to go! 
	\item  Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations 
	\item  FOSS4G 2008 Awarded to Cape Town, South Africa 
	\item  OSGeo Board Election Results 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{September}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  Steve Lime Wins Sol Katz GFOSS Award 
	\item  MapServer 5.0 Released 
	\item  OSGeo Journal Volume 2 Available 
	\item  OSGeo Annual Meeting at FOSS4G 
	\item  gvSIG Enters OSGeo Incubation 
	\item  MapGuide Open Source 1.2.0 Released 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{October}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  OSGeo Announces Request for Proposal for Hosting 2009 Conference 
	\item  Mapbender 2.4.3 Released 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{November}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  Italian Local Chapter Formed 
	\item  OpenLayers Graduates Incubation 
	\item  GEOS Enters OSGeo Incubation 
	\item  Francophone Local Chapter Formed 
\end{itemize}

\noindent\textbf{December}
\begin{itemize}
	\item  GDAL/OGR 1.5.0 Released 
	\item  FOSS4G Proceedings - Journal Vol. 3 Now Available 
	\item  GRASS Book 3rd Edition Available 
\end{itemize}
