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2  Thuban - a geographic data viewer  Thuban - a Geographic Data Viewer
3  =================================  =================================
4    
5  Thuban is an interactive viewer for geographic data. It is written in  $Date$
6  Python using the wxWindows toolkit for portability. It runs on Unix-like  $Revision$
7  systems and on Windows.  
8    Thuban is an interactive viewer for geographic data.  
9    Python and the wxWidgets framework ensure great portability.
10    Thuban is Free Software and runs on GNU/Linux, Windows
11    and several other operating systems.
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13    
14  About the Name  About the Name
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18  About 4000 years ago it was the north star.  About 4000 years ago it was the north star.
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20    
21    Requirements
22    ------------
23    
24    Thuban requires the following software to be installed:
25    
26      Python     2.2.1    http://www.python.org
27      wxWidgets  2.4.0.4  http://www.wxwidgets.org (formerly known as wxWindows)
28      wxPython   2.4.0.4  http://www.wxpython.org
29      proj       4.4.5    http://www.remotesensing.org/proj/
30      SQLite     2.8.3    http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
31      PySQLite   0.4.3    http://pysqlite.sourceforge.net
32    
33    The versions given are the lowest versions that are known to work. for
34    proj, sqlite and pysqlite somewhat older versions probably work as well.
35    Note that the wxPython version must be the same as the wxWidgets version
36    (Some wxPython binary packages already contain the right wxWidgets version)
37    
38    Optional software:
39    
40      GDAL       1.1.8  http://www.remotesensing.org/gdal/
41         for raster image (geo-tiff) support
42    
43      psycopg    1.0.x  http://initd.org/software/psycopg
44         for postgis connections. Newer version probably also work
45    
46    
47  Installation  Installation
48  ------------  ------------
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79  License  License
80  -------  -------
81    
82  Thuban is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License  Thuban is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
 (GPL).  
83    
84  However, some of the extension modules in the extension subdirectory are  However, some of the extension modules in the extension subdirectory are
85  licensed under other free licenses. See the respective README files for  licensed under other Free Software licenses.
86  more details.  See the respective README files for details.
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