OpenDragon Project News
This page will keep you up-to-date on the latest activities,
accomplishments, and initiatives of the OpenDragon Project.
For detailed information on the status of OpenDragon software
releases, please visit the software status page.
Last updated: 10 June 2016
Problems registering and downloading the software.
There are two kinds of problems that people encounter when
getting Open Dragon:
- They never receive the serial number
- The downloaded files are incomplete
We have added instructions to thesoftware registration page to
help with these problems, and we have updated the server software.
Keep trying! Somehow or other we will get it to you.
OpenDragon release 5.12
This newest release of OpenDragon :
- Adds improved support for images with 16-bit data.
- Fixes a long-standing problem with Windows 7.
This was actually fixed in Dragon Professional more
than a year ago, but we have not had time until now to
integrate these changes in OpenDragon.
- Adds two new languages: Turkish and Chinese (Traditional)
- Some of the 16-bit sample image data sets have also had some
meta-data fixes.
Kindle Version of Textbook
The new textbook
Learning Remote Sensing Using
Dragon/ips® and
OpenDragon™ is now available as a
Kindle eBook. To order either the Kindle version or
the print version, click here.
Because the Kindle does not support color displays,
we have created a package of the color illustrations from the
book. That package can be downloaded from
here.
Spanish Language Added
The current download (version 5.10.11) includes
Spanish language support for installation and while
running OpenDragon. This version includes the
complete Spanish translation, and also fixes an error
in the character coding of the previous
translation. If you downloaded a copy of OpenDragon
prior to 24 May 2011, you should download the newer
version to get the correct Spanish version.
Updated Translations
In addition to the Spanish version, the current release of
OpenDragon contains newly updated Russian and Thai
translations. Many thanks to our Russian, Spanish, and Thai translators
for their hard work.
New Textbook on Remote Sensing uses OpenDragon
Learning Remote Sensing Using Dragon/ips® and OpenDragon™
is a new textbook which offers a straightforward, hands-on
treatment of the core concepts in remote sensing and
raster GIS analysis. The book includes detailed
descriptions of how either Dragon or OpenDragon can be
used to perform a wide range of image analyses common in
the remote sensing profession, and includes exercises on
each topic.
You might also want to look at our new page of
reference books
Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Hanoi, 1-5 November 2010
We will be attending in Hanoi, and happy to meet with you. However, we will not
have a booth, so please email us to arrange a time and place.
Windows 7 Status
We have been testing OpenDragon with Windows
7. There have been a few problems, most of which are
fixed in the version 5.10.8 currently available for
download.
One problem which has not yet been fixed seems to
appear only in the 64-bit version of Windows 7, when
using the "aero" color scheme. In that situation, the
drop down menus on the Viewport do not drop down
correctly. You can deal with this by changing your
default color scheme (right click on the desktop, then
select personal settings). This will also speed up
your computer. Alternatively, you can just pass your
mouse over one of the dropped down menus to see the
menu choices.
We expect to have this fixed soon, and will put
release 5.10.9 up for downloading.
OpenDragon Available Worldwide
Originally, OpenDragon was provided free only
within the countries of SouthEast Asia, and only for
educational use. Beginning in July 2010, OpenDragon is
free to all users, worldwide. (Please bear with us
while we convert the web site to support this change.)
OpenDragon Funding Cuts
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The initial 3-year funding for the OpenDragon Project,
generously provided by King Mongkut's University of
Technology Thonburi (Bangkok, Thailand) has come to an end.
Until new sources of funding are found, OpenDragon
continues to be available but with much reduced
activity. New software development is halted, and the
website has been moved to a new host which is much
less expensive, but also much less convenient for
Asian users.
We are continuing to actively seek new
funding. Furthermore, software development of the
commercial Dragon/ips is also continuing. (For
information, see:
http://www.dragon.rsgis.net). Meanwhile, we
apologize for any delays in replying to your
communications.
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OpenDragon 5.10 Released
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was officially released on Feburary 27, 2007. Minor
improvements were added up through release 5.10.5 in
July 2007. Highlights of this release include
automated image import, georeferenced vector support,
and range of new raster modelling operations
including slope and aspect calculation, buffering,
and conditional layer combinations.
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OpenDragon Featured at International Conferences
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- OpenDragon will share exhibition space with
Dragon/ips (r) at the HealthGIS
Conference in Bangkok, Thailand January
14-16, 2008.
- OpenDragon shared an exhibition booth with
Dragon/ips (r) at the 28th Asian
Conference on Remote Sensing in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia in November 2007. Because
OpenDragon has no source of funding at that
time, the space was donated by Goldin-Rudahl
Systems, Inc.
- The OpenDragon Project had a booth at
the exhibition of the American Association of
Geographers annual meeting in San Francisco,
CA, USA, from April 17-20, 2007. For more
information, visit
http://www.aag.org.
- Dr. Sally Goldin presented a paper entitled
"OpenDragon: A Platform for Teaching Geoinformatics
Software Development" at the 27th Asian Conference
on Remote Sensing in Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia,
October 9-13, 2006.
The paper focused on how OpenDragon and the
Programmer's Toolkit can be used by students
learning doing thesis or project research, or
working in courses on geoinformatics programming.
- The ISPRS Commission VII Mid-Term Symposium
held in Enschede, The Netherlands,
from 8-11 May, 2006, included
a special session entitled
"OpenDragon: Free Geoinformatics Software
for Education in Developing Countries".
This session included
demonstrations of the software and
discussions of how to expand its distribution
to other regions. Dr. Sally Goldin, assistant
director of the OpenDragon project, also spoke
speak in one of the symposium's
plenary sessions.
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Towson University GIS Conference
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Kurt Rudahl, director of the OpenDragon Project,
presented a paper on the project and its goals
during the 20th Towson University GIS Conference,
which took place
March 20-21, 2006 in Towson, Maryland, USA.
This conference
has a major focus on geoinformatics education and
is one of the
longest running and best attended
regional GIS conferences in America.
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OpenDragon 5.8 Released
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OpenDragon Version 5.8 was released on March 6, 2006.
This version provides more automatic image conversion, enhanced image metadata,
and a variety of functional improvements.
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University Geoinformatics Center Discussed
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On March 6, 2006, members of the OpenDragon Project participated in a meeting
with other members of the KMUTT community to discuss whether there was a need for
and interest in some kind of cross-departmental center to house geoinformatics
engineering research and projects. You can find the slides from Kurt Rudahl's
presentation about the OpenDragon Project here.
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National Conference on Mapping and Geoinformatics 2005
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The OpenDragon Project was invited to participate in
the exhibition associated with the Thailand National
Conference on Mapping and Geoinformatics, December 14-16, 2005. More than 500 attendees had the opportunity to learn about the
project.
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OpenDragon in Vietnam
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From November 7-11, 2005, the OpenDragon team attended the 26th Asian
Conference on Remote Sensing, in Hanoi, Vietnam. We met many members of the
Vietnam geoinformatics community, including the Deputy
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Prof. DrSc. Dang Hung
Vo, who was a keynote speaker at the conference. We were particularly
interested in informing people about the Vietnamese translation of
Dragon, which will be included in Dragon 5.8.
For more information about the Asian Conference on Remote Sensing,
visit http://www.aars-acrs.org. The complete proceedings from ACRS
2005 as well as the 2004 conference, which was held in Chiang Mai,
Thailand, are available here |
Pilot High School Program
 
On September 1-2, 2005, twenty first year students from Mahidol
Wittayanusorn School outside Bangkok came to KMUTT in a pilot program
on remote sensing for drought assessment, using OpenDragon. Project
personnel led laboratory sessions to familiarize the students with
OpenDragon use and capabilities. Experts in remote sensing
technology, water resources, and meteorology joined to provide
students with the necessary background for them to undertake
independent study projects. The students returned to KMUTT three weeks
later to present their results. In general, students were enthusiastic
about the activity, and had no serious difficulties applying
OpenDragon in their work.
MapAsia 2005
OpenDragon project personnel presented two papers in the session on
Geoinformatics Education at the MapAsia 2005
conference, which was held in Jakarta from August 22-25, 2005. Kurt
Rudahl discussed the OpenDragon Project goals and why OpenDragon is
appropriate for education. Sally Goldin described our innovative
course on computer programming for geographers that was developed
for Chiang Mai University in mid-2005.
For more information about the MapAsia conferences, visit
http://www.gisdevelopment.net
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