diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 187ccea5..c7362612 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
 PROJECT( octomap-distribution )
 
-ENABLE_TESTING()  # enable CTest environment
+ENABLE_TESTING()  # enable CTest environment of subprojects
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( octomap )
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( octovis )
 
+# make complete package release from source 
+SET(PKG_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}.tar.gz")
+SET(DIST_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist")
+ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET("dist" 
+  rm -rf "${DIST_DIR}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PKG_NAME}"
+  COMMAND mkdir "${DIST_DIR}"
+  COMMAND svn export --force -q "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${DIST_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}" 
+  COMMAND tar -czf "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${PKG_NAME}" -C "${DIST_DIR}" --exclude=".hidden" "${PROJECT_NAME}"
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+)
+
+# also build subproject's dist for completeness
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(dist dist-octomap dist-octovis)
 
 
 
diff --git a/octomap/CMakeLists.txt b/octomap/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a1a40c0..619cec43 100644
--- a/octomap/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/octomap/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,11 +122,12 @@ ENDIF(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 
 # make package release from source
 SET(OCTOMAP_PKG_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${OCTOMAP_VERSION}.tar.gz")
-ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(dist 
-	rm -rf "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OCTOMAP_PKG_NAME}"
-	COMMAND mkdir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist"
-	COMMAND svn export --force -q "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist/${PROJECT_NAME}" 
-	COMMAND tar -czf "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OCTOMAP_PKG_NAME}" -C "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist" --exclude=".hidden" "${PROJECT_NAME}"
+SET(DIST_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist-${PROJECT_NAME}")
+ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET("dist-${PROJECT_NAME}" 
+	rm -rf "${DIST_DIR}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OCTOMAP_PKG_NAME}"
+	COMMAND mkdir "${DIST_DIR}"
+	COMMAND svn export --force -q "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${DIST_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}" 
+	COMMAND tar -czf "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OCTOMAP_PKG_NAME}" -C "${DIST_DIR}" --exclude=".hidden" "${PROJECT_NAME}"
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
 )
 
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(dist
 INCLUDE(CPackSettings)
 
 # Finished:
-MESSAGE (STATUS "\n")
+MESSAGE ("\n")
 MESSAGE (STATUS "Compile octomap using: make")
 MESSAGE (STATUS "Install octomap using: make install")
 MESSAGE (    "    (be sure to set the correct CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX before)")
diff --git a/octomap/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake b/octomap/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake
index 590800a6..337ee42a 100644
--- a/octomap/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake
+++ b/octomap/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
 MESSAGE ("\n")
-MESSAGE (STATUS "Building as ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
-MESSAGE ("\n")
+MESSAGE (STATUS "${PROJECT_NAME} building as ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 
 # COMPILER FLAGS
 IF (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
diff --git a/octomap/ros/ROS_README.txt b/octomap/ros/ROS_README.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 730490de..00000000
--- a/octomap/ros/ROS_README.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-For better integration, OctoMap's ROS integration is now moved into its own
-octomap_mapping stack, available in Freiburg's ROS repository at
-
-  http://code.google.com/p/alufr-ros-pkg/
-  
-The "octomap" package in that stack will provide ROS integration by checking
-out the OctoMap code from SVN and building it. More information is available at:
-  
-  http://www.ros.org/wiki/octomap_mapping
-  
-
diff --git a/octovis/CMakeLists.txt b/octovis/CMakeLists.txt
index 88077666..c1143cd6 100644
--- a/octovis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/octovis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.6)
 PROJECT( octovis )
 
 # # version (e.g. for packaging)
-# set(OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION 1)
-# set(OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION 1)
-# set(OCTOMAP_PATCH_VERSION 0)
-# set(OCTOMAP_VERSION ${OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION}.${OCTOMAP_PATCH_VERSION})
+set(OCTOVIS_MAJOR_VERSION 1)
+set(OCTOVIS_MINOR_VERSION 2)
+set(OCTOVIS_PATCH_VERSION 0)
+set(OCTOVIS_VERSION ${OCTOVIS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OCTOVIS_MINOR_VERSION}.${OCTOVIS_PATCH_VERSION})
 # get rid of a useless warning:
 if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)
@@ -81,9 +81,35 @@ IF(BUILD_VIEWER)
   # not used right now (export depends?)
   #set(OCTOMAP_CMAKE_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
   configure_file(octovis-config.cmake.in
-    "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/cmake/octomap/octovis-config.cmake" @ONLY)
+    "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/cmake/octovis/octovis-config.cmake" @ONLY)
+  configure_file(octovis-config-version.cmake.in
+    "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/cmake/octovis/octovis-config-version.cmake" @ONLY)  
+    
+  # Create a octovis-config.cmake file for the use from the install tree
+  # and install it
+  set(OCTOVIS_INCLUDE_DIRS "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include")
+  set(OCTOVIS_LIB_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+  #set(OCTOMAP_CMAKE_DIR "${INSTALL_DATA_DIR}/FooBar/CMake")
+  configure_file(octovis-config.cmake.in
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/InstallFiles/octovis-config.cmake" @ONLY)
+  configure_file(octovis-config-version.cmake.in
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/InstallFiles/octovis-config-version.cmake" @ONLY)
+  install(FILES
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/InstallFiles/octovis-config.cmake"
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/InstallFiles/octovis-config-version.cmake" 
+    DESTINATION lib/cmake/octovis/)
+    
+  # make package release from source
+  SET(OCTOVIS_PKG_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${OCTOVIS_VERSION}.tar.gz")
+  SET(DIST_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist-${PROJECT_NAME}")
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET("dist-${PROJECT_NAME}" 
+    rm -rf "${DIST_DIR}" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OCTOVIS_PKG_NAME}"
+    COMMAND mkdir "${DIST_DIR}"
+    COMMAND svn export --force -q "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${DIST_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}" 
+    COMMAND tar -czf "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${OCTOVIS_PKG_NAME}" -C "${DIST_DIR}" --exclude=".hidden" "${PROJECT_NAME}"
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+  )
     
-  
   # #installation:
   # # store all header files to install:
   file(GLOB octovis_HDRS  *.h *.hxx *.hpp)
diff --git a/octovis/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake b/octovis/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake
index 590800a6..337ee42a 100644
--- a/octovis/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake
+++ b/octovis/CMakeModules/CompilerSettings.cmake
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
 MESSAGE ("\n")
-MESSAGE (STATUS "Building as ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
-MESSAGE ("\n")
+MESSAGE (STATUS "${PROJECT_NAME} building as ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 
 # COMPILER FLAGS
 IF (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
diff --git a/octovis/octovis-config-version.cmake.in b/octovis/octovis-config-version.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8263826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/octovis/octovis-config-version.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+set(PACKAGE_VERSION "@OCTOVIS_VERSION@")
+ 
+# Check whether the requested PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION is compatible
+if("${PACKAGE_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}")
+  set(PACKAGE_VERSION_COMPATIBLE FALSE)
+else()
+  set(PACKAGE_VERSION_COMPATIBLE TRUE)
+  if ("${PACKAGE_VERSION}" VERSION_EQUAL "${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}")
+    set(PACKAGE_VERSION_EXACT TRUE)
+  endif()
+endif()
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