the open source geospatial community
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Jeff McKenna
President, OSGeo
The Open Source Geospatial Community
Outline
● What is OSGeo?
● FOSS4G
● Community
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Why?
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source: pcworld.com
Community?
“a body of persons of common and
especially professional interests
scattered through a larger society”
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2000 to 2005
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What is OSGeo?
● Open Source Geospatial Foundation (www.osgeo.org)● A non-profit organization
● Legally registered in Delaware, United States
● Started in February 2006
● Today is the leading voice for free geospatial software
● Similar in operation to the Apache Foundation
● Everyone is a volunteer
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OSGeo's Mission Statement
“To support the development of open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use.”
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OSGeo Goals (part 1)
● Provide resources for projects● Technical● Legal● Funding
● Promote freely available data
● Promote project use in industry
● Encourage the use of standards
● Provide a common brand of quality
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OSGeo Goals (part 2)
● Make software more accessible to users
● Provide installers
● Provide support for OSGeo software use in education
● Encourage cooperation between different OSGeo communities
● Java/C communities
● Unix/Windows communities
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OSGeo Goals (part 3)
● Support use and development in the worldwide community
● Operate annual FOSS4G conference
● Award the Sol Katz award for service to the community
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Sponsors of OSGeo
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How to Sponsor OSGeo
1. Foundation sponsorship
● Sustaining sponsor: 50,000 USD
● Principal sponsor: 20,000 USD
● Supporting sponsor: 10,000 USD
● Associate sponsor: 3,000 USD
2. Project sponsorship
3. Conference sponsorship
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OSGeo Structure
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CommitteesCommitteesCommittees
Board of 9 Directorsand President
LocalChaptersLocalChaptersLocalChapters
OfficersOfficers
25 Officers
LocalChaptersLocalChaptersFoundation
Projects
CommitteesCommitteesCommittees
elected by Membership 147 Charter Members
Charter Members vote
represent
Sponsors
OSGeo Projects (part 1)deegree
GeoMoose
MapServer
GeoServer
Web mapping
Desktop
Web mapping
GRASS
Quantum GIS
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OpenLayers
OSGeo Projects (part 2)
GEOS
GDAL
GeoTools
Geospatial libraries
Metadata Catalog GeoNetwork
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PostGIS
Requirements to Become an OSGeo Project
● Code is under an OSI approved license
● Geospatial software
● Mature software
● Substantial user community
● Diverse developer community
● Support relative standards
● Links to existing OSGeo projects
(see: http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html)
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OSGeo Labs
● For projects that would like to become OSGeo Projects
● Can use OSGeo infrastructure
● http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs
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Types of OSGeo Members
Participant
Member
Charter Member
- Have not registered themselves on osgeo.org site
- Have registered themselves on osgeo.org site- Publicly acknowledges their connection to OSGeo
- Must be voted in by other Charter members- Have the right to vote in elections of otherCharter members and board members
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OSGeo Committees
Education
Website
Conference FinanceBoard
Systems
MarketingPublic
geodata
Incubation
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Local Chapters
Italy
Korea
China GermanyBritish Columbia
Canada
Japan
French Language
India
New MexicoUnited States
PolandOttawaCanada
QuebecCanada
Japan KoreaJapan
Twin CitesUnited States
SpanishLanguage
United Kingdom
CascadiaIn formation: Africa, Australia & New Zealand,Brazilian, Greek, Finland, Portugal, Taiwan
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Role of Local Chapters
● Bring a more local context to OSGeo
● Provide networking opportunities
● Provide training and support to local community
● Promote OSGeo through events
● Translate documents, websites, software
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OpenStreetMap
MapServer
MapFish
web mapping
GRASS GIS
Quantum GIS OSSIM
desktop GIS
metadata
GEOS
GDAL/OGR
GeoTools
libraries
MetaCRSPostGIS
GeoMajas
Quantum GIS MapServer
deegree
OpenLayers GeoServer
MapGuide OS
deegree GIS
MapNik
Viking
KOSMO
gvSIG
SpatialLite
uDig
Geopublisher
Mapbender
pycsw
GeoKettle
GMT
ZOO Project
FDO
GeoNetwork
Number of OSGeo mailing lists.(2013-04-25)
197
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Number of unique registrants in OSGeo email lists.(2013-02-01)
19,160
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Number of users registered on the OSGeo Wiki.(2013-04-25)
12,811
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Total pages on the OSGeo Wiki. (2013-04-25)
2,783
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Unique visitors to osgeo.org for the month of April
32,013
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Google hits for “osgeo” (2013-04-25)
1,480,000
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(17,500 on 2006-03)
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ICA-OSGeo Labs Network
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ICA-OSGeo Labs Network
• Goal 1 – Establishing research and training opportunities in open source GIS
• Goal 2 -Provide worldwide learning platform• Goal 3 – Build teaching and research
infrastructure worldwide
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ICA-OSGeo Labs Network
University of Nottingham,UKUniversity of Girona, SpainUniversity of Southampton, UKCzech Technical University in Prague, Czech RepublicNewcastle University, UKLaboratorio di Geomatica, ItalyUniversity of Warwick, UKUNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre, PolandFederal University of Paraná, BrazilSão Paulo State University (UNESP), BrazilNational Amazonian University of Madre de Dios (UNAMAD), PeruUniversidad de la República, UruguayNorth Carolina State University,USAUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, USAInformation Center for the Environment, University of CaliforniaLaboratorio Nacional de Software Libre, MexicoUNMC, MalaysiaUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), MalaysiaNational College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the PhilippinesEnvironmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), PhilippinesUniversity of Pretoria, South AfricaRegional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), KenyaUniversity of Ghana, GhanaUniversity of Melbourne, Australia
Community Events
OSGIS 2004, Ottawa, Canada
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Community Events
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Community Events
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FOSS4G Conference
● Annual event bringing together the OSGeo community
● Events have been held in Switzerland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Spain, United States
● Growth in attendance from ~100 attendees in 2004 to ~1,000 attendees
● Regional events now in NA, Europe, India, S.Korea, Japan, and BA
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Sol Katz Award
Awarded annually by OSGeo to those that have demonstrated leadership in the community
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OSGeo Service Providers
Small-medium sized companies
offering professional support for
OSGeo projects
Becoming very important
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Is the Community Easy to Work With?
“Is my bug fixed?” “The documentation is out-of-date” “I'm new,...” “When is the next release?”
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Challenges
avoid being NA-centric attracting innovative projects to participate attracting sponsorship to support the community certification?
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What Does theCommunity Need?
YOU! Helping with documentation Testing/providing feedback Answering questions on mailing lists Sharing your passion
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Thank you!
Jeff McKenna
President, OSGeo
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