Open Source Geospatial Foundation: Difference between revisions

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The '''Open Source Geospatial Foundation''' ('''OSGeo'''), is a non-profit [[non-governmental organization]] whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open [[geospatial]] [[technology|technologies]] and data. The [[foundation]] was formed in February [[2006]] to provide financial, organizational and legal support to the broader [[Free Software|Free]] and [[open source]] geospatial community. It will also serve as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit.

OSGeo draws governance inspiration from several aspects of the [[Apache Foundation]], including a membership composed of individuals drawn from foundation projects who are selected for membership status based on their active contribution to foundation projects and governance.

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OSGeo projects include:

* [[Community MapBuilder]] [http://communitymapbuilder.org/ MapBuilder]

* [[GeoTools]] [http://www.geotools.org/]

* [[Mapbender]] [http://mapbender.org/]

* [[MapGuide Open Source]] [http://mapguide.osgeo.org MapGuide Open Source]

* [[MapServer]] [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/]

* [[GDAL|GDAL/OGR]] [http://www.gdal.org]

* GeoNetwork opensource [http://www.geonetwork-opensource.org] GeoNetwork opensource]

* [[GRASS GIS]] [http://grass.itc.it/]

* [[OpenLayers]]
* [http://www.openlayersossim.org/ OSSIM GIS]

* [[OSSIM GIS]] [http://www.ossim.org/]

The foundation is pursuing goals beyond [[software]] development, such as promoting more [[open access]] to [[government]] produced [[geospatial]] [[data]], which is a major problem outside of North America. Also [[education]] and training are addressed. Various committees within the foundation work on implementing the strategy.

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The software has been deployed to various organizations, the first being FAO-GeoNetwork and VAM-SIE-GeoNetwork, both at their headquarters in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. Furthermore, the WHO, UNEP, CGIAR and the Global Change Information and Research Centre (GCIRC) of China are working on GeoNetwork opensource implementations as their spatial information management capacity.

==ExternalSee linksalso==

* [[Open Geospatial Consortium]] – a standards organization

==External links==

* [http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation Site]

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/ OSGeo Wiki]

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