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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.

My name is Tyler Mitchell.

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.

[[Image:GeoServer GeoNetwork with web app.png|thumb|349px|Several OSGeo projects can communicate with each other and other geographical tools.]]

OSGeo projects include:

* [http://fdo.osgeo.org/ FDO]

* [[GDAL|GDAL/OGR]]

* [[GeoNetwork opensource]]

* [[GeoTools]]

* [[GRASS GIS]]

* [[Mapbender]]

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

* [[MapGuide Open Source]]

* [[MapServer]]

* [[OpenLayers]]

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

* [[Quantum GIS]]

The foundation is pursuing goals beyond [[software]] development, such as promoting more [[open access]] to [[government]] produced [[geospatial]] [[data]] and completely free geodata such as is created and maintained by the [[OpenStreetMap]] project. Also [[education]] and training are addressed. Various committees within the foundation work on implementing strategies.

== Governance ==

The OSGeo Foundation is thoroughly community driven and has a lightweight organizational overhead consisting of 45 initial members, 9 directors and the president [[Frank Warmerdam]]. It is organized in more than 20 projects. Twelve of these (March 2007) focus on software development projects (see above) or organizational matters like board issues, web site, visibility, education, public geodata and promotion. The OSGeo community [[Collaboration|collaborates]] via a [[Wiki]], [[Mailing List]]s and [[IRC]].

== Sol Katz Award ==

The [[Sol Katz]] Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

== See also ==

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* [[List of GIS software]]

* [[Comparison of GIS software]]

* [[Free Software]]

* [[Open Source]]

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

==External links==

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

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

* [http://www.osgeo.org/geodata OSGeo Public Geodata Committee]

* [http://www.osgeo.org/education OSGeo Education Committee]

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