About FOSS 4 G and OSGeo Venkatesh Raghavan
About FOSS 4 G and OSGeo Venkatesh Raghavan Osaka City University, Japan FOSS 4 G = Free and Open Source Solutions for Geoinformatics OSGeo = Open Source Geospatial Foundation 1
Outline What is OSGeo? FOSS 4 G Community
Community? “a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society”
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
OSGeo's Mission Statement “To support the development of open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use. ”
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
http: //www. osgeo. org FDO Map. Guide Open Source Map. Builder GRASS
Sponsors of OSGeo
osgeo. jp osgeo. in osgeo. kr osgeo. cn …. 9
OSGeo Projects (part 1) GRASS Desktop Marble QGIS
OSGeo Projects (part 2) deegree geomajas Web mapping Geo. Moose Geo. Server Mapbender Mapfish Map. Guide Open Map. Server Open. Layers
OSGeo Projects (part 3) FDO Geospatial libraries GEOS GDAL Geo. Tools OSSIM Post. GIS Metadata Catalog Geo. Network
OSGeo Projects in Incubation ZOO Project Team Engine gv. SIG opticks Meta. CRS rasdaman pycsw
web mapping Map. Server Quantum GIS Map. Server OSSIM GRASS GIS Map. Nik gv. SIG KOSMO deegree GIS ZOO Project u. Dig Geopublisher deegree Geo. Majas desktop GIS Open. Street. Map GMT Map. Fish Map. Guide OS Open. Layers FDO Geo. Server pycsw metadata Geo. Network GDAL/OGR Geo. Kettle Geo. Tools Mapbender Viking Quantum GIS GEOS Post. GIS Meta. CRS Spatial. Lite libraries
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)
Local Chapters British Columbia Canada China Germany French Language India Italy Japan Korea New Mexico United States Ottawa Canada Poland Quebec Canada Spanish Language Twin Cites United States United Kingdom Cascadia In formation: Africa, Australia & New Zealand, Brazilian, Greek, Finland, Portugal, Taiwan
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
ICA-OSGeo Labs Network
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 New website: http: //www. geoforall. org/
OSGeo is mentor organization 22 students accepted for 2013 summer From India, Bangladesh, Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, USA, Canada, Peru
OSGeo Service Providers Small-medium sized companies offering professional support for OSGeo projects Becoming very important
Ten years ago it was FOSS 4 G! FOSS/GRASS User Conference in 22 Bangkok
FOSS 4 G is now a worldwide phenomenon FOSS 4 G 2006 held at Lausanne, Switzerland http: //2006. foss 4 g. org/ FOSS 4 G 2007 held at Victoria, Canada http: //2007. foss 4 g. org/ FOSS 4 G 2008 held at Cape Town, South Africa http: //2008. foss 4 g. org FOSS 4 G 2009 held at Sydney, Australia http: //2009. foss 4 g. org FOSS 4 G 2010 held at Barcelona, Spain http: //2010. foss 4 g. org/ FOSS 4 G 2011 to be held at Denver, USA http: //2011. foss 4 g. org/ FOSS 4 G 2012 was to be held at Beijing, China http: //2012. foss 4 g. org/ FOSS 4 G 2013 Nottingham, UK http: //2013. foss 4 g. org/ Home Brew 23 Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia, The Philippines…and Asia
2014 10 Years of FOSS 4 G!! 24
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2014 27 -29 June 2004 @Hokkaido 13 -14 Sept. 2014 @ Okinawa 26 -28 October 2014 @ Osaka 31 Oct-2 Nov. 2014 @ Tokyo 27
www. foss 4 g-asia. org 2 -5 December 2014 2015 in Seoul 28
2014 and beyond Moving from Point A(wareness) to B(elow) • Brain-Power (New Ideas, Students) • Better Data • Buck$ (Funding needed) • Bug-fixes • Brotherhood (collaborations and more collaborations…) 29
2014 and beyond More Open Data & Improved Open Standards • Crowd Sourcing • Citizen Science • Internet of Things (Open Hardware) • Open Source in Monozukuri (3 D printers/cutters) • Augmented Reality • What is your guess? 30
What Does the Community Need? n o i t a t n e m u k c ! c o a U d b s O t h d t s i i e l Y w fe g g n g i n l n i i i p a d l i e m v o H s r n p / o i g t s n i t e s u e q T n g o i n i s r s e a w p s r n u o A y g n i r a h S 31
Questions? Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University, Japan venkat@osgeo. org 32
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