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OpenGeo: a 'dot-org' to build the Open Geospatial Web
–Chris Holmes
Overview
• History
• Present
• Future
In the beginning
(The Open Planning Project)
The first project
GeoServer Incubation: 2001 - 2003
Steady Growth 2003–2007
(Personal Interlude)
Towards OpenGeo
• From a side project of TOPP
• To sustaining contract work
• And the push to grow
Grow!
Building a stack
The Client
OpenLayers
The Cache
The Database
The Rich Client
Overview
• History
• Present
• Future
The OpenGeo Suite
Funding
OpenGeo.org
OpenGeoSuite Enterprise
The full solution
Overview
• History
• Present
• Future
Building the Open Geospatial Web
• Making Geospatial Information Open and Accessible
• By bringing Open Source Principles to Geo
• Working by building OS software that gets used by all
• In the context of a hybrid organization
Partners
• Align incentives• OpenGeo does core software• Partner network focuses on
implementation • Translations and custom solutions for
countries and markets, built by people closest.
Growing the core software
• Incubate and encourage niche applications
• Build core to be flexible to meet all needs• Each benefits from improvements by
others• Transit, Asset Management, Disaster
Reduction, Air Traffic Management, Biogeographic Information, SDI, etc, etc
SDI In Action
Towards the ‘dot-org’
• Full Cost Recovery for OpenGeo• Spin off like Mozilla Corporation• Reinvest profit in similar ‘dot-orgs’
– Make Capital viral like the GPL• Require complete transparency• Business built on Open Source
principles