OSGeo Open Source Geospatial Stack...Open Source Geospatial Foundation 15 Incubator - Purpose To ensure that projects that are officially part of OSGeo: have a successfully operating

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Focusing with Open Source Geospatial Software

Daniel Morissette, Mapgears & OSGeo Board Member

[email protected]

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Open Source Geospatial Foundation

● About OSGeo● Software projects● Incubator● Committees● Local Chapters● FOSS4G Conference


Open Source Geospatial Foundation

● Created on February 4, 2006 (5 year old!)● 8 founding projects● Mission

“To support the collaborative development of open source software and promote its

widespread use”


OSGeo Software Projects


Acquisition

StorageProcessing /Analysis

Publishing

GIS


Acquisition


Publishing

GRASSQuantum GIS

gvSIG*OSSIM

PostGIS*GDAL/OGR

FDOGEOS*

GeoToolsMetaCRS

MapServerGeoServer*MapGuideMapbender

deegreeGeoNetworkGeomajas

OpenLayersMapFish*

(MapBuilder)

OSGeo Software Projects


Acquisition


Publishing

GRASSQuantum GIS

gvSIG*OSSIM

PostGIS*GDAL/OGR

FDOGEOS*

GeoToolsMetaCRS



OpenLayersMapFish*

(MapBuilder)

Data Storage, Access, Transformation


Acquisition


Publishing

GRASSQuantum GIS

gvSIG*OSSIM

PostGIS*GDAL/OGR

FDOGEOS*

GeoToolsMetaCRS



OpenLayersMapFish*

(MapBuilder)

Web Publishing – Server Side


Acquisition


Publishing

GRASSQuantum GIS

gvSIG*OSSIM

PostGIS*GDAL/OGR

FDOGEOS*

GeoToolsMetaCRS



OpenLayersMapFish*

(MapBuilder)

Web Publishing – Client Side


Acquisition


Publishing

GRASSQuantum GIS

gvSIG*OSSIM

PostGIS*GDAL/OGR

FDOGEOS*

GeoToolsMetaCRS



OpenLayersMapFish*

(MapBuilder)

Desktop / Analysis


OSGeo Binary Distributions

● OSGeo4W● MS4W● DebianGIS● UbuntuGIS● Enterprise Linux GIS (ELGIS – RHEL, CentOS)● OpenSUSE Application:Geo repository● FGS


OSGeo LiveDVD

● Self-contained bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Xubuntu

● Allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything

● http://live.osgeo.org/

http://live.osgeo.org/



Incubator - Purpose

● To ensure that projects that are officially part of OSGeo:● have a successfully operating open and

collaborative development community● have clear IP oversight of the code base of

the project● adopt the OSGeo principles and operating

principles● are mentored through the incubation

process


Incubator - Graduation Requirements

● Open source licence approved by OSI● Source code provenance review● Open decision/management structure (Project

steering committee)● Open and active users and developers

community● Documented development and management

processes


Project Infrastructure

● System Administration Committee (SAC)● Project Websites and Downloads● Collaboration Tools

● Source code repository (SVN, CVS, etc.)● Ticket/bug tracking (Trac)● Wiki● Mailing lists● IRC


OSGeo Committees

● Incubation● System Administration● Marketing● Education● Conference● Public Geodata● Journal● Finance


Local Chapters

● 19 official local chapters● ~20 chapters currently in formation● Local presence on all continents● Local OSGeo conferences● USA chapters:

● Twin Cities (MN)● New Mexico● California● ...


FOSS4G Conference

● OSGeo's annual international event● http://www.foss4g.org/

● 2006, Lausanne, Switzerland● 2007, Victoria, Canada● 2008, Cape Town, South Africa● 2009, Sydney, Australia● 2010, Barcelona, Spain● 2011, Denver, USA (Sept. 12-16, 2011)


OSGeo Software

● 20 products covering all fields of GIS● Incubator ensures the integrity and viability of

OSGeo software projects● Mix of mature and bleeding edge products● Natural complement to Open Standards and

Open Data


Thank You!

Daniel [email protected]

Twitter: @dmorissette

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OSGeo Open Source Geospatial Stack...Open Source Geospatial Foundation 15 Incubator - Purpose To ensure that projects that are officially part of OSGeo: have a successfully operating