The OSGeo Foundation goes “Up to eleven”:Recollections and Perspectives

Venkatesh RaghavanOsaka City University, JapanPresident, OSGeo Foundation

“Up to eleven,” is an idiom coined in the movie “This Is Spinal Tap” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven

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1994Linux Kernel 1.0 Released in March 1994

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1995

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1996-2002The learning years….

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arkus Neteler 2016, CC-BY-SA2001 – OSSIM initial revision in CVSPostGIS started GeoNetwork opensource started

GeoServer started2002 – Quantum GIS initial revision in CVS GEOS initial revision in CVS2003 – Community MapBuilder started. End of life in 2008 Release of Mapbender under the GNU GPL license gvSIG was started2004 – uDig was started2005 – MapGuide Open Source2006 – Mapbender gets first bits in CVS OpenLayers Started2007 – GeoMoose was open sourced (started 2005)2009 – rasdaman was open sourced (started 1995)

Since 2000... growing communities

Thanks to CVS,SVN and git

2006: OSGeo!

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_GIS_History

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arkus Neteler 2016, CC-BY-SA2002... Intl GRASS GIS Conference

University of Trentohttp://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/

Marco Ciolli · Alfonso Vitti · Dino Zardi · Paolo Zatelli

Video archive:http://www.jus.unitn.it/services/arc/2002/0911/

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2004FOSS/GRASS User Conference, Bangkok

Jeff and Markus in Japan

Many dimensions to “Open”

Open source software.Open data.Open standards.Open access to research publications.Open education resources.

Single dimension to “Free”

Free as in Freedom

FOSS4G = Free & Open Source Solutions for Geoinformatics

Open SoftwareOpen Data and Open Standard

providingOpen Geospatial Ecosystem

for Societal GIS!!

+ + =

Free&

Open Standards FOSS4GOpen Data

The big picture: Open IT Ecosystem for HealthGIS

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FOSS4G*: A worldwide phenomenon *since 2004

Now locally brewed in many countries

Events in Japan

OSGeo was born in 2006 with a missionTo support the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use.

@gwf2017

Chair: Dr. Swarna Subbarao

OSGeo Software Code vettingLegal aspects

License compliance (e.g., GPL, MIT etc.)No illegal code copying Ensure that 3rd party contributions are cleanFull transparency and peer review help to minimize risk.

Apache or OSGeo FoundationIncubation phaseGraduationhttp://incubator.apache.orghttp://www.osgeo.org/incubator

Open Source & Proprietary Software• We use the same language and tools• We strive to achieve geospatial interoperability• We Open Data• Same goal, paths are many

OSGeo Strategy for the Next Decade

VISION

CORE VALUES

MISSION

GOALS

VISION

Empower all with open source geospatial

technology

MISSION

Foster global adoption of open geospatial

technology by being an inclusive software

foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven

development

CORE VALUES

Open/openness

Collaborative

Passionate

Inclusive

Respectful

OSGeo community ecosystem

•Users•Developers•Business•Education

•Public Sector•NGOs•Research•Partners

Basic 4 Strategic Objectives (SO)

SO1

showcasing excellence in our

communities

SO2

proactively engage with

external partners

SO3

fostering our mission, vision

and goals

SO4

empowering our communities and

extending our reach

Tie-ups with Global & National Organizations

and more…

Industry Sponsors

1Spatial2ndQuadrant

AutodeskBorealis

CamptocampFirst Base

Solutions Inc.INGRES

IGN, France

INPE, BrazilKarttakeskusLizardTech MetaspatialOrdnance

SurveyPCI Geomatics WhereGroup

2016

http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities

Previous Sponsors

Professional Service Providershttp://www.osgeo.org/search_profile A few logos out of many....

GeoForAll: co-creation of knowledge and academia and enterprise Establishing research and teaching opportunities in ‘Open

Geospatial Science’

Build global open access teaching and research infrastructure

Provide worldwide learning platforms and training opportunities

Establish collaborations between Academia, Government and Industry around Open Geospatial Science and Education

How to JoinVisit http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/

114 labs established worldwide as of 24 January, 2017

OSGeo is mentor organization since 2007. Majority of mentors from Industry.

GeoForAll Labs: OSGeo outreach project

Asia Region (including Australia) Chairs: Tuong Thuy Vu and Venkatesh Raghavan Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-asiaaustralia

Europe Region Chairs: Maria Brovelli and Peter MooneyMaillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-europe

North America RegionChairs: Helena Mitasova, Charles Schweik, Phillip Davis Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-northamerica

South America RegionChairs: Sergio Acosta y Lara and Silvana Camboim Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-southamerica

Africa RegionChairs: Rania Elsayed Ibrahim, Serena Coetzee and Bridget Fleming Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-africa

Regional Groups

Urban Science - City Analytics ThematicTheme Leaders - Chris Pettit and Patrick Hogan Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-urbanscience

Teacher Training & School Education ThematicTheme Leaders - Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska and Adrian Manning Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-teachertraining

GeoCrowd - VGI, Crowd Sourcing and Citizen ScienceTheme Leaders: Maria A Brovelli and Peter MooneyWiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geocrowdsourcing_CitizenScience_FOSS4G

AgriGIS:Theme Leaders: Didier Leibovici (UK.) and Nobusuke Iwasaki Japan) Wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Agrigis

Spanish thematicTheme Leaders - Sergio Acosta y Lara and Antoni Pérez Navarro Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-spanish

Thematics: Subjects/Language

Activities in 2016 Update of the Memorandum of

Understanding between OSGeo and ISPRS (July 2016)

Webinars:http://www.geoforall.org/webinars/

Geo4all Webinars YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1E2akvCNWP_nC0p5CpB8g

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ISPRS

M o n t h l y N e w s l e t t e r

Tabl e of Cont ent s

Editorial ..…..............…............. 1

1. Activities …………………………… 1

Editorial Board ………………....…. 2

2. Lab of the month..…............. 4

3. Events ……………….….…....…... 5

4. Conferences ……………… 5, 6, 7

5. Webinars

6. Courses …………….……………... 7

7. Training programs …..…...... 8

8. Key research publications

9. Funding opportunities

10. Free and open software.. 8, 9

11. Free Books ……………….. 9, 10

12. Articles ….. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

13. Scholarships for students and staff

14. Exchange programs for students and staff

15. Awards

16. Web sites

17. Ideas ………………………..…… 14

18. Social contribution

Volume 2, No. 2 February 2016

1. Activities of the Network

Siberian State University of Geosystem and Technologies has announced opening of business incubator for students based on Siberian OpenSource Geospatial Lab. More information at http://sgugit.ru/news/the-opening-of-the-workshop-projects-shuga/

Editorial

Nikos Lambrinos Chief Editor Dept. of Primary Education Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki Greece

Dear members of the Network/ readers of the Newsletter,

In this issue you can read two very interesting articles: one for the European Center for Medium range Weather Forecasting and the second about the OpenCitySmart – the Open City Platform.

The first one has to do with the Global Flood Awarness System while the second for the improvement of the living standards of the people living, mainly, in the cities of poor countries.

In fact, both articles show how volunteerism can help and upgrade the living standards of the people and how much the efforts or our Network can upgrade the quality of life. It is important to know that our ideas, however bizarre they may seem at first place, can become true when we share with others and work together.

Along with the articles, you can find all the other topics like conferences, courses, free software, etc.

Have a nice reading Nikos Lambrinos, Chief Editor.

NEWSLETTER:issued every month

Activities in 2016

Capacity Building Working Group in the Project “The Open GIS for UN”Involvement of G4A members (and not only):

Alberta Albertella, Gregory Giuliani,Scott Hatcher,Ivana

Ivanova,Thomas Mueller, Rick Smith, Mike Pumphrey, Vivien

Deparday, Ariel Núñez ,Paolo Corti,Francesco Stompanato,

Dimitris Karakostis, Dilek Emanetoglu, Arun Kumar

Muthusamy, Andres Felipe Poveda Sanchez, Stanly Shaji.

Activities in 2016

For contributing, write to: maria.brovelli@polimi.it

• “Leading” Government-Academia-Industry collaboration Either can lead, depends on budget commitment

• Ways for industry to engage with academiaidea/hackathons, publish, certification, summer-of-research for young professionals, more summer-of-code for students…

• Steps required to change mindset?Increase awareness of Open Source Licenses. Open Source can be commercial, Proprietary can gain with Open Source software

• Government-Academia-Industry collaboration success stories?

OSGeo Software projects, GeoForAll, UN-OpenGIS….

Thank You!