The OSGeo Foundation goes “Up to eleven”: Recollections and Perspectives Venkatesh Raghavan Osaka City University, Japan President, 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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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
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)
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
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
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
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
• “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