Israel

This is a first try at getting the Israeli users to get to know each other and who is doing what.

A first step was implemented by Lior Kaplan organizing a Meetup Conference on 11th of June 2018 (see details of the meeting below).

Israel Chapter of OSGeo

About Israel OSGeo Chapter

Mission

• Promoting Open Source Geospatial tools and publicly available Geodata
• Advocacy of and promoting localization software and educational material and services
• Act as a bridge between various stakeholders (Developers, Users, NGOs, Government departments...)

Objectives

Regular Committee Membership Meetings

• once/twice a year?

Support

• seek funding and support for local OSGeo initiatives

Collaborative Projects:

• ...
• ...

Regional Events:

• Workshops and Training
• Special Lectures
• ...

Communication:

• Networking Local Communities
• Mailing Lists: ...
• Wiki

Advisors

• Jeff McKenna (OSGeo Board)

#TO_DO:

• Mailing-list
• First official meeting
• Committees
• Regular meetings

Initial Membership

To be filled

Meetings of Israel OSGeo Chapter

• Israel Gfoss users Meeting 2018-06-11

Links

• osgeo-israel mailing list: to be started
• https://kaplanopensource.co.il/conferences/open-source-gis/ (in Hebrew)