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Welcome to OSGeo!


We are a  fun vibrant community that believes in sharing Open Source software related to making maps.

How to ask general questions about the Code-in
Send an Email of questions


 * subscribe to the "gci-discuss" mailing list here
 * ask your question, and usually within a day someone from the OSGeo Code-in team (mentors or administrators) will reply
 * all OSGeo mentors for the Code-in contest follow this "gci-discuss" mailing list

Ask on the #osgeo-gsoc IRC chat channel


 * IRC-channel: #osgeo-gsoc channel on freenode.net
 * how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through your web browser with webchat
 * enter a nickname and click "I am not a robot" and press "Connect"
 * upon entering, ask your questions as you wish (no need to wait, just say "hello, I have a question about the Code-In, how do I..."

Get to know the OSGeo Community
The OSGeo foundation ( http://osgeo.org ) was founded in the year 2006 and contains many different types of Open Source software projects to help make geographical maps.

The OSGeo foundation also holds a super-fun conference each year, all over the world, named FOSS4G ( http://foss4g.org ) for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.

Searching for a Project's Mailing list Archives
A good trick to search OSGeo project's mailing list for help, if you are stuck on a coding problem, is to use OSGeo's Nabble Forum: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/