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Sol Katz Award

2026-09-03T13:29:40Z

Jmckenna: add pic of Ian accepting award

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2026: [[User:Ianturton|Ian Turton]] - GeoTools co-founder and Java ecosystem community leader
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2026-Ian-Turton.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Ian receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2026, in Hiroshima, Japan]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2026-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Ian's 2026 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. ''Note that nominations should be submitted for a single individual, not for a group of people or project - if you wish to nominate several people, please submit a nomination separately for each individual.''

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2026: [[User:Ianturton|Ian Turton]]
2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2026:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

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File:Sol-katz-2026-Ian-Turton.jpeg

2026-09-03T13:24:44Z

Jmckenna: Ian Turton receiving the Sol Katz Award, on stage at FOSS4G 2026 in Hiroshima, Japan, on 2026-09-03. Photo courtesy Toru Mori.

== Summary ==
Ian Turton receiving the Sol Katz Award, on stage at FOSS4G 2026 in Hiroshima, Japan, on 2026-09-03. Photo courtesy Toru Mori.

Sol Katz Award

2026-09-03T13:15:00Z

Jmckenna: Add 2026 award

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2026: [[User:Ianturton|Ian Turton]] - GeoTools co-founder and Java ecosystem community leader
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2026-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Ian's 2026 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. ''Note that nominations should be submitted for a single individual, not for a group of people or project - if you wish to nominate several people, please submit a nomination separately for each individual.''

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2026:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
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File:Sol-Katz-Award-2026-plaque.jpg

2026-09-03T13:12:46Z

Jmckenna: The 2026 Sol Katz Award plaque, awarded to Ian Turton at FOSS4G 2026 in Hiroshima, Japan.

== Summary ==
The 2026 Sol Katz Award plaque, awarded to Ian Turton at FOSS4G 2026 in Hiroshima, Japan.

Venkatesh Raghavan

2026-09-03T12:43:49Z

Jmckenna: update wording

[[Image:venka_photo.jpg|thumb|right|153px]]
==About==
Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at [https://www.omu.ac.jp/ Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan]. He coined the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G] acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is one of the founders & former Presidents of OSGeo, and he also plays an active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia.

Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in [https://zoo-project.org ZOO WPS Platform] Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G.

On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the [https://www.osgeo.org/news/solkatz2012 2012 Sol Katz Award], at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad.

contact:
: [mailto:venkat@osgeo.org email] venkat(at)osgeo.org
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkatesh-raghavan-5977b214/

; OSGeo Experience
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Venkatesh Raghavan

2026-09-03T12:43:09Z

Jmckenna: update wording

[[Image:venka_photo.jpg|thumb|right|153px]]
==About==
Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at [https://www.omu.ac.jp/ Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan]. He coined the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G] acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is also one of the founders & former Presidents of OSGeo, and he also plays an active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia.

Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in [https://zoo-project.org ZOO WPS Platform] Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G.

On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the [https://www.osgeo.org/news/solkatz2012 2012 Sol Katz Award], at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad.

contact:
: [mailto:venkat@osgeo.org email] venkat(at)osgeo.org
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkatesh-raghavan-5977b214/

; OSGeo Experience
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Venkatesh Raghavan

2026-09-03T12:39:40Z

Jmckenna: correct ZOO Project link

[[Image:venka_photo.jpg|thumb|right|153px]]
==About==
Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at [https://www.omu.ac.jp/ Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan]. He coined the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G] acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is also one of the founders of OSGeo and currently serves as President and also plays active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia.

Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in [https://zoo-project.org ZOO WPS Platform] Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G.

On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the [https://www.osgeo.org/news/solkatz2012 2012 Sol Katz Award], at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad.

contact:
: [mailto:venkat@osgeo.org email] venkat(at)osgeo.org
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkatesh-raghavan-5977b214/

; OSGeo Experience
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Venkatesh Raghavan

2026-09-03T12:37:21Z

Jmckenna: change HTTP links to HTTPS

[[Image:venka_photo.jpg|thumb|right|153px]]
==About==
Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at [https://www.omu.ac.jp/ Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan]. He coined the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G] acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is also one of the founders of OSGeo and currently serves as President and also plays active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia.

Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in [https://www.zoo-project.org ZOO WPS Platform] Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G.

On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the [https://www.osgeo.org/news/solkatz2012 2012 Sol Katz Award], at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad.

contact:
: [mailto:venkat@osgeo.org email] venkat(at)osgeo.org
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkatesh-raghavan-5977b214/

; OSGeo Experience
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User:Ianturton

2026-09-03T12:33:51Z

Jmckenna: add Sol Katz Award

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|Email=ian@ianturton.com
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|Info=Employed by Astun Technology who provide support and train all types of OSGeo software. Ian will also undertake contract Java development using GeoTools and GeoServer (primarily).

Ian was a software developer for [http://www.envitia.com Envitia Ltd]. He spent the previous 20 years doing geospatial research at the University of Leeds and Pennsylvania State University, during this period he founded the [http://geotools.org GeoTools] project with James Macgill.

Find out more about Ian at [http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/79/iant GIS.stackexchange] and [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ianturton LinkedIn].
}}
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:* Co-founder and developer of Geotools project
:* Developed and taught a webmapping course based upon open source software at Penn State University

;Contact:
:email: ian@ianturton.com
:twitter: [http://twitter.com/#!/ijturton @ijturton]
:www: [http://ianturton.com ianturton.com]

[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]][[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

Jeff McKenna

2026-08-10T13:29:12Z

Jmckenna: add QGIS Canada User Group, and GeoMoose

[[Image:LogoFoss4g.png|thumb|right|333px|creator of the FOSS4G ribbon logo, used in all FOSS4G events of all sizes around the world since 2004, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community]]

[[Image:Foss4g-founders.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Reunion of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event (from left to right: Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Venka Raghavan); photo taken at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Foss4g-europe-2017-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the OSGeo family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2016 Sol Katz Award, at FOSS4G Bonn, on 2016-08-26.]]

[[Image:Venka-jeff-closing-plenary-foss4g-seoul.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With Venka at FOSS4G Seoul, Sept 2015. Two of the founders of FOSS4G.]]

[[Image:Zoo-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the ZOO family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2014]]

[[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008]]

[[Image:OpenLayers-sprint-march-2007.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Memories of meeting the "boy genius" at FOSS4G 2006 (pic is from OpenLayers sprint 2007)]]

Jeff McKenna is one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event, which has spread all across the globe, and he has traveled to over 500+ FOSS4G events of all sizes (which means he has almost 1,000 FOSS4G t-shirts). He is the President Emeritus of OSGeo, and has his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, [https://gatewaygeomatics.com/ GatewayGeo]. He has been actively contributing to OSGeo since its formation.

* one of the 3 original founders of the global [https://www.foss4g.org FOSS4G] event
** creator of the FOSS4G branding logo, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
* Winner of the 2016 [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], for longtime leadership in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities
* named as the President of OSGeo, Dec '12, retired in Dec '15
* named to the OSGeo [[Board_of_Directors | Board of Directors]], Sept '09 (served until Feb '12), re-elected Aug '12, re-elected Aug '14, re-elected Oct '17
* Founder of the [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], and managed that from 2005-2015, 2017+
* Founding and Charter member of [https://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]
* Founding chair of the [[UnitedNations_Committee | UN]] committee for OSGeo
* Founder of the [[UN-GGIM-Working-Group | UN GGIM]] working group for OSGeo
* Member of the [https://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All] Advisory Board
* Member of OSGeo's Google Summer of Code [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2017] & [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2018] Administrative teams
* Founding member of OSGeo's Google Code-in [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017 2017] Administrative team, and also part of [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018 2018] admin team
* involved in the creation of the [[CodeOfConduct_Committee | Code of Conduct]] committee for OSGeo
* Founding member of the [[Open_Geoscience_Committee | Open GeoScience]] committee for OSGeo
* [[FOSS4G]] conference committee chair (2006-2012)
* [[FOSS4G]] Workshop committee member (2004-2011)
* Developer of [https://ms4w.com MS4W]
* One of the founding developers of [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W]
* [https://mapserver.org/ MapServer] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [https://mapserver.org/ MapServer] documentation lead
* founding co-chair of the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ottawa_Chapter Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo]
* [https://www.zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC ZOO-Project] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [https://www.zoo-project.org/ ZOO-Project] documentation contributor
* mentor for the [https://pycsw.org/ pycsw] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* mentor for the [https://istsos.org/ istSOS] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* founding member of the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada_Chapter Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo]
* 2011-2012 vice president of the [https://www.gans.ca/ Nova Scotia Geomatics Association]
* member of the [https://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium] from 2010-present
* member of the [https://www.qgis.org QGIS] Community
* co-founder of the [https://qgis.ca/ QGIS Canada User Group] (in formation)
* [https://geomoose.org/ GeoMoose] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member

contact:
: email: jmckenna(at)osgeo(dot)org
: X: [https://x.com/mapserving @mapserving]
: IRC username - jmckenna on [https://libera.chat/ Libera.Chat]
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmckenna

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== Map of OSGeo Members ==

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[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]][[Category:Officer]][[Category:Former_OSGeo_Director]][[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]][[Category:Atlantic Canada Chapter]]

Sol Katz Award

2026-07-20T20:00:14Z

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */ clarify multiple nominations

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. ''Note that nominations should be submitted for a single individual, not for a group of people or project - if you wish to nominate several people, please submit a nomination separately for each individual.''

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2026:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

Sol Katz Award

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== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. ''Note that nominations should be submitted for a single individual, not for a group of people or project.''

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2026:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

Sol Katz Award

2026-06-04T14:01:20Z

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */ add confirmation note regarding nomination

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2026:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

User:Warmerda

2026-05-12T20:56:24Z

Jmckenna: remove duplicate experience section

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=== Frank Warmerdam ===

[[File:warmerda.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Frank Warmerdam]]

Employment: Google

Location: Mountain View, California, USA

Frank Warmerdam is a C++, Java and Python geospatial software developer, primarily known for founding the [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR] multi format geospatial data access and translation project. He is also active on the PROJ.4, libtiff, and libgeotiff projects, was a founding director of OSGeo, and is a [[SAC:Primary_Administrators|Primary Administrator]] on the OSGeo [[SAC|System Administration Committee]].

;Contact
: Email: warmerdam@pobox.com
: Web: http://pobox.com/~warmerdam/
: Phone: +1 (650) 701-7823

;Spoken Language(s): English

;Profile last updated: 17 August 2012

[[Category:Former_OSGeo_Director]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

Venkatesh Raghavan

2026-05-12T20:53:24Z

Jmckenna: minor

[[Image:venka_photo.jpg|thumb|right|153px]]
==About==
Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at [https://www.omu.ac.jp/ Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan]. He coined the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G] acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is also one of the founders of OSGeo and currently serves as President and also plays active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia.

Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in [http://www.zoo-project.org ZOO WPS Platform] Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G.

On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the [http://www.osgeo.org/news/solkatz2012 2012 Sol Katz Award], at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad.

contact:
: [mailto:venkat@osgeo.org email] venkat(at)osgeo.org
: Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/venkatesh-raghavan/14/7b2/597

; OSGeo Experience
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Venkatesh Raghavan

2026-05-12T20:52:46Z

Jmckenna: update university name

[[Image:venka_photo.jpg|thumb|right|153px]]
==About==
Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at the [https://www.omu.ac.jp/ Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan]. He coined the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G] acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is also one of the founders of OSGeo and currently serves as President and also plays active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia.

Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in [http://www.zoo-project.org ZOO WPS Platform] Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G.

On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the [http://www.osgeo.org/news/solkatz2012 2012 Sol Katz Award], at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad.

contact:
: [mailto:venkat@osgeo.org email] venkat(at)osgeo.org
: Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/venkatesh-raghavan/14/7b2/597

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Arnulf Bichler

2026-05-12T20:40:35Z

Jmckenna: add experience badges

[[Image:Arnulf_Christl.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Arnulf on a bright black and white day]]

Arnulf Christl is a Geospatial Systems Architect, founding and [http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members Charter Member] of OSGeo, served on the [[Board of Directors]] from 2006 to 2012 and was the OSGeo president from 2008 to 2012. He is honored to have been elected to the list of [[OSGeo Spanish Charter Members]]. He contributes to the [[Incubation Committee]], [[SAC]] and the [[Conference Committee]].

== Tasks in OSGeo ==
* Incubation Mentor for:
** [[GRASS Incubation Progress | GRASS]] (successfully graduated)
** [[PostGIS]] (successfully graduated)
** [[Marble]] (successfully graduated)
** helped with the [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] (successfully graduated)
* Point of Contact for [[GLTN]]
* Help maintain a bridge between [[OGC]] and [[OSGeo]]
* Initiator of the [[MOU_ICA | Memorandum of Understanding with the ICA]] now home of the [[GeoForAll]] initiative.
* [[Chief Returning Officer]] for OSGeo elections in 2012 and 2013
* SysOp of this Wiki ([http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop see all])
* [[SAC:Primary Administrators | Low key admin]] for parts of the OSGeo infrastructure
* The [[User:Seven | Assimilator]]

== Contact ==
Arnulf lives in Innsbruck, Austria. His work address is:
: Metaspatial
: Arnulf Christl
: Schartenweg 11
: 94169 Tharpaling
: Germany

: Foundation contact mailto:arnulf@osgeo.org
: For business inquiries please see [https://www.metaspatial.com Metaspatial]
: [https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?whereami=1&query=48.80580%2C13.29864#map=16/48.8058/13.2988 Show on OpenStreetMap]

; UTC (GMT) offset
: Standard time zone: UTC +2 (Germany)

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Gary Sherman

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[[Image:Gary sherman.png|thumb|right|333px]]
Gary is the founder of [http://www.qgis.org QGIS], and has his own consulting company, [https://geoapt.net GeoApt]. He received the 2014 [[Sol Katz Award]] at the FOSS4G Portland event, for his work with QGIS. ([http://vimeo.com/106310099 acceptance video])

contact:
: [mailto:gsherman@geoapt.com email] gsherman(at)geoapt(dot)com
: [https://twitter.com/shermange twitter] @shermange

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User:Maria

2026-05-12T20:38:25Z

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== Maria Antonia Brovelli ==

[[Image:Maria_brovelli.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Maria, the "Queen of FOSS4G"]]

High school Diploma with classical studies orientation (final grade: 60/60), Degree in Physics (with honours) in 1986, PhD in Geodesy and Cartography in 1991.

From 1992 to 1994 she worked as researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology; in this position, she helped in establishing the International Geoid Service (IGeS) of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and became a member of the Editorial board of the IGES Bulletin and then its Editor in Chief.
She has been working at the [http://www.polimi.it/en/english-version/ Politecnico di Milano] since 1994, first as researcher, then as Associate Professor and finally as [https://www4.ceda.polimi.it/manifesti/manifesti/controller/ricerche/RicercaPerDocentiPublic.do?EVN_ELENCO_DIDATTICA=evento&k_doc=1262&lang=EN&__pj0=0&__pj1=42ff9b7601cab5d1167d2bd5001ae1e7 Full Professor]. She is currently teaching Digital Mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing and Geospatial Web, Geo Big Data and Citizen-Generated Geographic Information. Since 2000, she has been also organizing and teaching courses in Continuing Education. From 2006 to 2011, she taught GIS III for the Master of Geomatics Engineering of Technical University of Zurich (ETH).

In 1997 she started the [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/index.php?lang=en Laboratory of Geomatics], placed at the [http://www.polimi.it/en/university/campuses/como/ Como Campus of the Politecnico di Milano] and up to 2011 she has coordinated its activities as Head of the Lab.
She has been involved in Politecnico governance by covering several service activities. From 2011 to 2016 she was Vice Rector of Politecnico di Milano for the Como Campus.
She is member of the Board of the Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Surveying ( [http://sifet.org/sifet/ SIFET]) and member of the Bulletin Editorial Board.

She is one of the Directors of OSGeo, member of GeoForall Advisory Board [http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo For All], chair of the European GeoForAll Lab Network and Chair of the OSGeo UN Committee.

She is Editor of the international journal [http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geographical+information+systems/journal/12518 Applied Geomatics] published by Springer and chair of [http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html WG IV/4 “Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)”] of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).

She is the mentor of [https://polimappers.github.io/ PoliMappers], the Politecnico di Milano chapter of [http://www.youthmappers.org/ YouthMappers].

She is chair of the Capacity Building WG of [http://unopengis.org/ UN Open GIS Initiative] and Vice Chair of the [http://unggim.academicnetwork.org/ UN-GGIM Academic Network].

In 2010 she hosted the [http://webmgs2010.como.polimi.it/ WebMGS] event in Como, an international workshop on 'Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing and Services'.

In July 2015, she hosted over 400 attendees to her home campus in Como, for [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ FOSS4G-Europe 2015]. As the chair of the event, she kept registration costs very low, and in fact the event would "sell out", due to such a demand, no more registrations were possible several weeks before the event. She also organized a pre-event, [http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/FOSS4VGI/ FOSS4VGI], where she helped fund 30 researchers and trainers from all over Europe to learn about Open Data and Open Source software.
Since January 2018 she is a member of ESA ACEO (Advisory Committee for Earth Observation) [https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/mission-news/content/-/asset_publisher/Pv9qrU2Z42UK/content/members-of-the-new-aceo].

She has been developing her scientific activity within geodesy and geomatics since 1988, by participating in national and international research projects. Initially devoted to research in physical geodesy, radar-altimetry and statistical analysis, after becoming an associate professor, she focused her interests on digital mapping and geographic information systems, free and open source GIS theory and applications representing one of her main research issues.
She was and is responsible for research contracts and consultancy related to the design and implementation of Geographic Information Systems; web Mapping and Web Geoservices, systems for integrating and controlling the quality of digital terrain models, VGI and Geo-crowdsourcing and Big Geodata.
She is co-author of three textbooks on the statistical data treatment, of a volume on orthophotos and digital terrain models, as well as more than 150 scientific publications.

'''In September 2015 she was honored with the 2015 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software [http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz] during the FOSS4G 2015 conference in Seoul, South Korea. '''

She is proudly mother of two wonderful daughters: Giulia Leila and Federica Luna.

;Contact: maria.brovelli@polimi.it

;Spoken Languages
:Italian, English, French (basic)

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User:Aaime

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|Address=Reggiolo
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User:Anitagraser

2026-05-12T20:33:26Z

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|Name=Anita Graser
|JobTitle=Senior Scientist
|Company=AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
|Country=Austria
|City=Vienna
|Coordinate=48.267435, 16.425131
|LocalChapter=FOSSGIS
|Email=anitagraser@gmx.at
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|SocialMedia=https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-graser-95102530
|Website=https://anitagraser.com/
|Languages=German; English
|Info=QGIS PSC member, author/co-author of 'Learning QGIS', 'QGIS Map Design', 'Geocomputation with Python', and [https://anitagraser.com/publications/ more].
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=== Anita Graser ===

Spatial data scientist at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Location: Vienna, Austria

QGIS PSC member and author of "Learning QGIS" and "QGIS Map Design".

Other projects: [https://movingpandas.org MovingPandas] and [https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/processing_trajectory/ Trajectools]

;Profile last updated: 10 Sept 2025

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User:Mlibman

2026-05-12T20:32:19Z

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|JobTitle=Geographic Information Sistems Tech
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|Address=Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Sol Katz Award

2026-05-12T14:58:08Z

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== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2026:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

Sol Katz Award

2026-05-12T14:26:32Z

Jmckenna: update for 2026 process

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 17th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2026:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

Sol Katz Award

2026-05-12T14:25:42Z

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 17th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2025: [[Nyall Dawson]]
2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

= Selection Committee 2025 =

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

Nyall Dawson

2026-05-12T14:25:12Z

Jmckenna: update for Sol Katz award

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underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. He is dedicated to making QGIS a unique tool capable of creating cartographic effects which to date have not been available in GIS software applications.

Nyall is currently the proprietor and lead developer at North Road Consulting, an Australian spatial development consultancy which predominantly focus on investing in and promoting use of open source GIS applications.
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Sol Katz Award

2026-05-12T14:22:14Z

Jmckenna: add 2026 process

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2026 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 17th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

= Selection Committee 2025 =

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis
* Nyall Dawson

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2025 =

[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

Sol Katz Award

2026-01-09T11:34:45Z

Jmckenna: /* 2025 Call for Nominations */

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2025 Call for Nominations =
[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2025 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 12th September [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2025 event in Auckland, New Zealand. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2025:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

File:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.jpg

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Jmckenna: Nyall Dawson receiving the Sol Katz Award, on stage at FOSS4G 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand, on 2025-11-21. Photo credit: Jody Garnett

== Summary ==
Nyall Dawson receiving the Sol Katz Award, on stage at FOSS4G 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand, on 2025-11-21.

Photo credit: Jody Garnett

Sol Katz Award

2025-11-21T13:12:28Z

Jmckenna:

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2025 Call for Nominations =
[[Image:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.png|thumb|right|100px|Nyall receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2025, in Auckland, New Zealand]]

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2025 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 12th September [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2025 event in Auckland, New Zealand. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2025:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

File:Nyall-dawson-sol-katz-award-2025.png

2025-11-21T13:09:56Z

Jmckenna: Nyall Dawson receiving the Sol Katz Award, on stage at FOSS4G 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand, on 2025-11-21.

== Summary ==
Nyall Dawson receiving the Sol Katz Award, on stage at FOSS4G 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand, on 2025-11-21.

Nyall Dawson

2025-11-21T12:59:51Z

Jmckenna:

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|JobTitle=Lead Developer/Proprietor
|Company=North Road Consulting Pty Ltd
|Country=Australia
|State=QLD
|City=Brisbane
|Coordinate=-26.693206, 153.109200
|LocalChapter=Aust-NZ
|Email=nyall@north-road.com
|SocialMedia=https://twitter.com/nyalldawson;
|Website=https://north-road.com/
|Photo=ZtJwOzVh_400x400.jpg
|Languages=English;
|Info=Nyall has been a core developer with the QGIS project since 2013. During this time he has contributed over 5000 commits to the project, and today is one of the most active developers on the project. Nyall's contributions to QGIS cover a wide range of areas - from improvements to the map rendering and symbology engines, enhancements to labeling and print layout functionality, right through to optimisations of the
underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. He is dedicated to making QGIS a unique tool capable of creating cartographic effects which to date have not been available in GIS software applications.

Nyall is currently the proprietor and lead developer at North Road Consulting, an Australian spatial development consultancy which predominantly focus on investing in and promoting use of open source GIS applications.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
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|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]
[[Category:OSGeo_Charter_Member]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

Nyall Dawson

2025-11-21T12:59:22Z

Jmckenna:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Nyall Dawson
|JobTitle=Lead Developer/Proprietor
|Company=North Road Consulting Pty Ltd
|Country=Australia
|State=QLD
|City=Brisbane
|Coordinate=-26.693206, 153.109200
|LocalChapter=Aust-NZ
|Email=nyall@north-road.com
|SocialMedia=https://twitter.com/nyalldawson;
|Website=https://north-road.com/
|Photo=ZtJwOzVh_400x400.jpg
|Languages=English;
|Info=Nyall has been a core developer with the QGIS project since 2013. During this time he has contributed over 5000 commits to the project, and today is one of the most active developers on the project. Nyall's contributions to QGIS cover a wide range of areas - from improvements to the map rendering and symbology engines, enhancements to labeling and print layout functionality, right through to optimisations of the
underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. He is dedicated to making QGIS a unique tool capable of creating cartographic effects which to date have not been available in GIS software applications.

Nyall is currently the proprietor and lead developer at North Road Consulting, an Australian spatial development consultancy which predominantly focus on investing in and promoting use of open source GIS applications.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]
[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]
[[Category:OSGeo_Charter_Member]]

Nyall Dawson

2025-11-21T12:58:53Z

Jmckenna: add Sol Katz Award category

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Nyall Dawson
|JobTitle=Lead Developer/Proprietor
|Company=North Road Consulting Pty Ltd
|Country=Australia
|State=QLD
|City=Brisbane
|Coordinate=-26.693206, 153.109200
|LocalChapter=Aust-NZ
|Email=nyall@north-road.com
|SocialMedia=https://twitter.com/nyalldawson;
|Website=https://north-road.com/
|Photo=ZtJwOzVh_400x400.jpg
|Languages=English;
|Info=Nyall has been a core developer with the QGIS project since 2013. During this time he has contributed over 5000 commits to the project, and today is one of the most active developers on the project. Nyall's contributions to QGIS cover a wide range of areas - from improvements to the map rendering and symbology engines, enhancements to labeling and print layout functionality, right through to optimisations of the
underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. He is dedicated to making QGIS a unique tool capable of creating cartographic effects which to date have not been available in GIS software applications.

Nyall is currently the proprietor and lead developer at North Road Consulting, an Australian spatial development consultancy which predominantly focus on investing in and promoting use of open source GIS applications.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]
[[Category:OSGeo_Charter_Member]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

Sol Katz Award

2025-11-21T12:56:59Z

Jmckenna: add Nyall as 2025 recipient

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2025 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2025 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 12th September [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2025 event in Auckland, New Zealand. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2025:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

Jeff McKenna

2025-10-14T17:53:45Z

Jmckenna:

[[Image:LogoFoss4g.png|thumb|right|333px|creator of the FOSS4G ribbon logo, used in all FOSS4G events of all sizes around the world since 2004, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community]]

[[Image:Foss4g-founders.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Reunion of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event (from left to right: Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Venka Raghavan); photo taken at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Foss4g-europe-2017-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the OSGeo family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2016 Sol Katz Award, at FOSS4G Bonn, on 2016-08-26.]]

[[Image:Venka-jeff-closing-plenary-foss4g-seoul.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With Venka at FOSS4G Seoul, Sept 2015. Two of the founders of FOSS4G.]]

[[Image:Zoo-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the ZOO family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2014]]

[[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008]]

[[Image:OpenLayers-sprint-march-2007.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Memories of meeting the "boy genius" at FOSS4G 2006 (pic is from OpenLayers sprint 2007)]]

Jeff McKenna is one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event, which has spread all across the globe, and he has traveled to over 500+ FOSS4G events of all sizes (which means he has almost 1,000 FOSS4G t-shirts). He is the President Emeritus of OSGeo, and has his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, [https://gatewaygeomatics.com/ GatewayGeo]. He has been actively contributing to OSGeo since its formation.

* one of the 3 original founders of the global [https://www.foss4g.org FOSS4G] event
** creator of the FOSS4G branding logo, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
* Winner of the 2016 [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], for longtime leadership in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities
* named as the President of OSGeo, Dec '12, retired in Dec '15
* named to the OSGeo [[Board_of_Directors | Board of Directors]], Sept '09 (served until Feb '12), re-elected Aug '12, re-elected Aug '14, re-elected Oct '17
* Founder of the [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], and managed that from 2005-2015, 2017+
* Founding and Charter member of [https://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]
* Founding chair of the [[UnitedNations_Committee | UN]] committee for OSGeo
* Founder of the [[UN-GGIM-Working-Group | UN GGIM]] working group for OSGeo
* Member of the [https://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All] Advisory Board
* Member of OSGeo's Google Summer of Code [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2017] & [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2018] Administrative teams
* Founding member of OSGeo's Google Code-in [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017 2017] Administrative team, and also part of [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018 2018] admin team
* involved in the creation of the [[CodeOfConduct_Committee | Code of Conduct]] committee for OSGeo
* Founding member of the [[Open_Geoscience_Committee | Open GeoScience]] committee for OSGeo
* [[FOSS4G]] conference committee chair (2006-2012)
* [[FOSS4G]] Workshop committee member (2004-2011)
* Developer of [https://ms4w.com MS4W]
* One of the founding developers of [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W]
* [[MapServer]] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [[MapServer]] documentation lead
* founding co-chair of the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ottawa_Chapter Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo]
* [https://www.zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC ZOO-Project] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [https://www.zoo-project.org/ ZOO-Project] documentation contributor
* mentor for the [https://pycsw.org/ pycsw] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* mentor for the [https://istsos.org/ istSOS] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* founding member of the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada_Chapter Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo]
* 2011-2012 vice president of the [https://www.gans.ca/ Nova Scotia Geomatics Association]
* member of the [https://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium] from 2010-present
* member of the [https://www.qgis.org QGIS] Community

contact:
: email: jmckenna(at)osgeo(dot)org
: X: [https://x.com/mapserving @mapserving]
: IRC username - jmckenna on [https://libera.chat/ Libera.Chat]
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmckenna

{{OSGeo Member
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|Address=Lunenburg, Canada
|Coordinate=44.35961, -64.2577
}}

== Map of OSGeo Members ==

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[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]][[Category:Officer]][[Category:Former_OSGeo_Director]][[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]][[Category:Atlantic Canada Chapter]]

Jeff McKenna

2025-10-14T17:49:03Z

Jmckenna:

[[Image:LogoFoss4g.png|thumb|right|333px|creator of the FOSS4G ribbon logo, used in all FOSS4G events of all sizes around the world since 2004, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community]]

[[Image:Foss4g-founders.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Reunion of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event (from left to right: Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Venka Raghavan); photo taken at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Foss4g-europe-2017-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the OSGeo family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2016 Sol Katz Award, at FOSS4G Bonn, on 2016-08-26.]]

[[Image:Venka-jeff-closing-plenary-foss4g-seoul.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With Venka at FOSS4G Seoul, Sept 2015. Two of the founders of FOSS4G.]]

[[Image:Zoo-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the ZOO family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2014]]

[[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008]]

[[Image:OpenLayers-sprint-march-2007.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Memories of meeting the "boy genius" at FOSS4G 2006 (pic is from OpenLayers sprint 2007)]]

Jeff McKenna is one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event, which has spread all across the globe, and he has traveled to over 500+ FOSS4G events of all sizes (which means he has almost 1,000 FOSS4G t-shirts). He is the President Emeritus of OSGeo, and has his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, [http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ GatewayGeo]. He has been actively contributing to OSGeo since its formation.

* one of the 3 original founders of the global [http://www.foss4g.org FOSS4G] event
** creator of the FOSS4G branding logo, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
* Winner of the 2016 [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], for longtime leadership in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities
* named as the President of OSGeo, Dec '12, retired in Dec '15
* named to the OSGeo [[Board_of_Directors | Board of Directors]], Sept '09 (served until Feb '12), re-elected Aug '12, re-elected Aug '14, re-elected Oct '17
* Founder of the [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], and managed that from 2005-2015, 2017+
* Founding and Charter member of [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]
* Founding chair of the [[UnitedNations_Committee | UN]] committee for OSGeo
* Founder of the [[UN-GGIM-Working-Group | UN GGIM]] working group for OSGeo
* Member of the [http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All] Advisory Board
* Member of OSGeo's Google Summer of Code [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2017] & [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2018] Administrative teams
* Founding member of OSGeo's Google Code-in [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017 2017] Administrative team, and also part of [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018 2018] admin team
* involved in the creation of the [[CodeOfConduct_Committee | Code of Conduct]] committee for OSGeo
* Founding member of the [[Open_Geoscience_Committee | Open GeoScience]] committee for OSGeo
* [[FOSS4G]] conference committee chair (2006-2012)
* [[FOSS4G]] Workshop committee member (2004-2011)
* Developer of [http://www.ms4w.com MS4W]
* One of the founding developers of [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W]
* [[MapServer]] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [[MapServer]] documentation lead
* founding co-chair of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ottawa_Chapter Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo]
* [http://www.zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC ZOO-Project] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [http://www.zoo-project.org/ ZOO-Project] documentation contributor
* mentor for the [http://pycsw.org/ pycsw] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* mentor for the [http://istsos.org/ istSOS] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* founding member of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada_Chapter Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo]
* 2011-2012 vice president of the [http://www.gans.ca/ Nova Scotia Geomatics Association]
* member of the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium] from 2010-present
* member of the [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] Community

contact:
: email: jmckenna(at)osgeo(dot)org
: X: [https://x.com/mapserving @mapserving]
: IRC username - jmckenna on [https://libera.chat/ Libera.Chat]
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmckenna

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Jeff McKenna
|Address=Lunenburg, Canada
|Coordinate=44.35961, -64.2577
}}

== Map of OSGeo Members ==

{{
#ask:
[[Category:OSGeo Member]] [[Coordinate::+]]
| ?Coordinate
| ?Name
| ?Address
| ?City
| ?State
| ?Country
| ?LocalChapter
| ?Website
| ?Email
| limit=10000
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}}

[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]][[Category:Officer]][[Category:Former_OSGeo_Director]][[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]][[Category:Atlantic Canada Chapter]]

Jeff McKenna

2025-10-14T17:47:19Z

Jmckenna:

[[Image:LogoFoss4g.png|thumb|right|333px|creator of the FOSS4G ribbon logo, used in all FOSS4G events of all sizes around the world since 2004, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community]]

[[Image:Foss4g-founders.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Reunion of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event (from left to right: Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Venka Raghavan); photo taken at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Foss4g-europe-2017-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the OSGeo family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2016 Sol Katz Award, at FOSS4G Bonn, on 2016-08-26.]]

[[Image:Venka-jeff-closing-plenary-foss4g-seoul.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With Venka at FOSS4G Seoul, Sept 2015. Two of the founders of FOSS4G.]]

[[Image:Zoo-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the ZOO family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2014]]

[[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008]]

[[Image:OpenLayers-sprint-march-2007.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Memories of meeting the "boy genius" at FOSS4G 2006 (pic is from OpenLayers sprint 2007)]]

Jeff McKenna is one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event, which has spread all across the globe, and he has traveled to over 500+ FOSS4G events of all sizes (which means he has almost 1,000 FOSS4G t-shirts). He is the President Emeritus of OSGeo, and has his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, [http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ GatewayGeo]. He has been actively contributing to OSGeo since its formation.

* one of the 3 original founders of the global [http://www.foss4g.org FOSS4G] event
** creator of the FOSS4G branding logo, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
* Winner of the 2016 [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], for longtime leadership in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities
* named as the President of OSGeo, Dec '12, retired in Dec '15
* named to the OSGeo [[Board_of_Directors | Board of Directors]], Sept '09 (served until Feb '12), re-elected Aug '12, re-elected Aug '14, re-elected Oct '17
* Founder of the [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], and managed that from 2005-2015, 2017+
* Founding and Charter member of [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]
* Founding chair of the [[UnitedNations_Committee | UN]] committee for OSGeo
* Founder of the [[UN-GGIM-Working-Group | UN GGIM]] working group for OSGeo
* Member of the [http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All] Advisory Board
* Member of OSGeo's Google Summer of Code [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2017] & [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2018] Administrative teams
* Founding member of OSGeo's Google Code-in [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017 2017] Administrative team, and also part of [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018 2018] admin team
* involved in the creation of the [[CodeOfConduct_Committee | Code of Conduct]] committee for OSGeo
* Founding member of the [[Open_Geoscience_Committee | Open GeoScience]] committee for OSGeo
* [[FOSS4G]] conference committee chair (2006-2012)
* [[FOSS4G]] Workshop committee member (2004-2011)
* Developer of [http://www.ms4w.com MS4W]
* One of the founding developers of [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W]
* [[MapServer]] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [[MapServer]] documentation lead
* founding co-chair of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ottawa_Chapter Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo]
* [http://www.zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC ZOO-Project] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [http://www.zoo-project.org/ ZOO-Project] documentation contributor
* mentor for the [http://pycsw.org/ pycsw] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* mentor for the [http://istsos.org/ istSOS] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* founding member of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada_Chapter Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo]
* 2011-2012 vice president of the [http://www.gans.ca/ Nova Scotia Geomatics Association]
* member of the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium] from 2010-present
* member of the [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] Community

contact:
: email: jmckenna(at)osgeo(dot)org
: X: [https://x.com/mapserving @mapserving]
: IRC username - jmckenna on Libera.Chat
: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmckenna

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Jeff McKenna
|Address=Lunenburg, Canada
|Coordinate=44.35961, -64.2577
}}

== Map of OSGeo Members ==

{{
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[[Category:OSGeo Member]] [[Coordinate::+]]
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| ?Name
| ?Address
| ?City
| ?State
| ?Country
| ?LocalChapter
| ?Website
| ?Email
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[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]][[Category:Officer]][[Category:Former_OSGeo_Director]][[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]][[Category:Atlantic Canada Chapter]]

Jeff McKenna

2025-10-14T17:46:32Z

Jmckenna:

[[Image:LogoFoss4g.png|thumb|right|333px|creator of the FOSS4G ribbon logo, used in all FOSS4G events of all sizes around the world since 2004, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community]]

[[Image:Foss4g-founders.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Reunion of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event (from left to right: Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Venka Raghavan); photo taken at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Foss4g-europe-2017-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the OSGeo family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2016 Sol Katz Award, at FOSS4G Bonn, on 2016-08-26.]]

[[Image:Venka-jeff-closing-plenary-foss4g-seoul.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With Venka at FOSS4G Seoul, Sept 2015. Two of the founders of FOSS4G.]]

[[Image:Zoo-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the ZOO family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2014]]

[[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008]]

[[Image:OpenLayers-sprint-march-2007.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Memories of meeting the "boy genius" at FOSS4G 2006 (pic is from OpenLayers sprint 2007)]]

Jeff McKenna is one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event, which has spread all across the globe, and he has traveled to over 500+ FOSS4G events of all sizes (which means he has almost 1,000 FOSS4G t-shirts). He is the President Emeritus of OSGeo, and has his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, [http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ GatewayGeo]. He has been actively contributing to OSGeo since its formation.

* one of the 3 original founders of the global [http://www.foss4g.org FOSS4G] event
** creator of the FOSS4G branding logo, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
* Winner of the 2016 [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], for longtime leadership in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities
* named as the President of OSGeo, Dec '12, retired in Dec '15
* named to the OSGeo [[Board_of_Directors | Board of Directors]], Sept '09 (served until Feb '12), re-elected Aug '12, re-elected Aug '14, re-elected Oct '17
* Founder of the [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], and managed that from 2005-2015, 2017+
* Founding and Charter member of [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]
* Founding chair of the [[UnitedNations_Committee | UN]] committee for OSGeo
* Founder of the [[UN-GGIM-Working-Group | UN GGIM]] working group for OSGeo
* Member of the [http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All] Advisory Board
* Member of OSGeo's Google Summer of Code [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2017] & [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2018] Administrative teams
* Founding member of OSGeo's Google Code-in [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017 2017] Administrative team, and also part of [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018 2018] admin team
* involved in the creation of the [[CodeOfConduct_Committee | Code of Conduct]] committee for OSGeo
* Founding member of the [[Open_Geoscience_Committee | Open GeoScience]] committee for OSGeo
* [[FOSS4G]] conference committee chair (2006-2012)
* [[FOSS4G]] Workshop committee member (2004-2011)
* Developer of [http://www.ms4w.com MS4W]
* One of the founding developers of [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W]
* [[MapServer]] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [[MapServer]] documentation lead
* founding co-chair of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ottawa_Chapter Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo]
* [http://www.zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC ZOO-Project] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
* [http://www.zoo-project.org/ ZOO-Project] documentation contributor
* mentor for the [http://pycsw.org/ pycsw] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* mentor for the [http://istsos.org/ istSOS] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
* founding member of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada_Chapter Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo]
* 2011-2012 vice president of the [http://www.gans.ca/ Nova Scotia Geomatics Association]
* member of the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium] from 2010-present
* member of the [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] Community

contact:
: email: jmckenna(at)osgeo(dot)org
: X: [http://twitter.com/mapserving @mapserving]
: IRC username - jmckenna on Libera.Chat
: Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmckenna

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Jeff McKenna
|Address=Lunenburg, Canada
|Coordinate=44.35961, -64.2577
}}

== Map of OSGeo Members ==

{{
#ask:
[[Category:OSGeo Member]] [[Coordinate::+]]
| ?Coordinate
| ?Name
| ?Address
| ?City
| ?State
| ?Country
| ?LocalChapter
| ?Website
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[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]
[[Category:OSGeo Member]][[Category:Officer]][[Category:Former_OSGeo_Director]][[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]][[Category:Atlantic Canada Chapter]]

DOI

2025-10-03T15:32:38Z

Jmckenna: /* Personal due credit from DOI via ORCID */ remove extra header

= Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) =

== Scope ==
* This wiki page summarises relevant facts about DOI and related persistent Identifiers (PID) for the OSGeo communities.
* A DOI is a [[Persistent_identifiers(pid)|persistent identifier (PID)]].
* More infomation about PID for OSGeo is available [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Persistent_identifiers(pid) here] in the wiki

== Useful background information ==
* [https://earthdata.nasa.gov/collaborate/doi-process Introduction to DOI (NASA)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210421042731/https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=827885&p=5911103 DOI registration 101 @ UC Berkeley (wayback machine memento)]
* [https://about.zenodo.org/ Introduction to the Zenodo open access repository]
* [https://help.zenodo.org/ Zenodo FAQ]

== Howto information for GitHub Repo maintainers (source [https://help.zenodo.org/ Zenodo FAQ]) ==

=== My organizational repository does not show up on the GitHub list ===

''"In order to see and archive your organizational repositories on Zenodo you will need to have "Admin" permissions on said repository, either as an Admin of the organization or an Admin of one of your organization's repositories. Additionally, please make sure that the OAuth application on GitHub is granting permissions not only to your personal repositories but also to your organizational ones - to verify that go to your GitHub OAuth settings in your profile, and click on the Zenodo application to see more details. Make sure that Zenodo is given access (green tick) to your organization under "Organization access".

After that, navigate to your Zenodo GitHub settings page and click the "Sync now" button at the top."''

=== I made a GitHub release, but it does not show up on Zenodo. ===

''"Make sure the repository was enabled before the release was made, otherwise feel free to contact ZENODO."
''

=== Is it possible to archive a GitHub repository, before it was enabled on Zenodo? ===

''"Only the repositories which were enabled before a release was made will be archived automatically. If you want to archive some of your old releases, you can always download a release ZIP from GitHub and upload it to Zenodo using our web interface as a regular upload."''

=== How to change the default metadata for my GitHub releases? ===

''"You can include metadata in a .zenodo.json file at the root of your GitHub repository. This file's contents should be in line with the Zenodo deposit metadata schema and will be used to update the metadata from future GitHub releases. For more information on how to create a .zenodo.json file, you can have a look at our GitHub integration documenation."''

=== Do you support other software metadata files, like CITATION.cff or codemeta.json? ===

''"Part of our plans and ongoing work is to take into account or improve our integration of other software metadata schemas such as the Citation File Format (CFF) and CodeMeta. We are working closely with our users and scholarly software and citation communities to figure out exactly when, in what form, and how all these different metadata schemas and their files will be integrated into Zenodo."''

=== How does a CITATION.cff file affect the metadata of my GitHub release? ===

''"When we find a CITATION.cff file in your GitHub repository's root folder, we make a best-effort attempt at parsing Zenodo-compatible metadata from it.
For backwards-compatibility, if you have a .zenodo.json file in the repository, only the .zenodo.json's metadata will be taken into account. Of course, any existing valid CITATION.cff file will still be used to display the citation box on the GitHub repository page, but will not affect in any way the metadata we extract for your published release Zenodo record."''

=== Do you support versioning for already existing records? ===

''"Yes. However, for uploads published before the 30th of May 2017, you have to first upgrade your record to support versioning. This is done by clicking the “Upgrade to versioned record” button on the record page.

IMPORTANT If you have previously uploaded multiple versions of an upload as individual records on Zenodo, then DO NOT click the button to upgrade your record with versioning support. Please contact us so we can link the records under one versioning scheme.

Clicking the “Upgrade to versioned record” button on any of the records you would like to link, will irreversibly register them as individually-versioned records.

If you used the GitHub integration to archive your software on Zenodo, then we have already migrated and linked your records to support versioning."''

== Usage examples to cite OSGeo projects by DOI in scientific publications (both Open Access and closed access) ==

=== DOI ===

How to include a DOI-based reference to a LaTEX/Overleaf document.

BEWARE: As of now (2023-03-27) it remains to be confirmed that DOI-tags in citations work without the https://doi.org-header. This might (just) result in human readable information, but not machine-readable.

==== Publication DOI ====
@article{Chen_2003_Giants, title={On the Shoulders of Giants}, url={\url{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0051-5_5}}, DOI={10.1007/978-1-4471-0051-5_5}, journal={Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization}, publisher={Springer London}, author={Chen, Chaomei}, year={2003}, pages={135–166} }

==== Video DOI ====

@article{Inman_1987, title={GRASS}, url={https://av.tib.eu/media/12963}, DOI={10.5446/12963}, abstractNote={Video presentation explaining the features and capabilities of this computer-based mapping system.}, publisher={Moving Pictures, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory}, author={Inman, Roger J.}, year={1987}, language={en} }

==== Software Concept DOI (a reference to a software project as a whole) ====

@article{GRASS_CONCEPT_DOI, title={OSGeo/grass: GRASS GIS 8.2.0}, url={https://zenodo.org/record/5176030}, DOI={10.5281/ZENODO.5176030}, abstractNote={ .. CONTENT OMMITTED FOR BREVITY ..}, year={2022}, month={Jun} }

==== Software Version DOI (a reference to a particular software release) ====

@article{QGIS_Contributors_2025, title={QGIS LTR 3.40.10},
url={https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16881931},
DOI={10.5281/ZENODO.16881931},
publisher={Zenodo},
author={QGIS Contributors},
year={2025},
month={Aug} }

== Added-value services based on DOI ==

* [https://citation.crosscite.org/ Citation service by DataCite: Enter a DOI to create properly formatted references according to over 2400 citation styles for books, articles, etc.]

== Personal due credit from DOI via ORCID ==

[https://orcid.org/ ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)] is a persistent identifier (PID) like DOI. It is used to identify a human person.

DOI and ORCID can be interlinked via the digital infrastructure services provided by the organisations DataCite and CrossRef.

If a OSGeo-related software DOI is minted in Zenodo, the DataCite infrastructure can automatically forward and register this information in the ORCID accounts of the code authors. For this to work, two requirements are needed:
# Code authors ORCIDs must be provided via the CITATION.cff file in the codebase.
# A code author with an ORCID must have added Zenodo as a trusted organisation in the ORCID account settings, as [https://support.orcid.org/hc/en-us/articles/360006973893-Trusted-organizations described here.]

Once a scientific publication is published (journal article, book, book chapter, etc.) and has received a publication DOI via CrossRef, this information can also be automatically forwarded to registered in ORCID. This requires, that CrossRef is added to the list of accepted parties in the ORCID account settings.

== OSGeo Projects with DOI ==

The following citation listings for OSGeo projects are curated both manually and using automated data-harvesting from [https://www.crossref.org/ CrossRef]. The lists are currently updated at least once per year. The listings are not complete.
The total number of scientific publications referencing OSGeo projects by their DOI is most likely much larger. Publications such as FOSS4G Proceedings in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences are currently '''not''' referenced by CrossRef and must be added manually.

=== OSGeo ===

[https://zenodo.org/communities/osgeo Zenodo OSGeo Community: many Zenodo deposits related to OSGeo, citeable by DOI]

[https://zenodo.org/communities/osgeo-open-geoscience Zenodo OSGeo Community: many Zenodo deposits related to the OSGeo Open Geoscience Initiative, citeable by DOI]

=== actinia [[File:Actinia_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5879231 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

(search for this DOI on [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%2210.5281%2Fzenodo.5879231%22&btnG= Google Scholar])


=== eodash [[File:Eodash_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6547058 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

=== GDAL [[File:Gdal_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884351 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

(search for this DOI on [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%2210.5281%2Fzenodo.5884351%22&btnG= Google Scholar])

{| class="wikitable"
|+ GDAL: DOI-based citations by year
|-
! Year !! Publications
|-
| 2025 || 10 (and counting)
|-
| 2024 || 18
|-
| 2023 || 9
|-
| 2022 || 6
|-
| 2021 || 0
|}

[https://www.fair4g.org/gdal.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GeoNetwork [[File:Geonetwork_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7924616 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2024

=== GeoMoose [[File:Geomoose_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7976084 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

=== Geopaparazzi [[File:Geopaparazzi_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5881915 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/geopaparazzi.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GEOS [[File:Geos_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11396894 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

[https://www.fair4g.org/geos.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GeoServer [[File:Geoserver_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5854561 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/geoserver.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GeoTools [[File:Geotools_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5854653 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GMT [[File:Gmt_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3407865 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2019

[https://www.fair4g.org/gmt.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GRASS GIS [[File:Grass_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5176030 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2021
(search for this DOI on [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%2210.5281%2Fzenodo.5176030%22&btnG= Google Scholar])

[https://zenodo.org/communities/grass Zenodo GRASS Community: many Zenodo deposits related to GRASS GIS, citeable by DOI]

[https://www.fair4g.org/grass.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]


=== gvSIG [[File:Gvsig_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5849091| 2022 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022



=== Hortonmachine [[File:Hortonmachine_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5881778]]===
DOI first minted: 2022



=== istSOS [[File:Istsos_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5888498 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== Leaflet [[File:Leaflet_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7335489 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== Mapbender [[File:Mapbender_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884351 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== MapServer [[File:MapServer-DOI-badge.png|link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6994443 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2021

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== MovingPandas [[File:Movingpandas_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3710950 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2020



=== MOSS [[File:Moss_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5140318 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/moss.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]



=== Orfeo Toolbox [[File:Orfeo_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2250562 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2018

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== OSGeoLive [[File:Osgeolive_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884641 ]]===

DOI first minted: 2022


=== PDAL [[File:Pdal_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2616780 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2019

[https://www.fair4g.org/pdal.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== pgRouting [[File:Pgrouting_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8382911 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== PostGIS [[File:Postgis_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5879631 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2021

[https://www.fair4g.org/postgis.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== PROJ [[File:Proj_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884394 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/proj.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== pycsw [[File:Pycsw_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7839119 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== pygeoapi [[File:Pygeoapi_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7602922 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== QGIS [[File:QGIS_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6139224]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/qgis.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== rasdaman [[File:Rasdaman_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1040170 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2017

[https://www.fair4g.org/rasdaman.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== SMASH [[File:Smash_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5882070 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022



=== WRADLIB [[File:Wradlib_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1209843 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2021

[https://www.fair4g.org/wradlib.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== ZOO [[File:Zoo_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5903685 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

<Add your project DOI here, while maintaining alphabetical order>

Hint: to automate the Zenodo integration, connect to it to GitHub (see above).

== DOI for datasets related to OSGeo ==

This is an incomplete overview over geospatial data sources which can be referenced by DOI.
Many more datasets are available in Open Access repositories such as [https://www.zenodo.org Zenodo]

=== GRASS GIS ===

# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7930522 Spearfish Dataset for GRASS GIS v4.x - v8.x] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7930522
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359642 New Orleans Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359642
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3749397 Hilltop Arboretum Landform Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3749397
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359645 Sichuan Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359645
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248688 The Hills of Governor's Island Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248688
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620 Louisiana Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3968936 Natural Earth Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3968936
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359632 Global Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359632
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248419 Governor's Island Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248419
(add datasets here)

=== QGIS ===

# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5701115 Governor's Island Dataset for QGIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5701115
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620 Louisiana Dataset for QGIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620
(add datasets here)

== DOI for OSGeo Video Recordings ==

* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS_for_GIS_video_tutorials_and_screencasts#OSGeo-related_videos_preserved_at_the_German_National_Library_of_Science_and_Technology_.28TIB.29 Wiki-page: FOSS4G Video Recordings]
* [https://doi.org/10.5446/20452 Presentation about OSGeo videos with DOI (2016, german)]
* [https://doi.org/10.5446/30541 Presentation about OSGeo videos with DOI (2017, german)]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Videoquotes_Demo Wiki-page: DOI-based Video Quotes ]

== add your DOI badge to your project pages ==
* please add your DOI badge to your project

See Example Mapbender
* OSGeo project page for Mapbender https://www.osgeo.org/projects/mapbender/
* Mapbender website https://mapbender.org
* Mapbender Repository README https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender-workshop

You badge looks like this (replace your DOI in the Link and svg name)

<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5887014"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.5887014.svg" alt="DOI"></a>

== DOI acknowledgement by Publishers and Journals ==

References in indexed scientific literature to research software, including the OSGeo software projects, can be counted as citations and due scientific credit for the persons developing and maintaining the research software).

The emerging best practice for software references is reference by DOI. Such a DOI reference can either refer to the software project as a whole (concept DOI), or a particular release of the codebase (version DOI).

Keeping track of DOI-based software citations can both be done manually or by automated analysis of metadata about the publication provided centrally by CrossRef or DataCite.

The prerequisite for automated analysis and reporting (as in FA'''''I'''''R: machine-actionable and interoperable) is the provision of a full references list for the publication as a complete set of metadata to CrossRef.

If only a limited subset of the reference list is provided to CrossRef, metadata-based automated analysis and reporting will return no result, meaning no information about the citation.

In such a case, despite the best intentions by the publication authors by using DOI-based software citations in their publication, because of the lack of metadata, automated reporting will return no result and there will be no due credit by citation to the software project.

This also affects the software developer team, as there will be no credit / recognition of their roles as (research-)software authors, because there is no automated transitive credit to their individual ORCID accounts will be triggered.

Currently it is difficult at best for propective authors to assess prior to a publication whether software-references by DOI will be indexed by CrossRef, resulting in FAIR credit.

To mitigate this, incomplete lists are being compiled (below) of journals, for convenience of prospective authors, to assess wheter software-references will result in credit propagation to the software project and developer team.

* A greenlist collects journals and publications with confirmed software citations derived from CrossRef metadata.

* A whitelist compiles journals and publications with identical metadata practices to the greenlist, but where no DOI-based software citation has been confirmed yet.

* A greylist collects journals, where OSGeo-DOI have been used in publications, yet currently are not being indexed by CrossRef.

For scientific authors, the difference between a publication in a green-, whitelist or greylist journal is wether DOI-based references to OSGeo software, -data or -video will be automagically attributed ("due scientific credit") to the respective OSGeo community / persons. For greylist journals, such attribution needs to be compiled manually.

=== Publisher statements about software citation by DOI ===

* [https://www.agu.org/Publish-with-AGU/Publish/Author-Resources/Data-and-Software-for-Authors American Geophysical Union (AGU): Data & Software for Authors]
* [https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/unified-code-sharing-policy-promoting-open-science/26789930 Springer Nature: Springer Nature announces unified open code policy to better support open research practices]

=== Greenlist: Journals and Publications with confirmed CrossRef-listed software DOI references to OSGeo Projects ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Greenlist: Publications acknowledging DOI-based software citations (confirmed: 43 Journals as of 20250110)
|-
! Publisher !! Journal / Publication
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || Earth and Space Science
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| GeoHealth
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Geophysical Research Letters
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Physics
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Tectonics
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Water Resources Research
|-
| American Meteorological Society || Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
|-
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) || Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || Earth System Science Data
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (EGU)
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || The Cryosphere
|-
| Elsevier || Agricultural Water Management
|-
| Elsevier || Ecological Indicators
|-
| Elsevier || Global Ecology and Conservation
|-
| Elsevier || Journal of Hydrology
|-
| Elsevier || Ocean & Coastal Management
|-
| Elsevier || Science of Remote Sensing
|-
| Elsevier || Sustainable Cities and Society
|-
| Geomatik || Geomatik
|-
| Informa UK Limited || Annals of GIS
|-
| Informa UK Limited || International Journal of Remote Sensing
|-
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) || IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks
|-
| IOP Publishing || Environmental Research Communications
|-
| McGill University Library and Archives || Seismica
|-
| MDPI AG || Agronomy
|-
| MDPI AG || Remote Sensing
|-
| MDPI AG || Sensors
|-
| Oxford University Press (OUP) || Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
|-
| SAGE Publications || Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
|-
| Seismological Society of America (SSA) || Seismological Research Letters
|-
| Springer Nature Switzerland || Earth Science, Systems and Society
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Landscape Ecology
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Rules and Reasoning
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Springer Handbook Series
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Springer Scientific Reports (Nature)
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Springer Scientific Data (Nature)
|-
| The Open Journal || Journal of Open Source Software
|-
| University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) || Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
|-
| Wiley || Crop Science
|}

=== Whitelist: Journals and Publications with CrossRef-enabled workflows to acknowledging DOI-based software citations (not yet confirmed but should apply) ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Whitelist: Publications with CrossRef-enabled workflows to acknowledging DOI-based software citations (not yet confirmed)
|-
! Publisher !! Journal / Publication
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || DOI-based software citations via CrossRef should work for ALL indexed peer-reviewed journals by AGU: A full references list is provided to CrossRef when an article is published (Sole exception: AGU Radio Science)
|-
| tbd || tbd
|}

=== Greylist: Journals and Publications reporting DOI references to CrossRef ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Greylist: Publications not yet acknowledging DOI-based software citations
|-
! Publisher !! Journal / Publication
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || EOS.org (note: EOS is a sceience news magazine published by AGU. It is not a indexed peer-reviewed journal)
|-
| Earth and Space Science Open Archive https://essopenarchive.org/ || Preprints, presentations from major scientific meetings, and important documents of scholarly societies (with DOI)
|}

== Related Identifiers ==
=== Research Organisiation Registry (ROR): An ID for the OSGeo Foundation ===

ROR is a global, community-led registry of open persistent identifiers for research organizations.

==== OSGeo ROR ====

The OSGeo Foundation is a research organisation.

The ROR ID for OSGeo is https://ror.org/00cjqbk89

==== Usage of ROR ====

Many scholarly communication systems are already using ROR, and many others are working on integrating ROR.

==== Background Information (ROR Community) =====

* [https://zenodo.org/records/10054260 Why ROR ?]
* [https://zenodo.org/records/10055116 ROR Fact Sheet]

=== ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) - a PID for people ===

* [https://info.orcid.org/researcher-faq/ ORCID FAQ]
* [https://vimeo.com/97150912 ORDID introduction video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRUUsUqGB9c HOWTO: Register an ORCID (Video tutorial)]
* [https://support.datacite.org/docs/how-to-activate-orcid-auto-update How to set up an ORCID account for credit propagation (e.g. Version-DOI of OSGeo project software releases will automagically appear in the "works" section of the associated ORCID accounts)]

==== Authentice an ORCID account with a GitHub ====
„We’re excited to announce that GitHub is partnering with ORCID. You can now authenticate your ORCID account with your GitHub account, and display your ORCID iD on your public GitHub profile. ORCID provides a persistent unique digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that researchers own and control, and that distinguishes them from every other researcher."

https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-13-authenticate-orcid-id/

==== How to include ORCIDs to a LaTEX/Overleaf document ====

Include these packages:
\usepackage{orcidlink}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}

\author{
Peter Löwe\,\orcidlink{0000-0003-2257-0517}~\textsuperscript{1}\thanks{Corresponding author},
Markus Neteler\,\orcidlink{0000-0003-1916-1966}~\textsuperscript{2}
}
(Source: [https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W1-2022-287-2022 OSGEO, PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME])

[[Category: Persistent identifiers]]

DOI

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= Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) =

== Scope ==
* This wiki page summarises relevant facts about DOI and related persistent Identifiers (PID) for the OSGeo communities.
* A DOI is a [[Persistent_identifiers(pid)|persistent identifier (PID)]].
* More infomation about PID for OSGeo is available [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Persistent_identifiers(pid) here] in the wiki

== Useful background information ==
* [https://earthdata.nasa.gov/collaborate/doi-process Introduction to DOI (NASA)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20210421042731/https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=827885&p=5911103 DOI registration 101 @ UC Berkeley (wayback machine memento)]
* [https://about.zenodo.org/ Introduction to the Zenodo open access repository]
* [https://help.zenodo.org/ Zenodo FAQ]

== Howto information for GitHub Repo maintainers (source [https://help.zenodo.org/ Zenodo FAQ]) ==

=== My organizational repository does not show up on the GitHub list ===

''"In order to see and archive your organizational repositories on Zenodo you will need to have "Admin" permissions on said repository, either as an Admin of the organization or an Admin of one of your organization's repositories. Additionally, please make sure that the OAuth application on GitHub is granting permissions not only to your personal repositories but also to your organizational ones - to verify that go to your GitHub OAuth settings in your profile, and click on the Zenodo application to see more details. Make sure that Zenodo is given access (green tick) to your organization under "Organization access".

After that, navigate to your Zenodo GitHub settings page and click the "Sync now" button at the top."''

=== I made a GitHub release, but it does not show up on Zenodo. ===

''"Make sure the repository was enabled before the release was made, otherwise feel free to contact ZENODO."
''

=== Is it possible to archive a GitHub repository, before it was enabled on Zenodo? ===

''"Only the repositories which were enabled before a release was made will be archived automatically. If you want to archive some of your old releases, you can always download a release ZIP from GitHub and upload it to Zenodo using our web interface as a regular upload."''

=== How to change the default metadata for my GitHub releases? ===

''"You can include metadata in a .zenodo.json file at the root of your GitHub repository. This file's contents should be in line with the Zenodo deposit metadata schema and will be used to update the metadata from future GitHub releases. For more information on how to create a .zenodo.json file, you can have a look at our GitHub integration documenation."''

=== Do you support other software metadata files, like CITATION.cff or codemeta.json? ===

''"Part of our plans and ongoing work is to take into account or improve our integration of other software metadata schemas such as the Citation File Format (CFF) and CodeMeta. We are working closely with our users and scholarly software and citation communities to figure out exactly when, in what form, and how all these different metadata schemas and their files will be integrated into Zenodo."''

=== How does a CITATION.cff file affect the metadata of my GitHub release? ===

''"When we find a CITATION.cff file in your GitHub repository's root folder, we make a best-effort attempt at parsing Zenodo-compatible metadata from it.
For backwards-compatibility, if you have a .zenodo.json file in the repository, only the .zenodo.json's metadata will be taken into account. Of course, any existing valid CITATION.cff file will still be used to display the citation box on the GitHub repository page, but will not affect in any way the metadata we extract for your published release Zenodo record."''

=== Do you support versioning for already existing records? ===

''"Yes. However, for uploads published before the 30th of May 2017, you have to first upgrade your record to support versioning. This is done by clicking the “Upgrade to versioned record” button on the record page.

IMPORTANT If you have previously uploaded multiple versions of an upload as individual records on Zenodo, then DO NOT click the button to upgrade your record with versioning support. Please contact us so we can link the records under one versioning scheme.

Clicking the “Upgrade to versioned record” button on any of the records you would like to link, will irreversibly register them as individually-versioned records.

If you used the GitHub integration to archive your software on Zenodo, then we have already migrated and linked your records to support versioning."''

== Usage examples to cite OSGeo projects by DOI in scientific publications (both Open Access and closed access) ==

=== DOI ===

How to include a DOI-based reference to a LaTEX/Overleaf document.

BEWARE: As of now (2023-03-27) it remains to be confirmed that DOI-tags in citations work without the https://doi.org-header. This might (just) result in human readable information, but not machine-readable.

==== Publication DOI ====
@article{Chen_2003_Giants, title={On the Shoulders of Giants}, url={\url{https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0051-5_5}}, DOI={10.1007/978-1-4471-0051-5_5}, journal={Mapping Scientific Frontiers: The Quest for Knowledge Visualization}, publisher={Springer London}, author={Chen, Chaomei}, year={2003}, pages={135–166} }

==== Video DOI ====

@article{Inman_1987, title={GRASS}, url={https://av.tib.eu/media/12963}, DOI={10.5446/12963}, abstractNote={Video presentation explaining the features and capabilities of this computer-based mapping system.}, publisher={Moving Pictures, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory}, author={Inman, Roger J.}, year={1987}, language={en} }

==== Software Concept DOI (a reference to a software project as a whole) ====

@article{GRASS_CONCEPT_DOI, title={OSGeo/grass: GRASS GIS 8.2.0}, url={https://zenodo.org/record/5176030}, DOI={10.5281/ZENODO.5176030}, abstractNote={ .. CONTENT OMMITTED FOR BREVITY ..}, year={2022}, month={Jun} }

==== Software Version DOI (a reference to a particular software release) ====

@article{QGIS_Contributors_2025, title={QGIS LTR 3.40.10},
url={https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16881931},
DOI={10.5281/ZENODO.16881931},
publisher={Zenodo},
author={QGIS Contributors},
year={2025},
month={Aug} }

== Added-value services based on DOI ==

* [https://citation.crosscite.org/ Citation service by DataCite: Enter a DOI to create properly formatted references according to over 2400 citation styles for books, articles, etc.]

== Personal due credit from DOI via ORCID ==

[https://orcid.org/ ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)] is a persistent identifier (PID) like DOI. It is used to identify a human person.

DOI and ORCID can be interlinked via the digital infrastructure services provided by the organisations DataCite and CrossRef.

If a OSGeo-related software DOI is minted in Zenodo, the DataCite infrastructure can automatically forward and register this information in the ORCID accounts of the code authors. For this to work, two requirements are needed:
# Code authors ORCIDs must be provided via the CITATION.cff file in the codebase.
# A code author with an ORCID must have added Zenodo as a trusted organisation in the ORCID account settings, as [https://support.orcid.org/hc/en-us/articles/360006973893-Trusted-organizations described here.]

Once a scientific publication is published (journal article, book, book chapter, etc.) and has received a publication DOI via CrossRef, this information can also be automatically forwarded to registered in ORCID. This requires, that CrossRef is added to the list of accepted parties in the ORCID account settings.

==
== OSGeo Projects with DOI ==

The following citation listings for OSGeo projects are curated both manually and using automated data-harvesting from [https://www.crossref.org/ CrossRef]. The lists are currently updated at least once per year. The listings are not complete.
The total number of scientific publications referencing OSGeo projects by their DOI is most likely much larger. Publications such as FOSS4G Proceedings in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences are currently '''not''' referenced by CrossRef and must be added manually.

=== OSGeo ===

[https://zenodo.org/communities/osgeo Zenodo OSGeo Community: many Zenodo deposits related to OSGeo, citeable by DOI]

[https://zenodo.org/communities/osgeo-open-geoscience Zenodo OSGeo Community: many Zenodo deposits related to the OSGeo Open Geoscience Initiative, citeable by DOI]

=== actinia [[File:Actinia_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5879231 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

(search for this DOI on [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%2210.5281%2Fzenodo.5879231%22&btnG= Google Scholar])


=== eodash [[File:Eodash_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6547058 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

=== GDAL [[File:Gdal_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884351 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

(search for this DOI on [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%2210.5281%2Fzenodo.5884351%22&btnG= Google Scholar])

{| class="wikitable"
|+ GDAL: DOI-based citations by year
|-
! Year !! Publications
|-
| 2025 || 10 (and counting)
|-
| 2024 || 18
|-
| 2023 || 9
|-
| 2022 || 6
|-
| 2021 || 0
|}

[https://www.fair4g.org/gdal.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GeoNetwork [[File:Geonetwork_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7924616 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2024

=== GeoMoose [[File:Geomoose_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7976084 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

=== Geopaparazzi [[File:Geopaparazzi_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5881915 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/geopaparazzi.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GEOS [[File:Geos_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11396894 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

[https://www.fair4g.org/geos.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GeoServer [[File:Geoserver_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5854561 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/geoserver.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GeoTools [[File:Geotools_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5854653 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GMT [[File:Gmt_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3407865 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2019

[https://www.fair4g.org/gmt.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== GRASS GIS [[File:Grass_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5176030 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2021
(search for this DOI on [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=%2210.5281%2Fzenodo.5176030%22&btnG= Google Scholar])

[https://zenodo.org/communities/grass Zenodo GRASS Community: many Zenodo deposits related to GRASS GIS, citeable by DOI]

[https://www.fair4g.org/grass.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]


=== gvSIG [[File:Gvsig_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5849091| 2022 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022



=== Hortonmachine [[File:Hortonmachine_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5881778]]===
DOI first minted: 2022



=== istSOS [[File:Istsos_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5888498 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== Leaflet [[File:Leaflet_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7335489 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== Mapbender [[File:Mapbender_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884351 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== MapServer [[File:MapServer-DOI-badge.png|link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6994443 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2021

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== MovingPandas [[File:Movingpandas_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3710950 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2020



=== MOSS [[File:Moss_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5140318 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/moss.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]



=== Orfeo Toolbox [[File:Orfeo_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2250562 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2018

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== OSGeoLive [[File:Osgeolive_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884641 ]]===

DOI first minted: 2022


=== PDAL [[File:Pdal_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2616780 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2019

[https://www.fair4g.org/pdal.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== pgRouting [[File:Pgrouting_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8382911 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== PostGIS [[File:Postgis_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5879631 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2021

[https://www.fair4g.org/postgis.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== PROJ [[File:Proj_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5884394 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/proj.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== pycsw [[File:Pycsw_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7839119 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2023

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== pygeoapi [[File:Pygeoapi_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7602922 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== QGIS [[File:QGIS_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6139224]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/qgis.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== rasdaman [[File:Rasdaman_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1040170 ]] ===
DOI first minted: 2017

[https://www.fair4g.org/rasdaman.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== SMASH [[File:Smash_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5882070 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022



=== WRADLIB [[File:Wradlib_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1209843 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2021

[https://www.fair4g.org/wradlib.html Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

=== ZOO [[File:Zoo_DOI.png|220px |link=https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5903685 ]]===
DOI first minted: 2022

[https://www.fair4g.org/ Latest Software-DOI-based citations report (FAIR4G project)]

<Add your project DOI here, while maintaining alphabetical order>

Hint: to automate the Zenodo integration, connect to it to GitHub (see above).

== DOI for datasets related to OSGeo ==

This is an incomplete overview over geospatial data sources which can be referenced by DOI.
Many more datasets are available in Open Access repositories such as [https://www.zenodo.org Zenodo]

=== GRASS GIS ===

# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7930522 Spearfish Dataset for GRASS GIS v4.x - v8.x] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7930522
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359642 New Orleans Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359642
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3749397 Hilltop Arboretum Landform Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3749397
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359645 Sichuan Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359645
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248688 The Hills of Governor's Island Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248688
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620 Louisiana Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3968936 Natural Earth Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3968936
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359632 Global Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359632
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248419 Governor's Island Dataset for GRASS GIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5248419
(add datasets here)

=== QGIS ===

# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5701115 Governor's Island Dataset for QGIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5701115
# [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620 Louisiana Dataset for QGIS] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3359620
(add datasets here)

== DOI for OSGeo Video Recordings ==

* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS_for_GIS_video_tutorials_and_screencasts#OSGeo-related_videos_preserved_at_the_German_National_Library_of_Science_and_Technology_.28TIB.29 Wiki-page: FOSS4G Video Recordings]
* [https://doi.org/10.5446/20452 Presentation about OSGeo videos with DOI (2016, german)]
* [https://doi.org/10.5446/30541 Presentation about OSGeo videos with DOI (2017, german)]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Videoquotes_Demo Wiki-page: DOI-based Video Quotes ]

== add your DOI badge to your project pages ==
* please add your DOI badge to your project

See Example Mapbender
* OSGeo project page for Mapbender https://www.osgeo.org/projects/mapbender/
* Mapbender website https://mapbender.org
* Mapbender Repository README https://github.com/mapbender/mapbender-workshop

You badge looks like this (replace your DOI in the Link and svg name)

<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5887014"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.5887014.svg" alt="DOI"></a>

== DOI acknowledgement by Publishers and Journals ==

References in indexed scientific literature to research software, including the OSGeo software projects, can be counted as citations and due scientific credit for the persons developing and maintaining the research software).

The emerging best practice for software references is reference by DOI. Such a DOI reference can either refer to the software project as a whole (concept DOI), or a particular release of the codebase (version DOI).

Keeping track of DOI-based software citations can both be done manually or by automated analysis of metadata about the publication provided centrally by CrossRef or DataCite.

The prerequisite for automated analysis and reporting (as in FA'''''I'''''R: machine-actionable and interoperable) is the provision of a full references list for the publication as a complete set of metadata to CrossRef.

If only a limited subset of the reference list is provided to CrossRef, metadata-based automated analysis and reporting will return no result, meaning no information about the citation.

In such a case, despite the best intentions by the publication authors by using DOI-based software citations in their publication, because of the lack of metadata, automated reporting will return no result and there will be no due credit by citation to the software project.

This also affects the software developer team, as there will be no credit / recognition of their roles as (research-)software authors, because there is no automated transitive credit to their individual ORCID accounts will be triggered.

Currently it is difficult at best for propective authors to assess prior to a publication whether software-references by DOI will be indexed by CrossRef, resulting in FAIR credit.

To mitigate this, incomplete lists are being compiled (below) of journals, for convenience of prospective authors, to assess wheter software-references will result in credit propagation to the software project and developer team.

* A greenlist collects journals and publications with confirmed software citations derived from CrossRef metadata.

* A whitelist compiles journals and publications with identical metadata practices to the greenlist, but where no DOI-based software citation has been confirmed yet.

* A greylist collects journals, where OSGeo-DOI have been used in publications, yet currently are not being indexed by CrossRef.

For scientific authors, the difference between a publication in a green-, whitelist or greylist journal is wether DOI-based references to OSGeo software, -data or -video will be automagically attributed ("due scientific credit") to the respective OSGeo community / persons. For greylist journals, such attribution needs to be compiled manually.

=== Publisher statements about software citation by DOI ===

* [https://www.agu.org/Publish-with-AGU/Publish/Author-Resources/Data-and-Software-for-Authors American Geophysical Union (AGU): Data & Software for Authors]
* [https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/unified-code-sharing-policy-promoting-open-science/26789930 Springer Nature: Springer Nature announces unified open code policy to better support open research practices]

=== Greenlist: Journals and Publications with confirmed CrossRef-listed software DOI references to OSGeo Projects ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Greenlist: Publications acknowledging DOI-based software citations (confirmed: 43 Journals as of 20250110)
|-
! Publisher !! Journal / Publication
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || Earth and Space Science
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| GeoHealth
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Geophysical Research Letters
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Physics
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Tectonics
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU)|| Water Resources Research
|-
| American Meteorological Society || Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
|-
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) || Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || Earth System Science Data
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (EGU)
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || The Cryosphere
|-
| Elsevier || Agricultural Water Management
|-
| Elsevier || Ecological Indicators
|-
| Elsevier || Global Ecology and Conservation
|-
| Elsevier || Journal of Hydrology
|-
| Elsevier || Ocean & Coastal Management
|-
| Elsevier || Science of Remote Sensing
|-
| Elsevier || Sustainable Cities and Society
|-
| Geomatik || Geomatik
|-
| Informa UK Limited || Annals of GIS
|-
| Informa UK Limited || International Journal of Remote Sensing
|-
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) || IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks
|-
| IOP Publishing || Environmental Research Communications
|-
| McGill University Library and Archives || Seismica
|-
| MDPI AG || Agronomy
|-
| MDPI AG || Remote Sensing
|-
| MDPI AG || Sensors
|-
| Oxford University Press (OUP) || Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
|-
| SAGE Publications || Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science
|-
| Seismological Society of America (SSA) || Seismological Research Letters
|-
| Springer Nature Switzerland || Earth Science, Systems and Society
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Landscape Ecology
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Rules and Reasoning
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Springer Handbook Series
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Springer Scientific Reports (Nature)
|-
| Springer Science and Business Media LLC || Springer Scientific Data (Nature)
|-
| The Open Journal || Journal of Open Source Software
|-
| University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) || Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
|-
| Wiley || Crop Science
|}

=== Whitelist: Journals and Publications with CrossRef-enabled workflows to acknowledging DOI-based software citations (not yet confirmed but should apply) ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Whitelist: Publications with CrossRef-enabled workflows to acknowledging DOI-based software citations (not yet confirmed)
|-
! Publisher !! Journal / Publication
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || DOI-based software citations via CrossRef should work for ALL indexed peer-reviewed journals by AGU: A full references list is provided to CrossRef when an article is published (Sole exception: AGU Radio Science)
|-
| tbd || tbd
|}

=== Greylist: Journals and Publications reporting DOI references to CrossRef ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Greylist: Publications not yet acknowledging DOI-based software citations
|-
! Publisher !! Journal / Publication
|-
| Copernicus GmbH || The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
|-
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) || EOS.org (note: EOS is a sceience news magazine published by AGU. It is not a indexed peer-reviewed journal)
|-
| Earth and Space Science Open Archive https://essopenarchive.org/ || Preprints, presentations from major scientific meetings, and important documents of scholarly societies (with DOI)
|}

== Related Identifiers ==
=== Research Organisiation Registry (ROR): An ID for the OSGeo Foundation ===

ROR is a global, community-led registry of open persistent identifiers for research organizations.

==== OSGeo ROR ====

The OSGeo Foundation is a research organisation.

The ROR ID for OSGeo is https://ror.org/00cjqbk89

==== Usage of ROR ====

Many scholarly communication systems are already using ROR, and many others are working on integrating ROR.

==== Background Information (ROR Community) =====

* [https://zenodo.org/records/10054260 Why ROR ?]
* [https://zenodo.org/records/10055116 ROR Fact Sheet]

=== ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) - a PID for people ===

* [https://info.orcid.org/researcher-faq/ ORCID FAQ]
* [https://vimeo.com/97150912 ORDID introduction video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRUUsUqGB9c HOWTO: Register an ORCID (Video tutorial)]
* [https://support.datacite.org/docs/how-to-activate-orcid-auto-update How to set up an ORCID account for credit propagation (e.g. Version-DOI of OSGeo project software releases will automagically appear in the "works" section of the associated ORCID accounts)]

==== Authentice an ORCID account with a GitHub ====
„We’re excited to announce that GitHub is partnering with ORCID. You can now authenticate your ORCID account with your GitHub account, and display your ORCID iD on your public GitHub profile. ORCID provides a persistent unique digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that researchers own and control, and that distinguishes them from every other researcher."

https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-13-authenticate-orcid-id/

==== How to include ORCIDs to a LaTEX/Overleaf document ====

Include these packages:
\usepackage{orcidlink}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}

\author{
Peter Löwe\,\orcidlink{0000-0003-2257-0517}~\textsuperscript{1}\thanks{Corresponding author},
Markus Neteler\,\orcidlink{0000-0003-1916-1966}~\textsuperscript{2}
}
(Source: [https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W1-2022-287-2022 OSGEO, PERSISTENT IDENTIFIERS AND THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME])

[[Category: Persistent identifiers]]

MapServer at osgeo7

2025-09-16T12:34:17Z

Jmckenna: /* Status */

== Public home page ==
* https://demo.mapserver.org (demo applications for MapServer)
* https://mapserver.org (documentation for MapServer)

== Server Overview==
* hosted on [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC_Service_Status#osgeo_7 osgeo7]
* maintained by [[Jeff McKenna]] / GatewayGeo
* dedicated container named "mapserver"
** Debian 11 "bullseye"
** gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1

== Status ==
* 2025-08-01
** jmckenna: moved mapserver.org domain & files from OSGeo6 to OSGeo7 (see ticket [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3405 #3405])
* 2024-07-09
** jmckenna: upgraded to PHP 8.3.9
* 2024-07-07
** jmckenna: upgraded to Debian 11 "bullseye", GDAL 3.9.1, PHP 8.3.8
* 2024-06-27
** jmckenna: exposed SLD files, upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2024-06-20
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2024-06-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.4.1, GDAL 3.9.0, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2024-04-15
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.4.0, GDAL 3.8.5, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2024-01-26
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.3.1, GDAL 3.8.3, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-10-23
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, changes for HTTP/2 support
* 2023-09-15
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.3.0, GDAL 3.7.2, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-07-13
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.2.1, GDAL 3.7.1, MapServer-main
* 2023-04-12
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.2.0, GDAL 3.6.3, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-04-09
** jmckenna: rebooted, unable to access. Fixed by @robe through https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2914
* 2022-11-28
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, rebooted
* 2022-09-12
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, added OGCAPI: Features demo
* 2022-09-05
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-09-02
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-08-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, restart PostgreSQL
* 2022-06-26
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-05-17
** jmckenna: upgraded to GDAL 3.4.3, MapServer-main, various changes for HTML Legends demo
* 2022-03-29
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.2.1, GDAL 3.4.2, GeoTIFF 1.7.1, MapServer-main
* 2021-11-20
** jmckenna: setup Apache rewrite for old ''map='' paths
* 2021-11-19
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, various changes for tutorial
* 2021-11-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to GDAL 3.4.0
*** updates to all OGC services
* 2021-11-07
** Robe: point https://demo.mapserver.org to this osgeo7 VM (was staging.demo.mapserver.org)
*** point old demo on [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_at_AdhocVM AdhocVM] to https://old.demo.mapserver.org
*** ticket: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2459
* 2021-10-30
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.2.0, GDAL 3.3.3, GeoTIFF 1.7.0, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2021-05-28
** jmckenna: setup MapCache
* 2021-05-16
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.0.1, GDAL 3.3.0, MapServer-main
* 2020-10-27
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 7.2.0rc1, GDAL 3.2.0rc1, MapServer-master
* 2020-09-11
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 7.1.1, GDAL 3.1.3, MapServer-master
* 2020-07-24
** jmckenna: setup server on new container, as old [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_at_AdhocVM AdhocVM] host could no longer compile recent projects (because it still runs gcc 4.7.2)
*** compiled MapServer, GDAL, PROJ from source
*** moved all demo services (except one)

== Participants ==
* [[User:Jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* contact jmckenna for access (occurs by proxyjump through 'hop.osgeo7.osgeo.org')

== MapServer Installation on mapserver container ==
* home: ''/mapserver/''

=== Apache Configuration ===
A virtualhost is setup for demo.mapserver.org, through:
* /etc/apache2/sites_available/demo.mapserver.org
Note that a '''proxy is setup through osgeo7's nginx to point to the local Apache which is running on port 8081'''
* server logfiles live at:
/var/log/apache2/demo.mapserver.org-error.log
/var/log/apache2/demo.mapserver.org-access.log
* mapserv and other service endpoints live at: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

=== Restarting Apache ===
* sudo systemctl restart apache2

=== Adding Apache Aliases ===
* add symbolic links from ''/var/www/demo.mapserver.org/'' to your app installed in ''/mapserver/apps/''

== Services on osgeo7 ==
For each service you configure on demo.mapserver.org, please edit ''/var/www/demo.mapserver.org/index.html'' and list your new service.

=== MapServer Tutorial ===

* This is a MapServer CGI instance, serving data files for the MapServer Tutorial at: https://mapserver.org/tutorial/
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/tutorial/
* On Web: https://demo.mapserver.org/tutorial/
* updated:
** November 2021 for MapServer 8+
** March 2020 for MapServer 7+
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS msautotest Service ===

* Simple WMS service with a latlong and mercator layer, with global extents. Used by msautotest (for GDAL testing)
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/msautotest/world/world.map
* On Web: https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/msautotest?
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving a raster file, and a single point, line, and poly file. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wms.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS Landsat7 Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving an 8bit landsat image and a 16bit landsat image, used in the SLD doc.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wms-raster.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms_landsat? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms_landsat?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WFS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving a point and polygon shapefile. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wfs.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wfs? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wfs?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WCS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Minnesota DNR demo, includes MODIS and NDVI imagery. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wcs.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wcs? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wcs?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== OGR Examples (for Documentation) ===

* Small examples of OGR formats used in MapServer. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogr-demos/
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/ogr-demos/ https://demo.mapserver.org/ogr-demos/]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== HTML Legend Examples (for Documentation) ===

* Small examples of HTML Legends used in MapServer. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/itasca_legend/
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/itasca_legend/ https://demo.mapserver.org/itasca_legend/]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS OpenStreetMap Service (for Documentation) ===

* OSM data for Minnesota loaded into PostgreSQL, served by MapServer. Used in the OpenLayers app on main site.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/osm/osm-google.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/umn? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/umn?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== Caching for mapserver.org OpenLayers viewer ===
* mapcache.xml lives in:
/mapserver/apps/mapcache/
* mapcache demos: https://demo.mapserver.org/mapcache/demo/
* after modifying mapcache.xml, restart its Apache:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
* mapfile:
/mapserver/apps/osm/osm-google.map
* seed command:
sudo mapcache_seed -c /mapserver/apps/mapcache/mapcache.xml -t osm-mn-tileset -g GoogleMapsCompatible -z 0,13 -e -10484037,5552055,-10288486,5668255 -i scanline
* cache directory:
/mapserver/ms_tmp/cache/osm-mn-tileset/
* viewing seed levels: https://demo.mapserver.org/mapcache/tms1.0.0/osm-mn-tileset@GoogleMapsCompatible/

=== MapServer 7+ CGI ===

==== main ====

* A dynamically compiled "mapserv" CGI has been compiled to support V7+ demo services.
* Web URL: https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/mapserv
* Source build in /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build
* Administrators: jmckenna
* build instructions for reference:

$ cd /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWITH_KML=1 -DWITH_CLIENT_WMS=1 -DWITH_CLIENT_WFS=1 -DWITH_CURL=1 -DWITH_FRIBIDI=1 -DWITH_GIF=1 -DWITH_HARFBUZZ=1 -DWITH_ICONV=1 -DWITH_SOS=1 -DWITH_WCS=1 -DWITH_WMS=1 -DWITH_WFS=1 -DWITH_FCGI=0 -DPOSTGRESQL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so -DWITH_CAIRO=1 -DWITH_POSTGIS=1 -DWITH_GEOS=1 -DWITH_PIXMAN=0 -DWITH_PROTOBUFC=1 -DWITH_RSVG=1
$ make
$ cp /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build/mapserv /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

== mapserver.org Documentation home ==
* home: ''/var/www/mapserver.org/''
* moved from OSGeo6 host to OSGeo7 on 2025-08-01 (see ticket [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3405 #3405]) by jmckenna

[[Category:MapServer]]
[[Category:Infrastructure]]

User:Tomkralidis

2025-09-10T17:14:49Z

Jmckenna: add plaque image

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2024 [[Sol Katz Award]] at FOSS4G Belém (2024-12-06)]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|333px|2024 [[Sol Katz Award]] plaque]]
{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Kralidis
|JobTitle=Senior Geospatial Architect
|Company=Meteorological Service of Canada
|Country=Canada
|State=Ontario
|City=Toronto
|Coordinate=43.653225, -79.383186
|LocalChapter=Canada
|Email=tomkralidis@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=https://twitter.com/tomkralidis; https://facebook.com/tomkralidis; https://github.com/tomkralidis;
|Website=https://kralidis.ca
|Photo=Tomkralidis-2022-08.jpg
|Languages=English; Greek; French
|Info=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tomkralidis
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=Yes
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=Yes
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|Committer=Yes
|SolKatz=Yes
}}

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Board of Directors]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

User:Tomkralidis

2025-09-10T17:13:49Z

Jmckenna: add plaque image

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2024 [[Sol Katz Award]] at FOSS4G Belém (2024-12-06)]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|333px|2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Kralidis
|JobTitle=Senior Geospatial Architect
|Company=Meteorological Service of Canada
|Country=Canada
|State=Ontario
|City=Toronto
|Coordinate=43.653225, -79.383186
|LocalChapter=Canada
|Email=tomkralidis@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=https://twitter.com/tomkralidis; https://facebook.com/tomkralidis; https://github.com/tomkralidis;
|Website=https://kralidis.ca
|Photo=Tomkralidis-2022-08.jpg
|Languages=English; Greek; French
|Info=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tomkralidis
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=Yes
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=Yes
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|Committer=Yes
|SolKatz=Yes
}}

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Board of Directors]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

User:Tomkralidis

2025-09-10T17:12:54Z

Jmckenna: add plaque image

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2024 [[Sol Katz Award]] at FOSS4G Belém (2024-12-06)]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Kralidis
|JobTitle=Senior Geospatial Architect
|Company=Meteorological Service of Canada
|Country=Canada
|State=Ontario
|City=Toronto
|Coordinate=43.653225, -79.383186
|LocalChapter=Canada
|Email=tomkralidis@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=https://twitter.com/tomkralidis; https://facebook.com/tomkralidis; https://github.com/tomkralidis;
|Website=https://kralidis.ca
|Photo=Tomkralidis-2022-08.jpg
|Languages=English; Greek; French
|Info=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tomkralidis
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=Yes
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=No
|PSC=Yes
|ExBoard=No
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|Committer=Yes
|SolKatz=Yes
}}

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Board of Directors]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

Howard Butler

2025-09-10T17:06:54Z

Jmckenna: add missing Sol Katz Award category

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]
[[Category:Officer]]
[[Category:Incubation Committee]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

User:Anitagraser

2025-09-10T17:04:26Z

Jmckenna: add missing Sol Katz Award category

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Anita Graser
|JobTitle=Senior Scientist
|Company=AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
|Country=Austria
|City=Vienna
|Coordinate=48.267435, 16.425131
|LocalChapter=FOSSGIS
|Email=anitagraser@gmx.at
|InstantMessaging=https://fosstodon.org/@underdarkgis
|SocialMedia=https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-graser-95102530
|Website=https://anitagraser.com/
|Languages=German; English
|Info=QGIS PSC member, author of 'Learning QGIS' and co-author of 'QGIS Map Design' and 'QGIS 2 Cookbook'.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=Yes
|Board=No
|Coder=No
|Translate=No
|PSC=Yes
|ExBoard=Yes
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=No
}}
=== Anita Graser ===

Spatial data scientist at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Location: Vienna, Austria

QGIS PSC member and author of "Learning QGIS" and "QGIS Map Design".

Other projects: MovingPandas

;Profile last updated: 10 Sept 2025

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:OSGeo Charter Member]]
[[Category:Former_OSGeo_Director]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]
[[Category:Sol Katz Awardee]]

Sol Katz Award

2025-08-06T17:14:09Z

Jmckenna: /* Selection Committee 2024 */ add video

== Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software ==
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

See the OSGeo page to find out more about the recipients and about Sol Katz
* https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

=== Recipients ===
* 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
* 2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler] - Developer of PDAL, GDAL, PROJ, GEOS, and longtime supporter of the C/C++ stack
* 2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]] - Developer of PostGIS, GEOS, librtoppo, and longtime vision for being Open
* 2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]] - Bringing so many communities and groups together, and empowering them, leaving a worldwide legacy
* 2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]] - QGIS advocate, developer, and leader, providing so much useful material to users
* 2019 [[Even Rouault]] - dedication to so many projects including GDAL, PROJ, and many others
* 2018: [[Astrid Emde]] - leadership and longtime efforts for OSGeo and FOSSGIS communities
* 2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]] - GeoServer and GeoTools core developer
* 2016: [[Jeff McKenna]] - longtime passion and leadership spreading [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] around the world ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1723 Announcement])
* 2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] and [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll] advocate
* 2014: [[Gary Sherman]] - [http://qgis.org QGIS] founder
* 2013: [[Arnulf Christl]] - [http://osgeo.org OSGeo] co-founder, [http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html Incubation] mentor, advocate
* 2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]] - [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] founder, community leader world-wide
* 2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]] - [http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ JTS Topology Suite] founder
* 2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]] - for two decades of contributions to [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and the FOSS4G community ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/1069 Announcement])
* 2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] and [http://gdal.org/ OGR] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/970 Announcement])
* 2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]] - leadership in [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ GEOS] and [http://udig.refractions.net/ uDig] projects ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 Announcement])
* 2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]] - [http://www.osgeo.org/mapserver/ MapServer] founder and lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/446 Announcement])
* 2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]] - [http://grass.itc.it/ GRASS GIS] project lead ([http://www.osgeo.org/node/187 Announcement])
* 2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]] - [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR] project lead

= Background =

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Katz

OSGeo Public Site: https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/

= Process =

* Put out a '''call for nominations''' fairly widely on appropriate social networks and forums
* Nominations are sent '''privately''' to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' (public nominations will be discarded).
* Committee selects awardee
* Prepare plaque and tokens of appreciation
* Present in [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] closing plenary
* Update this page with results
* Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)

= 2025 Call for Nominations =

SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2025 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.

The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was an early pioneer of FOSS4G and left behind a large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early FOSS4G archive provided both source code and applications freely available to the community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at large.

Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's request, can do so at https://donate.cancer.org .

Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to ''solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org'' with a description of the reasons for this nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 12th September [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.

The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2025 event in Auckland, New Zealand. The hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.

It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members are not eligible.

Past Awardees:

2024: [[Tom Kralidis]]
2023: [https://www.osgeo.org/member/butler-howard/ Howard Butler]
2022: [[User:strk|Sandro Santilli]]
2021: [[User:Mlibman |Malena Libman]]
2020: [[User:AnitaGraser |Anita Graser]]
2019: [[Even Rouault]]
2018: [[Astrid Emde]]
2017: [[User:Aaime |Andrea Aime]]
2016: [[Jeff McKenna]]
2015: [[User:Maria |Maria Brovelli]]
2014: [[Gary Sherman]]
2013: [[Arnulf Christl]]
2012: [[Venkatesh Raghavan]]
2011: [[User:Mdavis |Martin Davis]]
2010: [[User:Helena |Helena Mitasova]]
2009: [[User:Dmorissette |Daniel Morissette]]
2008: [[User:Pwramsey3 |Paul Ramsey]]
2007: [[User:Sdlime |Steve Lime]]
2006: [[User:Neteler |Markus Neteler]]
2005: [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]

Selection Committee 2025:

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler
* Tom Kralidis

= Extended Program Text =

The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) is awarded
annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the GFOSS community.
Recipients of the award will have contributed significantly through their activities to advance
open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is that the award will both
acknowledge the work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders,
for years to come.

== Solomon Stuart Katz aka Sol 1947-1999 ==

=== Background ===

Solomon 'Sol' Katz was born in Sweden (on August 3rd, 1947) and moved to NY at the age of 1. Yiddish was
his first language, but he was amazingly bright, and learned both Hebrew
and English quickly. After high school, he spent three years in the US
Air Force, stationed in Germany, where he picked up yet another language.
Following his brief military career, he decided to go to Brooklyn College
in NY where he got his Bachelors in Geology in 2.5 years. He then married
his wife Hedy in 1969, and went back to Brooklyn College while teaching in
NY Public Schools and got his MA, also in Geology. After several years
working for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in several states, he settled down
in Lakewood, CO and decided to go back to school at the University of Denver in
Computer Science and earned a second masters. At this time, he also had two
children - Shanna and Risa. He was well loved in his office, at his
children's school, and at home. Always full of laughter and good humor,
Sol could easily be recognized by his flamboyant Hawaiian shirts and toucan
or propeller hats. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for
almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed.

=== Open Source ===

Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body of work in
the form of applications, format specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's,
Sol assisted in the development of a public domain GIS package called [[Open Source GIS History|MOSS]]
(Map Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the first open
source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go on to release and maintain PC MOSS (GitHub archive: https://github.com/OSGeo/MOSS/). He was also one of the first involved in public data translator
utilities. Utilities that he developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files
were contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still available today (GitHub archive: https://github.com/jmckenna/sdts2dem). Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing much
guidance to the geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities
at the BLM continues to be implemented by many software projects. His legacy still lives on
in the GFOSS world.

Pics submitted by Sol's daughters:
[[Image:Solomon-Katz.jpg]]
[[Image:Solomon-Katz2.jpg]]

Daughters Risa and Shanna introducing the award in 2011:
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]
[[Image:Shanna-and-Risa-Katz-introducing-award-2011.png|200px|Shanna & Risa Katz]]

= Utilities =

Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility. Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.

= Selection Committee 2024 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-2024-foss4g-belem-tom-kralidis.jpeg|thumb|right|100px|Tom receiving the award on stage at FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil ([https://vimeo.com/1107807580 video])]]
[[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Tom's 2024 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli
* Howard Butler

= Selection Committee 2023 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu accepting the award by [https://vimeo.com/841335689 video] at FOSS4G Kosovo]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2023-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|hobu's 2023 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni
* Sandro Santilli

= Selection Committee 2022 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-presentation.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk receiving the award at FOSS4G Italy]]
[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2022-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|strk's 2022 Sol Katz Award plaque]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser
* Ariel Anthieni

= Selection Committee 2021 =

[[Image:Sol-katz-award-2021-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Malena's 2021 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
[[Image:Malena-award-announcement-foss4g-2021.png|thumb|right|100px|Malena's tribute during the FOSS4G 2021 event in Buenos Aires]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault
* Anita Graser

= Selection Committee 2020 =

[[Image:Anita-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Anita accepting the award at the OSGeo AGM in 2020]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde
* Even Rouault

= Selection Committee 2019 =

[[Image:Even-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Even accepting the award at FOSS4G Bucharest]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime
* Astrid Emde

= Selection Committee 2018 =

[[Image:Astrid-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Astrid accepting the award at FOSS4G Dar es Salaam]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli
* Andrea Aime

= Selection Committee 2017 =

[[Image:Foss4g-2017-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Andrea accepting the award at FOSS4G Boston]]

* Jeff McKenna (chair)
* Frank Warmerdam
* Markus Neteler
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2016 =

[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Jeff accepting the award, through a [https://vimeo.com/180237097 video], at FOSS4G Bonn]]

* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman
* Maria Brovelli

= Selection Committee 2015 =

[[Image:Maria-sol-katz.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Maria just after receiving the award, at FOSS4G Seoul]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl
* Gary Sherman

= Selection Committee 2014 =

[[Image:Gary_sherman_acceptance.png|thumb|right|100px|Gary accepting the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310099 video], at FOSS4G Portland]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Arnulf Christl

= Selection Committee 2013 =

[[Image:Arnulf-sol-katz-award.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Arnulf (left) receiving the award at FOSS4G Nottingham]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2012 =

[[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Venka (second from right) receiving the award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova
* Martin Davis

= Selection Committee 2011 =

[[Image:Martin-sol-katz-award-2011.png|thumb|right|100px|Martin receiving the award at FOSS4G Denver]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette
* Helena Mitasova

= Selection Committee 2010 =

[[Image:Helena_SolKatzAward_2010.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Helena posing with the award, that she received at FOSS4G Barcelona]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Daniel Morissette

= Selection Committee 2009 =

[[Image:Daniel-sol-katz-award.png|thumb|right|100px|Daniel receiving the award at FOSS4G Sydney]]

* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]] (chair)
* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]]
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina

= Selection Committee 2008 =

[[Image:Paul-sol-katz-award-2008.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Paul received the award, through a [http://vimeo.com/106310097 video], at FOSS4G Cape Town]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler]]
* Steve Lime
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]

= Selection Committee 2007 =

[[Image:Steve-sol-katz-award-2007.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Steve receiving the award at FOSS4G Victoria]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Venkatesh Raghavan
* Markus Neteler

= Selection Committee 2006 =

[[Image:Markus-sol-katz-award-2006.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Markus posing with the award, that he received at FOSS4G Lausanne]]

* [[User:Warmerda | Frank Warmerdam]] (chair)
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* Paul Ramsey
* Sophia Parafina
* Venkatesh Raghavan

= Selection Committee 2005 =

[[Image:Frank-warmerdam.png|thumb|right|100px|Frank, the 2005 recipient of the award.]]

* Sophia Parafina
* [[User:jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* MUM3 Conference Committee

= 2005 Award Documents =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005Nomination | Call for Nominations]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_2005MUM3Program | Text in MUM3 Program]] (includes BIO submitted from his daughter)

= Translations of this page =

* [[Sol_Katz_Award_fr | French version - version française]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_jp | Japanese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_vn | Vietnamese version]]
* [[Sol_Katz_Award_cn | Chinese version]]

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category: Awards]]

MapServer at osgeo7

2025-08-01T21:39:52Z

Jmckenna: /* mapserver.org Documentation home */

== Public home page ==
* https://demo.mapserver.org (demo applications for MapServer)
* https://mapserver.org (documentation for MapServer)

== Server Overview==
* hosted on [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC_Service_Status#osgeo_7 osgeo7]
* maintained by [[Jeff McKenna]] / GatewayGeo
* dedicated container named "mapserver"
** Debian 11 "bullseye"
** gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1

== Status ==
* 2025-08-01
** jmckenna: moved mapserver.org domain & files from OSGeo6 to OSGeo7 (see ticket [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3405 #3405 ]
* 2024-07-09
** jmckenna: upgraded to PHP 8.3.9
* 2024-07-07
** jmckenna: upgraded to Debian 11 "bullseye", GDAL 3.9.1, PHP 8.3.8
* 2024-06-27
** jmckenna: exposed SLD files, upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2024-06-20
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2024-06-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.4.1, GDAL 3.9.0, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2024-04-15
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.4.0, GDAL 3.8.5, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2024-01-26
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.3.1, GDAL 3.8.3, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-10-23
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, changes for HTTP/2 support
* 2023-09-15
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.3.0, GDAL 3.7.2, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-07-13
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.2.1, GDAL 3.7.1, MapServer-main
* 2023-04-12
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.2.0, GDAL 3.6.3, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-04-09
** jmckenna: rebooted, unable to access. Fixed by @robe through https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2914
* 2022-11-28
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, rebooted
* 2022-09-12
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, added OGCAPI: Features demo
* 2022-09-05
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-09-02
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-08-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, restart PostgreSQL
* 2022-06-26
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-05-17
** jmckenna: upgraded to GDAL 3.4.3, MapServer-main, various changes for HTML Legends demo
* 2022-03-29
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.2.1, GDAL 3.4.2, GeoTIFF 1.7.1, MapServer-main
* 2021-11-20
** jmckenna: setup Apache rewrite for old ''map='' paths
* 2021-11-19
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, various changes for tutorial
* 2021-11-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to GDAL 3.4.0
*** updates to all OGC services
* 2021-11-07
** Robe: point https://demo.mapserver.org to this osgeo7 VM (was staging.demo.mapserver.org)
*** point old demo on [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_at_AdhocVM AdhocVM] to https://old.demo.mapserver.org
*** ticket: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2459
* 2021-10-30
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.2.0, GDAL 3.3.3, GeoTIFF 1.7.0, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2021-05-28
** jmckenna: setup MapCache
* 2021-05-16
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.0.1, GDAL 3.3.0, MapServer-main
* 2020-10-27
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 7.2.0rc1, GDAL 3.2.0rc1, MapServer-master
* 2020-09-11
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 7.1.1, GDAL 3.1.3, MapServer-master
* 2020-07-24
** jmckenna: setup server on new container, as old [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_at_AdhocVM AdhocVM] host could no longer compile recent projects (because it still runs gcc 4.7.2)
*** compiled MapServer, GDAL, PROJ from source
*** moved all demo services (except one)

== Participants ==
* [[User:Jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* contact jmckenna for access (occurs by proxyjump through 'hop.osgeo7.osgeo.org')

== MapServer Installation on mapserver container ==
* home: ''/mapserver/''

=== Apache Configuration ===
A virtualhost is setup for demo.mapserver.org, through:
* /etc/apache2/sites_available/demo.mapserver.org
Note that a '''proxy is setup through osgeo7's nginx to point to the local Apache which is running on port 8081'''
* server logfiles live at:
/var/log/apache2/demo.mapserver.org-error.log
/var/log/apache2/demo.mapserver.org-access.log
* mapserv and other service endpoints live at: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

=== Restarting Apache ===
* sudo systemctl restart apache2

=== Adding Apache Aliases ===
* add symbolic links from ''/var/www/demo.mapserver.org/'' to your app installed in ''/mapserver/apps/''

== Services on osgeo7 ==
For each service you configure on demo.mapserver.org, please edit ''/var/www/demo.mapserver.org/index.html'' and list your new service.

=== MapServer Tutorial ===

* This is a MapServer CGI instance, serving data files for the MapServer Tutorial at: https://mapserver.org/tutorial/
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/tutorial/
* On Web: https://demo.mapserver.org/tutorial/
* updated:
** November 2021 for MapServer 8+
** March 2020 for MapServer 7+
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS msautotest Service ===

* Simple WMS service with a latlong and mercator layer, with global extents. Used by msautotest (for GDAL testing)
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/msautotest/world/world.map
* On Web: https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/msautotest?
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving a raster file, and a single point, line, and poly file. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wms.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS Landsat7 Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving an 8bit landsat image and a 16bit landsat image, used in the SLD doc.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wms-raster.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms_landsat? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms_landsat?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WFS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving a point and polygon shapefile. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wfs.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wfs? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wfs?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WCS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Minnesota DNR demo, includes MODIS and NDVI imagery. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wcs.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wcs? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wcs?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== OGR Examples (for Documentation) ===

* Small examples of OGR formats used in MapServer. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogr-demos/
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/ogr-demos/ https://demo.mapserver.org/ogr-demos/]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== HTML Legend Examples (for Documentation) ===

* Small examples of HTML Legends used in MapServer. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/itasca_legend/
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/itasca_legend/ https://demo.mapserver.org/itasca_legend/]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS OpenStreetMap Service (for Documentation) ===

* OSM data for Minnesota loaded into PostgreSQL, served by MapServer. Used in the OpenLayers app on main site.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/osm/osm-google.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/umn? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/umn?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== Caching for mapserver.org OpenLayers viewer ===
* mapcache.xml lives in:
/mapserver/apps/mapcache/
* mapcache demos: https://demo.mapserver.org/mapcache/demo/
* after modifying mapcache.xml, restart its Apache:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
* mapfile:
/mapserver/apps/osm/osm-google.map
* seed command:
sudo mapcache_seed -c /mapserver/apps/mapcache/mapcache.xml -t osm-mn-tileset -g GoogleMapsCompatible -z 0,13 -e -10484037,5552055,-10288486,5668255 -i scanline
* cache directory:
/mapserver/ms_tmp/cache/osm-mn-tileset/
* viewing seed levels: https://demo.mapserver.org/mapcache/tms1.0.0/osm-mn-tileset@GoogleMapsCompatible/

=== MapServer 7+ CGI ===

==== main ====

* A dynamically compiled "mapserv" CGI has been compiled to support V7+ demo services.
* Web URL: https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/mapserv
* Source build in /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build
* Administrators: jmckenna
* build instructions for reference:

$ cd /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWITH_KML=1 -DWITH_CLIENT_WMS=1 -DWITH_CLIENT_WFS=1 -DWITH_CURL=1 -DWITH_FRIBIDI=1 -DWITH_GIF=1 -DWITH_HARFBUZZ=1 -DWITH_ICONV=1 -DWITH_SOS=1 -DWITH_WCS=1 -DWITH_WMS=1 -DWITH_WFS=1 -DWITH_FCGI=0 -DPOSTGRESQL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so -DWITH_CAIRO=1 -DWITH_POSTGIS=1 -DWITH_GEOS=1 -DWITH_PIXMAN=0 -DWITH_PROTOBUFC=1 -DWITH_RSVG=1
$ make
$ cp /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build/mapserv /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

== mapserver.org Documentation home ==
* home: ''/var/www/mapserver.org/''
* moved from OSGeo6 host to OSGeo7 on 2025-08-01 (see ticket [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3405 #3405]) by jmckenna

[[Category:MapServer]]
[[Category:Infrastructure]]

MapServer at osgeo7

2025-08-01T21:39:09Z

Jmckenna:

== Public home page ==
* https://demo.mapserver.org (demo applications for MapServer)
* https://mapserver.org (documentation for MapServer)

== Server Overview==
* hosted on [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC_Service_Status#osgeo_7 osgeo7]
* maintained by [[Jeff McKenna]] / GatewayGeo
* dedicated container named "mapserver"
** Debian 11 "bullseye"
** gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1

== Status ==
* 2025-08-01
** jmckenna: moved mapserver.org domain & files from OSGeo6 to OSGeo7 (see ticket [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3405 #3405 ]
* 2024-07-09
** jmckenna: upgraded to PHP 8.3.9
* 2024-07-07
** jmckenna: upgraded to Debian 11 "bullseye", GDAL 3.9.1, PHP 8.3.8
* 2024-06-27
** jmckenna: exposed SLD files, upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2024-06-20
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2024-06-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.4.1, GDAL 3.9.0, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2024-04-15
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.4.0, GDAL 3.8.5, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2024-01-26
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.3.1, GDAL 3.8.3, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-10-23
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, changes for HTTP/2 support
* 2023-09-15
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.3.0, GDAL 3.7.2, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-07-13
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.2.1, GDAL 3.7.1, MapServer-main
* 2023-04-12
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 9.2.0, GDAL 3.6.3, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2023-04-09
** jmckenna: rebooted, unable to access. Fixed by @robe through https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2914
* 2022-11-28
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, rebooted
* 2022-09-12
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, added OGCAPI: Features demo
* 2022-09-05
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-09-02
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-08-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, restart PostgreSQL
* 2022-06-26
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main
* 2022-05-17
** jmckenna: upgraded to GDAL 3.4.3, MapServer-main, various changes for HTML Legends demo
* 2022-03-29
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.2.1, GDAL 3.4.2, GeoTIFF 1.7.1, MapServer-main
* 2021-11-20
** jmckenna: setup Apache rewrite for old ''map='' paths
* 2021-11-19
** jmckenna: upgraded to MapServer-main, various changes for tutorial
* 2021-11-08
** jmckenna: upgraded to GDAL 3.4.0
*** updates to all OGC services
* 2021-11-07
** Robe: point https://demo.mapserver.org to this osgeo7 VM (was staging.demo.mapserver.org)
*** point old demo on [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_at_AdhocVM AdhocVM] to https://old.demo.mapserver.org
*** ticket: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2459
* 2021-10-30
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.2.0, GDAL 3.3.3, GeoTIFF 1.7.0, MapServer-main, MapCache-main
* 2021-05-28
** jmckenna: setup MapCache
* 2021-05-16
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 8.0.1, GDAL 3.3.0, MapServer-main
* 2020-10-27
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 7.2.0rc1, GDAL 3.2.0rc1, MapServer-master
* 2020-09-11
** jmckenna: upgraded to PROJ 7.1.1, GDAL 3.1.3, MapServer-master
* 2020-07-24
** jmckenna: setup server on new container, as old [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapServer_at_AdhocVM AdhocVM] host could no longer compile recent projects (because it still runs gcc 4.7.2)
*** compiled MapServer, GDAL, PROJ from source
*** moved all demo services (except one)

== Participants ==
* [[User:Jmckenna | Jeff McKenna]]
* contact jmckenna for access (occurs by proxyjump through 'hop.osgeo7.osgeo.org')

== MapServer Installation on mapserver container ==
* home: ''/mapserver/''

=== Apache Configuration ===
A virtualhost is setup for demo.mapserver.org, through:
* /etc/apache2/sites_available/demo.mapserver.org
Note that a '''proxy is setup through osgeo7's nginx to point to the local Apache which is running on port 8081'''
* server logfiles live at:
/var/log/apache2/demo.mapserver.org-error.log
/var/log/apache2/demo.mapserver.org-access.log
* mapserv and other service endpoints live at: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

=== Restarting Apache ===
* sudo systemctl restart apache2

=== Adding Apache Aliases ===
* add symbolic links from ''/var/www/demo.mapserver.org/'' to your app installed in ''/mapserver/apps/''

== Services on osgeo7 ==
For each service you configure on demo.mapserver.org, please edit ''/var/www/demo.mapserver.org/index.html'' and list your new service.

=== MapServer Tutorial ===

* This is a MapServer CGI instance, serving data files for the MapServer Tutorial at: https://mapserver.org/tutorial/
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/tutorial/
* On Web: https://demo.mapserver.org/tutorial/
* updated:
** November 2021 for MapServer 8+
** March 2020 for MapServer 7+
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS msautotest Service ===

* Simple WMS service with a latlong and mercator layer, with global extents. Used by msautotest (for GDAL testing)
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/msautotest/world/world.map
* On Web: https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/msautotest?
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving a raster file, and a single point, line, and poly file. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wms.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS Landsat7 Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving an 8bit landsat image and a 16bit landsat image, used in the SLD doc.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wms-raster.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms_landsat? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wms_landsat?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WFS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Small mapfile serving a point and polygon shapefile. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wfs.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wfs? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wfs?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WCS Service (for Documentation) ===

* Minnesota DNR demo, includes MODIS and NDVI imagery. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogc-demos/map/wcs.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wcs? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/wcs?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== OGR Examples (for Documentation) ===

* Small examples of OGR formats used in MapServer. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/ogr-demos/
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/ogr-demos/ https://demo.mapserver.org/ogr-demos/]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== HTML Legend Examples (for Documentation) ===

* Small examples of HTML Legends used in MapServer. Used in the MapServer docs.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/itasca_legend/
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/itasca_legend/ https://demo.mapserver.org/itasca_legend/]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== WMS OpenStreetMap Service (for Documentation) ===

* OSM data for Minnesota loaded into PostgreSQL, served by MapServer. Used in the OpenLayers app on main site.
* On Disk: /mapserver/apps/osm/osm-google.map
* On Web: [https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/umn? https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/umn?]
* Administrator: jmckenna

=== Caching for mapserver.org OpenLayers viewer ===
* mapcache.xml lives in:
/mapserver/apps/mapcache/
* mapcache demos: https://demo.mapserver.org/mapcache/demo/
* after modifying mapcache.xml, restart its Apache:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
* mapfile:
/mapserver/apps/osm/osm-google.map
* seed command:
sudo mapcache_seed -c /mapserver/apps/mapcache/mapcache.xml -t osm-mn-tileset -g GoogleMapsCompatible -z 0,13 -e -10484037,5552055,-10288486,5668255 -i scanline
* cache directory:
/mapserver/ms_tmp/cache/osm-mn-tileset/
* viewing seed levels: https://demo.mapserver.org/mapcache/tms1.0.0/osm-mn-tileset@GoogleMapsCompatible/

=== MapServer 7+ CGI ===

==== main ====

* A dynamically compiled "mapserv" CGI has been compiled to support V7+ demo services.
* Web URL: https://demo.mapserver.org/cgi-bin/mapserv
* Source build in /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build
* Administrators: jmckenna
* build instructions for reference:

$ cd /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWITH_KML=1 -DWITH_CLIENT_WMS=1 -DWITH_CLIENT_WFS=1 -DWITH_CURL=1 -DWITH_FRIBIDI=1 -DWITH_GIF=1 -DWITH_HARFBUZZ=1 -DWITH_ICONV=1 -DWITH_SOS=1 -DWITH_WCS=1 -DWITH_WMS=1 -DWITH_WFS=1 -DWITH_FCGI=0 -DPOSTGRESQL_LIBRARY=/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so -DWITH_CAIRO=1 -DWITH_POSTGIS=1 -DWITH_GEOS=1 -DWITH_PIXMAN=0 -DWITH_PROTOBUFC=1 -DWITH_RSVG=1
$ make
$ cp /mapserver/src/MapServer-git-main/build/mapserv /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

== mapserver.org Documentation home ==
* home: ''/var/www/mapserver.org/''
* moved from OSGeo6 host to OSGeo7 on 2025-08-01 (see ticket [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3405 #3405])

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