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== German language Chapter (DACH) ==
 
== German language Chapter (DACH) ==
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=== Mailing List ===
  
 
* [https://grass-verein.de/mailman/listinfo/gav-talk inofficial mailing list]
 
* [https://grass-verein.de/mailman/listinfo/gav-talk inofficial mailing list]
 
* number of subscribers: 60 , Note: through lot of activities several mailing-lists exist, efforts to bundle them were  taken but with less success.
 
* number of subscribers: 60 , Note: through lot of activities several mailing-lists exist, efforts to bundle them were  taken but with less success.
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* [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/viscom-discuss-de the other mailing list]
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* number of subscribers: 49 , Note: through lot of activities several mailing-lists exist, efforts to bundle them were taken but with as little success. 48 subscribers are probably identical anyway...
  
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=== legally recognized or not ===
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=== Legally Recognized or Not ===
  
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not yet legally recognized, but discussion about the task is ongoing
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OSGeo DACH is not yet legally recognized, but discussion about the task is ongoing. GAV is a formal entity in Germany and GAV and OSGeo memberships overlap. Therefore the need to formalize the German OSGeo Chapter is not high.
  
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=== brief history ===
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=== Brief History ===
  
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The DACH-area (german language) is a very active part of the OpenSource-GIS Community. Several companies and projects acting at this field long before the creation of OSGEO. GAV (GRASS-Anwender-Vereinigung e.V.) was founded in 2000 and worked on the support of Free GIS-software and geodata. Projects like freegis.org startet earlier. The communitie with strong support of the companies (i.e. CCGIS, MapMedia, Intevation, in medias res, delphi imm, ..) organized an annual conference concerning the topic and the FOSSGIS 2008 will take place in Freiburg (Breisgau) in southern Germany to get more people from Switzerland, Austria and France. The money, that was earned from the conferences is hold on trust through the GAV and will suppport the work of the OSGEO in DACH.  
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The DACH-area (German language) is a very active part of the OpenSource-GIS Community. Several companies and projects acting at this field long before the creation of OSGeo. GAV (GRASS-Anwender-Vereinigung e.V.) was founded in 2000 and worked on the support of Free GIS-software and geodata. Projects like http://freegis.org have startet even earlier. The community also has strong support by companies (i.e. WhereGroup, MapMedia, Intevation, in medias res, delphi imm, ..) who organize the annual German language conference FOSSGIS. In 2008 it will take place in Freiburg (Breisgau) in southern Germany in the hope to attract more people from Switzerland, Austria and France. The profit that was earned from all previous conferences has been sponsored to the GAV and is used to support the work of the OSGeo in DACH.  
  
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Related [[Deutsch|OSGeo page]].
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Related: [[Deutsch|OSGeo DACH]] Wiki page
  
 
=== Successful realities of Gis-FOSS ===
 
=== Successful realities of Gis-FOSS ===

Revision as of 06:40, 19 October 2007

A page to define a common set of interests between all European Chapters...


Active Chapters

  • mailing list
    • url
    • subscribers: #
  • legally recognized or not
  • Brief History
  • Successful realities of Gis-FOSS in the country (es: GRASS development in Trento, IT; gvSIG community in Valencia, OSM in England, ecc.)


Czech Chapter

mailing list

  • URL
  • number of subscribers: about 140

legally recognized or not

not yet

brief history

Related OSGeo page.

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS


Dutch language Chapter

mailing list

Dutch mailing list

legally recognized or not

not yet

brief history

Related OSGeo page.

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS

OpenSourceGIS.nl

France (in Francophone Chapter)

mailing list

  • URL
  • number of subscribers: about 110

legally recognized or not

not yet, soon.

brief history

create in 2006 after the Lausanne FOSS4G. This first group communicated about the Francophone Local Chapter to propose to everyone interesting in this local chapter, then we were present to the main french Trade show in april 2007. One of our biggest project is the translation of the OSGeo Journal. Finally our formal proposal has been accepted on September by the OSGeo Board.

Related OSGeo page.

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS

German language Chapter (DACH)

Mailing List

  • inofficial mailing list
  • number of subscribers: 60 , Note: through lot of activities several mailing-lists exist, efforts to bundle them were taken but with less success.
  • the other mailing list
  • number of subscribers: 49 , Note: through lot of activities several mailing-lists exist, efforts to bundle them were taken but with as little success. 48 subscribers are probably identical anyway...

Legally Recognized or Not

OSGeo DACH is not yet legally recognized, but discussion about the task is ongoing. GAV is a formal entity in Germany and GAV and OSGeo memberships overlap. Therefore the need to formalize the German OSGeo Chapter is not high.

Brief History

The DACH-area (German language) is a very active part of the OpenSource-GIS Community. Several companies and projects acting at this field long before the creation of OSGeo. GAV (GRASS-Anwender-Vereinigung e.V.) was founded in 2000 and worked on the support of Free GIS-software and geodata. Projects like http://freegis.org have startet even earlier. The community also has strong support by companies (i.e. WhereGroup, MapMedia, Intevation, in medias res, delphi imm, ..) who organize the annual German language conference FOSSGIS. In 2008 it will take place in Freiburg (Breisgau) in southern Germany in the hope to attract more people from Switzerland, Austria and France. The profit that was earned from all previous conferences has been sponsored to the GAV and is used to support the work of the OSGeo in DACH.

Related: OSGeo DACH Wiki page

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS

Italian Chapter

mailing list

  • URL
  • number of subscribers: more then 260

legally recognized or not

  • yes, as Associazione Italiana per l'Informazione Geografica Libera GFOSS.it (Geographic Free/Open-Source Software)
  • approved by OSGeo board

brief history

Legally recognized as Italian Association since February 2007, the community has a longer history around GRASS Italian Community and its meetings since year 2000. The mailing list is active since April 2005. Primary efforts are community knowhow, software localization, events organization, FOSS GIS lobbying in general.

Related OSGeo page.

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS


Romanian Chapter

mailing list

legally recognized or not

brief history

Related OSGeo page.

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS


Spain (in Spanish Language Chapter)

mailing list

  • URL
  • number of subscribers: more than 160 (Oct 17, 2007)

legally recognized or not

no

brief history

Start from Girona March 2007, mailing list, OSGeo portal translation, Libro SiG.

Related OSGeo page.

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS


Swiss (in Francophone Chapter)

mailing list

legally recognized or not

brief history

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS

United Kingdom Chapter

mailing list

legally recognized or not

brief history

Related OSGeo page.

Successful realities of Gis-FOSS

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