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# OSGeo community members are fun, vibrant, and willing to help! | # OSGeo community members are fun, vibrant, and willing to help! | ||
# we have local chapters (local groups getting together or discussing on their own mailing lists in many languages) all over the world! (see [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters list]) | # we have local chapters (local groups getting together or discussing on their own mailing lists in many languages) all over the world! (see [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters list]) | ||
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+ | == Coding Languages == | ||
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+ | OSGeo projects use various differing coding languages, including: | ||
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+ | * C++ | ||
+ | * Java | ||
+ | * Python | ||
== Searching for a Project's Mailing list Archives == | == Searching for a Project's Mailing list Archives == | ||
A good trick to search an OSGeo project's mailing list for help, if you are stuck on a coding problem, is to use OSGeo's Nabble Forum: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/ | A good trick to search an OSGeo project's mailing list for help, if you are stuck on a coding problem, is to use OSGeo's Nabble Forum: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/ |
Revision as of 12:37, 19 November 2017
Welcome to OSGeo!
We are a fun vibrant community that believes in sharing Open Source software related to making maps.
How to ask general questions about the Code-in
Send an Email of questions to OSGeo
- subscribe to OSGeo's "gci-discuss" mailing list here
- ask your question, and usually within a day someone from the OSGeo Code-in team (mentors or administrators) will reply
- all OSGeo mentors for the Code-in contest follow this "gci-discuss" mailing list
Ask on the #osgeo-gsoc IRC chat channel
- IRC-channel: #osgeo-gsoc channel on freenode.net
- how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through your web browser with webchat
- enter a nickname and click "I am not a robot" and press "Connect"
- upon entering, ask your questions as you wish (no need to wait, just say "hello, I have a question about the Code-In, how do I..."
Get to know the OSGeo Community
The OSGeo foundation ( http://osgeo.org ) was founded in the year 2006 and contains many different types of Open Source software projects to help make geographical maps.
The OSGeo foundation also holds a super-fun conference each year, all over the world, named FOSS4G ( http://foss4g.org ) for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial.
Why OSGeo?
- the global geospatial (mapping) industry is huge now (400 Billion USD revenue industry, as of September 2017, read report)
- learn skills useful to get jobs in the mapping industry (Open Source is rarely taught at school, yet it is in huge demand by employers around the world)
- OSGeo community members are fun, vibrant, and willing to help!
- we have local chapters (local groups getting together or discussing on their own mailing lists in many languages) all over the world! (see list)
Coding Languages
OSGeo projects use various differing coding languages, including:
- C
- C++
- Java
- Python
Searching for a Project's Mailing list Archives
A good trick to search an OSGeo project's mailing list for help, if you are stuck on a coding problem, is to use OSGeo's Nabble Forum: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/