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Revision as of 08:59, 18 October 2007
this is a temporary 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
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
- CartoWeb et Communauté CartoWeb
- ...
German language Chapter (DACH)
mailing list
- inofficial mailing list
- number of subscribers:
legally recognized or not
not yet legally recognized, but discussion about the task is ongoing
brief history
Related OSGeo 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
- GRASS in Trento: http://grass.itc.it
- JGRASS in Merano: http://www.jgrass.org
- others: ?!?
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
- gvSIG: ...
- Sextante: ...
- Libro SIG
- ...
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.