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Welcome to OSGeo!
We are a fun vibrant community that believes in sharing Open Source software related to making maps.
How to ask general questions about the Code-in
Send an Email of questions
- subscribe to the "gci-discuss" mailing list here
- ask your question, and usually within a day someone from the OSGeo Code-in team (mentors or administrators) will reply
- all OSGeo mentors for the Code-in contest follow this "gci-discuss" mailing list
Ask on the #osgeo-gsoc IRC chat channel
- IRC-channel: #osgeo-gsoc channel on freenode.net
- how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through your web browser with webchat
- enter a nickname and click "I am not a robot" and press "Connect"
- upon entering, ask your questions as you wish (no need to wait, just say "hello, I have a question about the Code-In, how do..."
Get to know the OSGeo Projects
The OSGeo foundation (http://osgeo.org) was founded in year 2006 and contains many different types of Open Source software to help make geographical maps.