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Revision as of 09:57, 2 February 2007
This page reflects the OSGeo success story.
Committees
The committees are part of the official structure of OSGeo. The following committees were established:
- Board of Directors
- Website Committee (WebCom)
- Fundraising Committee (FunCom)
- Incubation Committee (IncCom)
- Promotion and Visibility Committee (VisCom)
- Public Geospatial Data Committee (GeodataCom)
- Education and Curriculum Committee (EduCom)
- System Administration Committee (SAC)
- Conference Committee
Additionally, an Executive Director was hired.
Membership
Elected charter members
Open mailing lists:
- announce: 579
- discuss: 402
OSGeo Projects
- Web Mapping Software
- Mapbender - first approved OSGeo project
- MapBuilder (I)
- MapGuide Open Source and FDO (I)
- MapServer (I)
- OpenLayers (I)
- Desktop Applications Software
- GRASS (I)
- OSSIM (I)
- Geospatial Libraries Software
- GDAL/OGR (I)
- GeoTools (I)
- Metadata Catalog Software
- GeoNetwork Opensource (I)
- Other Projects
- Public Geospatial Data
- Education and Curriculum
(I): in incubation
Local Chapters
The following Local Chapters have been established, and many more are in formation:
- Japan
- China
- India
- Ottawa, Canada
Annual OSGeo Conference
- FOSS4G 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland was a great success.
- FOSS4G 2007 in planning for Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, September 24-27, 2007, http://www.foss4g2007.org/
GRASS / OSGeo Newsletter Published
On December 20th, 2006, the GRASS-News editors and OSGeo Promotion and Visibility Committee announced the first combined GRASS-News / OSGeo-News (5.3MB pdf) volume. http://grass.itc.it/newsletter/index.php
Systems Infrastructure
- Alliance with Telascience to provide hosting, high bandwidth and hefty processing for projects.
- Establishment of BuildBot build and smoke test server for projects.
- Provision of hardware (c/o Telascience) for Kids GIS Portal
- SVN Server setup for projects.
- Community Drupal server set up for foundation and committees.
OSGeo In The News
OSGeo Presentations
LinuxTag 2006
OSGeo had a booth at the LinuxTag 2006 event in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Where 2.0 Conference, 2006
need to add details
OSCon Conference, 2006
Intergeo Conference and Trade Fair 2006
OSGeo operated the Open Source Park at the Intergeo_2006. It was the first large Booth operated by OSGeo.
FOSS4G 2006 Lausanne Conference, 2006
OSGeo operated an OSGeo booth at the FOSS4G 2006 in Lausanne.
OSGeo Swag Store
OSGeo has an online store, selling everything from our classic Black Shirts to Tote Bags to Teddy Bears, all with our distinctive and increasingly prestigious logo. And of course, all profits go to support our Foundation's activities. http://www.cafepress.com/OSGeo
OSGeo Logo Chosen
OSGeo had a community contest to vote for an official logo. Several excellent entries were received and the final version selected by a community voting process. In late 2006 the logo was modified slightly to allow easier use in various printing processes and to provide more options for use. Here is an example of the official current logo:
