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== [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/paper/view/344 Abstract] ==
 
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The presentation gives an introduction to the three communities in the spatial software realm and how they relate; The [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)], the [http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)] and the [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap project (OSM)].
 
The presentation gives an introduction to the three communities in the spatial software realm and how they relate; The [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)], the [http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)] and the [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap project (OSM)].
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Reading [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/history OGC's history] shows that it was initiated by the [[GRASS]] People who started off with a foundation, the OGF.

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The definition of Open in OGC, OSGeo and OSM

Presenter: Arnulf Benno Christl 

Building: Cape Town International Convention Centre
Room: Makuya Room (Room 1.6)
Date: 2008-10-02 08:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Last modified: 2008-09-09

Abstract

The presentation gives an introduction to the three communities in the spatial software realm and how they relate; The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the OpenStreetMap project (OSM).

Reading OGC's history shows that it was initiated by the GRASS People who started off with a foundation, the OGF.

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