The document provides a summary of the history and activities of the OSGeo Foundation from 1994 to the present. It discusses key events and software projects in open source geospatial development. It outlines the OSGeo's vision, mission, values and strategic goals for the next decade which include showcasing excellence, engaging partners, fostering its mission, and empowering communities. The document also summarizes some of OSGeo's recent activities in 2016 such as its involvement in the UN Open GIS project and the GeoForAll initiative to establish open geospatial labs worldwide.

1. The OSGeo Foundation goes “Up to eleven”:
Recollections and Perspectives
Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University, Japan
President, OSGeo Foundation
“Up to eleven,” is an idiom coined in the movie “This Is
Spinal Tap” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_to_eleven

2. 2
1994
Linux Kernel 1.0 Released in March 1994

3. 3Open Source GIS packaged in Asia!!
1995

4. 4
1996-2002
The learning years….

5. 2001 – OSSIM initial revision in CVSPostGIS started
GeoNetwork opensource started
GeoServer started
2002 – Quantum GIS initial revision in CVS
GEOS initial revision in CVS
2003 – Community MapBuilder started. End of life in 2008
Release of Mapbender under the GNU GPL license
gvSIG was started
2004 – uDig was started
2005 – MapGuide Open Source
2006 – Mapbender gets first bits in CVS
OpenLayers Started
2007 – GeoMoose was open sourced (started 2005)
2009 – rasdaman was open sourced (started 1995)
Since 2000... growing communities
Thanks to CVS,
SVN and git
2006: OSGeo!
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_GIS_History

6. 2002... Intl GRASS GIS Conference
University of Trento
http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/conferences/GRASS2002/
Marco Ciolli · Alfonso Vitti · Dino Zardi · Paolo Zatelli
Video archive:
http://www.jus.unitn.it/services/arc/2002/0911/

7. 7
2004
FOSS/GRASS User Conference, Bangkok
Jeff and Markus in
Japan

8. Many dimensions to “Open”
Open source software.
Open data.
Open standards.
Open access to research publications.
Open education resources.
Single dimension to “Free”
Free as in Freedom
FOSS4G= Free & Open Source Solutions for Geoinformatics

9. Open Software
Open Data and
Open Standard
providing
Open Geospatial Ecosystem
for Societal GIS!!
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10. Open Standards FOSS4G
Open Data
The big picture: Open IT Ecosystem for HealthGIS
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11. FOSS4G*: A worldwide phenomenon
*since 2004
Now locally brewed in many countries
Events in Japan

12. OSGeo was born in 2006 with a mission
To support the collaborative development of open source
geospatial software, and promote its widespread use.
@gwf2017
Chair: Dr. Swarna Subbarao

13. OSGeo Software Code vetting
Legal aspects
License compliance (e.g., GPL, MIT etc.)
No illegal code copying
Ensure that 3rd party contributions are clean
Full transparency and peer review help to minimize risk.
Apache or OSGeo Foundation
Incubation phase
Graduation
http://incubator.apache.org
http://www.osgeo.org/incubator

14. Open Source & Proprietary Software
• We use the same language and tools
• We strive to achieve geospatial interoperability
• We Open Data
• Same goal, paths are many

15. OSGeo Strategy for the Next Decade

16. VISION
CORE
VALUES
MISSION
GOALS

17. VISION
Empower all with open
source geospatial
technology

18. MISSION
Foster global adoption of
open geospatial
technology by being an
inclusive software
foundation devoted to an
open philosophy and
participatory community
driven development

19. CORE
VALUES
Open/openness
Collaborative
Passionate
Inclusive
Respectful

20. OSGeo community ecosystem
•Users
•Developers
•Business
•Education
•Public Sector
•NGOs
•Research
•Partners

21. Basic 4 Strategic Objectives (SO)
SO1
showcasing
excellence in our
communities
SO2
proactively engage
with external
partners
SO3
fostering our
mission, vision and
goals
SO4
empowering our
communities and
extending our reach

23. Tie-ups with Global & National Organizations
and more…

24. Industry Sponsors
1Spatial
2ndQuadrant
Autodesk
Borealis
Camptocamp
First Base
Solutions Inc.
INGRES
IGN, France
INPE, Brazil
Karttakeskus
LizardTech
Metaspatial
Ordnance Survey
PCI Geomatics
WhereGroup
2016
http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities
Previous Sponsors

25. Professional Service Providers
http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile A few logos out of many....

26. GeoForAll: co-creation of knowledge and
academia and enterprise
 Establishing research and teaching opportunities in ‘Open
Geospatial Science’
 Build global open access teaching and research infrastructure
 Provide worldwide learning platforms and training
opportunities
 Establish collaborations between Academia, Government and
Industry around Open Geospatial Science and Education

27. How to Join
Visit http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/

28. 114 labs established
worldwide as of
24 January, 2017
OSGeo is mentor organization since 2007.
Majority of mentors from Industry.
GeoForAll Labs: OSGeo outreach project

29. Asia Region (including Australia) Chairs: Tuong Thuy Vu and Venkatesh
Raghavan
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-asiaaustralia
Europe Region Chairs: Maria Brovelli and Peter Mooney
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-europe
North America Region
Chairs: Helena Mitasova, Charles Schweik, Phillip Davis Maillist
http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-northamerica
South America Region
Chairs: Sergio Acosta y Lara and Silvana Camboim Maillist
http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-southamerica
Africa Region
Chairs: Rania Elsayed Ibrahim, Serena Coetzee and Bridget Fleming
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-africa
Regional Groups

30. Urban Science - City Analytics Thematic
Theme Leaders - Chris Pettit and Patrick Hogan
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-urbanscience
Teacher Training & School Education Thematic
Theme Leaders - Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska and Adrian Manning
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-teachertraining
GeoCrowd - VGI, Crowd Sourcing and Citizen Science
Theme Leaders: Maria A Brovelli and Peter Mooney
Wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geocrowdsourcing_CitizenScience_FOSS4G
AgriGIS:
Theme Leaders: Didier Leibovici (UK.) and Nobusuke Iwasaki Japan)
Wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Agrigis
Spanish thematic
Theme Leaders - Sergio Acosta y Lara and Antoni Pérez Navarro
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-spanish
Thematics: Subjects/Language

31. Activities in 2016
Update of the Memorandum of
Understanding between OSGeo and
ISPRS (July 2016)
Webinars:
http://www.geoforall.org/webinars/
Geo4all Webinars YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1E2akvCNWP_nC0p5CpB8g
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ISPR
S

32. NEWSLETTER:
issued every
month
Activities in 2016

33. Capacity Building Working Group in the Project
“The Open GIS for UN”
Involvement of G4A members (and not only):
Alberta Albertella, Gregory Giuliani,Scott Hatcher,Ivana
Ivanova,Thomas Mueller, Rick Smith, Mike Pumphrey, Vivien
Deparday, Ariel Núñez ,Paolo Corti,Francesco Stompanato,
Dimitris Karakostis, Dilek Emanetoglu, Arun Kumar
Muthusamy, Andres Felipe Poveda Sanchez, Stanly Shaji.
Activities in 2016
For contributing, write to: maria.brovelli@polimi.it

34. • “Leading” Government-Academia-Industry collaboration
Either can lead, depends on budget commitment
• Ways for industry to engage with academia
idea/hackathons, publish, certification, summer-of-research
for young professionals, more summer-of-code for students…
• Steps required to change mindset?
Increase awareness of Open Source Licenses. Open Source
can be commercial, Proprietary can gain with Open Source
software
• Government-Academia-Industry collaboration success
stories?
OSGeo Software projects, GeoForAll, UN-OpenGIS….

35. Thank You!