Keynote presentation at the Geo-Information Society of South Africa (GISSA) conference, in Johannesburg, on 2 October 2012. Over 600 attendees from all over Africa.
4. Open Source Development
Public access to code improves the quality
Typically bugs are fixed faster
Often more secure due to multiple scrutiny
Early adoption of standards
Innovation is easier – and...
Users have full control about what they get
...and many more advantages.
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5. A long, long, long time ago...
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6. (OK these are “Internet years”)
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7. So in the year 2000...
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8. History (around 2000)
GIS desktop vendors (life as usual)
Open Source geospatial projects forming
Attempts to use Internet to share data
OGC WMS Standard 1.0
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10. Neogeography (2005+)
Google Earth and Maps API
OpenLayers
Spread of mobile devices
Suddenly the Internet begins to change
industry
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11. Neogeography (2005+)
User meetings scattered around the world
No global organization
Many projects immature
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12. 2006
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://www.osgeo.org
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13. OSGeo's Mission
Support and promote
the highest quality
Open Source
Geospatial Software
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14. OSGeo's Goals
Provide resources for FOSS4G projects:
Infrastructure
Legal http://www.osgeo.org
Financial
Promote free and open geospatial data
Create and maintain a quality brand
Create and promote free curriculum
Promote and contribute to standards
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15. 2006
FOSS4G
http://foss4g.org
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16. The FOSS4G Conference
FOSS4G is the global Conference
Seed event for local activities
Outreach and promotion
Inter-project communication
Workshops and tutorials
Networking
Meeting
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17. 2008
FOSS4G Cape Town
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18. FOSS4G Cape Town
550 main conference attendees
270 workshop attendees
Overwhelming success
Local chapter formed
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20. Benchmarking
Friendly exercise
Every year since 2007
Testing software through the WMS standard
Presented at FOSS4G events
Development teams from Cadcorp,
Constellation SDI,
ERDAS, ESRI, GeoServer, Mapnik,
MapServer, QGIS
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21. Benchmarking
2011 Sample Data
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22. Sol Katz Award
Awarded annually by OSGeo
For leadership in the FOSS4G community
Since 2005
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24. OSGeo Activities
Support FOSS4G on a global scale
Support local activities and capacities
Facilitate inter-project communication
Build a solid market for businesses and
users
Interface with industry and business
Support the education of domain experts
not «brand-specialists»
Many more...
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25. OSGeo's Structure
Charter Members vote
Board of 9 Directors
and President Officers
Officers
25 Officers
represent
Committees
Committees
Committees
Committees
Committees
Committees Local
Local
Chapters
Local Foundation
Chapters
Local
Chapters Projects
Local
Chapters
Chapters
147 Charter Members elected by Membership Sponsors
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26. OSGeo Committees
Conferences
Finance
Incubation
Marketing
Public geodata
Systems Architecture
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27. OSGeo Activity
Mailing Lists
Year Number of Subscribers Unique Subscribers
Lists
2008 106 13323 10410
2009 137 20640 12904
2010 164 27504 15423
2011 183 32109 19471
*2012 189 31601 19160
*as of 2012-10-01
http://lists.osgeo.org/
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28. Quality Control (OSGeo)
Project Health Inspection
Copyright, licenses, ownership
Development process quality
Documentation, tutorials, support
Community functioning
...
More details are available on the Web:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation
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30. OSGeo Sponsors
Sustain the organization
Have priority access to
conferences and events
Have executive and expert
contacts
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31. Local expertise
Vibrant mailing list
Community events
More details are available on the Web:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Africa_Local_Chapter
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32. Education
First African open source geospatial
laboratory (May 2012)
Centre for Geoinformation Science,
University of Pretoria
led by Dr Serena Coetzee
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34. Current Industry
Open Source geospatial projects are
mature
Stable non-profit organization
Standards, standards, standards
More municipalities and large
organizations are adopting Open
Source for sharing spatial information
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35. OSGeo Outlook
Foster and support localization of OSGeo
software and groups (Local Chapters)
Promote OSGeo & FOSS4G to universities
and education
Help organize events
Legal support for software projects
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36. Industry Outlook
Continued fast growth
Commercial Open Source
Decision makers looking for value for
their money
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37. My Advice
Investigate all local expertise
Choose something that is sustainable
(hint)
Don't be afraid to ask for help:
professional service providers exist
Now is the time!
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38. Thank you for
being wonderful FOSS4G 2013
hosts! Nottingham, UK
17-21 September
Jeff McKenna
Director, Gateway Geomatics
www.gatewaygeomatics.com
Twitter: mapserving
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Notas do Editor
- where am I from? - Nova Scotia, Canada - primary industries - fisheries - shellfish (lobster), cod, herring, shrimp, haddock, crab and redfish - forestry - Christmas trees (balsam fir/evergreen trees)
- where am I from? - Nova Scotia, Canada - primary industries - fisheries - shellfish (lobster), cod, herring, shrimp, haddock, crab and redfish - forestry - Christmas trees (balsam fir/evergreen trees)
- MapServer opened 1999 - GDAL 1999 - GRASS uses version control 1999 - QuantumGIS 2002
- MapServer opened 1999 - GDAL 1999 - GRASS uses version control 1999 - QuantumGIS 2002
- MapServer opened 1999 - GDAL 1999 - GRASS uses version control 1999 - QuantumGIS 2002
- MapServer opened 1999 - GDAL 1999 - GRASS uses version control 1999 - QuantumGIS 2002
- well attended - 550 main conference - 250 workshops - sponsored by Autodesk. Google