JEFF MCKENNA - OSGEO https://doity.com.br/foss4gisgov

1. FOSS4G: Spreading Geo-knowledge
Around the World
Jeff McKenna
2018-09-17

2. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

3. Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia, Canada
It's not this sunny ever..

4. Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia, Canada
Some snow...

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Lots of fog...

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FOSS4G – How it started
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A few projects from 80s (GRASS GIS)
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I started looking at MapServer project around 1999
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Year 2000-2006 Canadian government program
funded MapServer standards work (WMS, WFS)
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A lot of development in Open Source geo software
projects 2000-2010

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The Start of the FOSS4G Spirit

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An Important Event
First event using the “FOSS4G“ name was in
Thailand, 2004

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FOSS4G
Free
and
Open
Source
Software
for
Geospatial

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And FOSS4G was born
Bangkok, 2004
Paris, 2017

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Moving FOSS4G Around
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Global FOSS4G moves around 3 regions each
year: North America, Europe, World
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Global host is decided by OSGeo Conference
Committee
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Local regional events can happen anywhere,
anytime

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The FOSS4G Ribbon
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A symbol of the flow of ideas, innovation
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Please share the ribbon in all FOSS4G events

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OSGIS 2004
OSGIS 2004, Ottawa, Canada

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FOSS4G 2008

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FOSS4G-Sydney 2009

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FOSS4G 2011 Denver Code Sprint

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FOSS4G Buenos Aires 2013

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http://foss4gindia.in/

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1161 attendeesFOSS4G-Boston 2017

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Sol Katz Award
Awarded annually by OSGeo to those
that have demonstrated leadership
in the community
Astrid Emde, 2018

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Upcoming Events...

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26-31 August 2019

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FOSS4G Today

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FOSS4G Today
20+ Regional FOSS4G
conferences and
meetings
● FOSS4G Hyderabad India workshop - Jan
24-26
● FOSS4G Italy - Feb 19-22
● FOSS4G UK - Mar 8
● FOSSGIS D-A-CH - Mar 21-24
● FOSS4G NA - May 14-16
● FOSS4G FR - May 15-17
● FOSS4G IE - May 25
● FOSS4G Israel - June 11
● FOSS4G Hokkaido - June 24
● FOSS4G NL - July 11-12
● FOSS4G Europe - July 17-19
● FOSS4G Thailand - July 23-24
● FOSS4G Knoxville - Aug 13
● FOSs4G Huntsville - Aug 14
● FOSS4G India - Aug 16-17
● FOSS4G Tokai - Aug 24
● FOSS4G Brazil - Sept 17-19
● FOSS4G Korea - Oct 12-14
● FOSS4G Kansai - Oct 14-16
● FOSs4G Belgium - Oct 25
● FOSS4G Tokyo - Nov 9-10
● FOSS4G Oceania - Nov 20-23
● FOSS4G HU - Nov 26
● FOSS4G Asia - Dec 2-5

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Open Source GIS Today
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Founding projects are very mature (MapServer,
GRASS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GDAL, PROJ)
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Continue to lead the way in adopting standards
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Virtually all proprietary products are leveraging
FOSS (Free and Open Source) GIS “under the
hood”

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QGIS – Stable & Supported
1st
User Conference, May 2015 @Nødebo, DK

43. MapServer: Super Fast Engine+
Standards Support

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Join a community

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Share the passion for FOSS4G !!

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Will bring the world of geospatial
innovators to Atlantic Canada in 2020!
follow @foss4ghfx
foss4g.ca

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Thank you!
Jeff McKenna
President Emeritus, OSGeo
Co-founder, FOSS4G
@mapserving