11-20, 11:00–11:25 (Pacific/Auckland), WG403
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology. This talk introduces the foundation and talks about challenges and ideas for its future.
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology.
It is the formal host of the FOSS4G global conferences like the Auckland 2025 conference.
It also acts as an umbrella organization for a large stack of geospatial software applications and libraries.
This talk will introduce what OSGeo is and does. What are the challenges faced and how can we future proof the foundation?
As director and owner of GeoCat, founder of GeoNetwork and board member of OSGeo, I’m obsessed with helping organizing data using free and open source software in a sustainable way.
I started my career at the United Nations supporting Early Warning Systems with satellite imagery and quickly moved to also support the management of geospatial data. Now, 25 years onwards, the software we develop runs at over 85% of national geoportal end points in Europe and is in use at all levels in governments around the world.