OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation)

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community-driven development.<br/><br/>

OSGeo serves as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and several code projects in particular:<br/>

• <b>Web Mapping</b>: deegree, geomajas, GeoMOOSE, GeoServer, Mapbender, MapFish, MapGuide Open Source, MapServer, OpenLayers.<br/>
• <b>Desktop Applications</b>: GRASS GIS, gvSIG, Marble, QGIS.<br/>
• <b>Geospatial Libraries</b>: FDO, GDAL/OGR, GEOS, GeoTools, OSSIM, PostGIS.<br/>
• <b>Metadata Catalogues</b>: GeoNetwork, pycsw.<br/>
• <b>Content Management Systems</b>: GeoNode.<br/>
• <b>Community Projects</b>: pgRouting, istSOS, MetaCRS, Opticks, Orfeo ToolBox (OTB), PyWPS, Team Engine, ZOO-Project.<br/>
• <b>Other (non-code) Projects</b>: GeoForAll (Education and Curriculum), OSGeoLive DVD, Public Geospatial Data.<br/><br/>

We host regional and international FOSS4G conferences with typical attendance of 500-1100+ geospatial developers, industry and government leaders, and researchers. Our mailing lists collectively go out to ~ 30,000 unique subscribers.