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.

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

• Web Mapping: deegree, geomajas, GeoMOOSE, GeoServer, Mapbender, MapFish, MapGuide Open Source, MapServer, OpenLayers.

• Desktop Applications: GRASS GIS, gvSIG, Marble, QGIS.

• Geospatial Libraries: FDO, GDAL/OGR, GEOS, GeoTools, OSSIM, PostGIS.

• Metadata Catalogues: GeoNetwork, pycsw.

• Content Management Systems: GeoNode.

• Community Projects: pgRouting, istSOS, MetaCRS, Opticks, Orfeo ToolBox (OTB), PyWPS, Team Engine, ZOO-Project.

• Other (non-code) Projects: GeoForAll (Education and Curriculum), OSGeoLive DVD, Public Geospatial Data.

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.