OpenGeo: a 'dot-org' to build the Open Geospatial Web –Chris Holmes
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In the beginning (The Open Planning Project)
The first project
GeoServer Incubation:
Steady Growth 2003–2007 OGC Standards Web Admin Tool Google Earth Community
Towards OpenGeo From a side project of TOPP To sustaining contract work And the push to grow Grow!
Building a stack
The Client OpenLayer s
The Cache
The Database
The Rich Client
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The OpenGeo Suite
Funding
OpenGeo.org
Enterpri se Towards a Product
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Building the Open Geospatial Web Making Geospatial Information Open and Accessible By bringing Open Source Principles to Geo Working by building OS software that gets used by all In the context of a hybrid organization
OpenGeo Enterpri se The full solution
Towards the ‘dot-org’ Full Cost Recovery for OpenGeo Spin off like Mozilla Corporation Reinvest profit in similar ‘dot-orgs’ –Make Capital viral like the GPL Require complete transparency Business built on Open Source principles
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