The state of OSGeo and the global SDI Arnulf Christl OSGeo President IV Jornadas SIG Libre, Girona Cover Page Download:

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 2 /19 Introducing OSGeo OSGeo is a non-profit organization created to support and build the highest-quality Open Source geospatial software. The foundation provides financial, organizational, and legal support to the broader Open Source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. Dor more details see the very good "A not so short introduction to OSGeo" slides at:

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 3 /19 Graduated Projects Web Mapping & SDI deegree Mapbender MapGuide Open Source MapServer OpenLayers Metadata Catalog GeoNetwork Desktop Applications GRASS GIS OSSIM Quantum GIS Geospatial Libraries FDO GDAL/OGR GeoTools

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 4 /19 Incubating Projects For more Details go to the Incubation CommitteeIncubation Committee GeoMajas – Integrated Web Mapping Platform GEOS – Spatial Library in C GeoServer – OGC WMS and WFS Transactional Server gvSIG – Desktop GIS in Java (Status!) MapFish – Web Mapping Development Framework MetaCRS – Meta Project for Coordinate System Libraries PostGIS – Spatial Extension for PostgreSQL

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 5 /19 Global SDI with OSGeo Software A Selection of Global SDI Use Cases MapFish INSPIRE GeoportalINSPIRE Geoportal Mapbender PortalU Environmental Metadata PortalPortalU Environmental Metadata Portal OpenLayers at the WhitehouseWhitehouse GeoNetwork FAO Metadata CatalogsFAO Metadata Catalogs GDAL/OGR powered Software and PortalsSoftware and Portals PostGIS based Spatial Database Extensions (SDE)Spatial Database Extensions (SDE) Many more at:

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 6 /19 Web Mapping Software News Web Mapping – Tool Diversity MapFish enters OSGeo Incubation with OpenLayers Client, GeoExt ExtJS, REST API, Multi-Language Framework GeoMajas enters OSGeo Incubation, Fully Integrated Java Web Mapping Solution Mapbender integrates OpenLayers, and many Code Sprints boost Activity WMS Inspector AddOn for Firefox Launched New!

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 7 /19 Web Dev: ExtJS and jQuery – Distribution Google Trends: jquery, jquery ui, extjs

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 8 /19 Mapfish and Mapbender Ext Core Ext JS jQuery jQuery UI GeoExt Mapbender jQuery Plugins MapFish Client Mapbender Client

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 9 /19...and OpenLayers Ext Core Ext JS jQuery jQuery UI GeoExt MapFish Client Mapbender Client Open Layer s Open Layer s Mapbender jQuery Plugins

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 10 /1 9 What's Hot? Spatially Extending jQueryjQuery Mapbender uses jQuery since 2007 First thoughts to extend OpenLayers with jQuery were exchanged at FOSS4G 2009 in SydneyFOSS4G 2009 in Sydney Mapbender with jQuery deploys OpenLayers Geo jQuery BoF at the FOSSGIS Conference in GermanyFOSSGIS Conference in Germany OSGeo Mailing List, Website: List, Website: Geo jQuery BoF at Jornadas SIG LibreJornadas SIG Libre New!

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 11 /1 9 Local Chapter Activity OSGeo JapanOSGeo Japan (Tokyo, Osaka) FOSSGISFOSSGIS / OSGeo D-A-CH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) OSGeo-ES (Hispano Hablante) Cataluña, España,... Sud América (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, México, Brazil, y muchos más...) Canada (Ottawa, Chiqutimi, Victoria, Nova Scotia,...) EEUU (California, NY, …) More at

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 12 /1 9 FOSS4G and Local Conferences GRAS & MapServer Meetings in Asia, America, Europe, … FOSS4G Meeting of the Tribes in Lausanne (2006), Victoria (2007), Cape Town (2008), Sydney (2009) FOSS4G Japan in Tokyo and Osaka, regular event FOSSGIS in Germany, regular event Jornadas SIG Libre Girona, regular event GFOSS-it in Italy, regular event Geo-Evenement in France, regular event … & many more

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 13 /1 9 The Nature of Software is Immaterial Software is immaterial! It is not matter & not physical! As such it can be copied at a very low cost. This is a phenomenal feature because it multiplies by giving away. This is a foreign concept for a material world. Software is the only good that only grows by giving it away! Software is untouchable

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 14 /1 9 The Nature of Software is Immaterial Software can be copied and transported on Floppy disk, Hard disk, USB memory sticks Satellite connection, Wired networks, , FTP, HTTP, SCP, pretty much anything... … or even printed on paper... How can you restrict something that cannot be locked away?

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 15 /1 9 Legal Restriction: By Proprietary Licenses You are not allowed to copy You are not allowed to modify You are not allowed to give away You are not allowed to improve You are not allowed to install You are not allowed to sahre You are not allowed to... The Proprietary Software License Model

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 16 /1 9 Political Restriction: By Embargo The US Export Restriction are a good thing for: Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Weapons,... War, Desease, Terrorism,... Maybe even Money, … ? But, as we have just learned: You cannot prevent Software from spreading anywhere! It does not Work for Software

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 17 /1 9 OSGeo is Truly Globalized Therefore OSGeo respects Local Rules and Regulations and Laws OSGeo is Incorporated in the USA Therefore OSGeo has an Export Restrictions Regulation It is good to go as it is, because it does not restrict our daily work and does not hinder collaboration When it is required, OSGeo will react At the Moment this is not necessary

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 18 /1 9 Summary Local Chapters are the most important aspect of OSGeo The Incubation process is a highly useful and accepted tool to doublecheck, create and maintain quality software OSGeo Software is recognized as a quality brand New projects emerge between mature existing OSGeo products and link back to mainstream IT OSGeo is here to stay!

The state of OSGeo and the global SDI – Girona 2010 – Arnulf Christl 19 /1 9 Thank you for your Attention, and see you at FOSS4G This slide set is copyrighted to the commons Author: Arnulf Christl, MetaspatialArnulf ChristlMetaspatial 6 th to 9 th September 2010 FOSS4G:FOSS4G: The Global Free and Open Source Conference for the Geospatial Domain With friendly support by: Metaspatial