28th, Oct 2011 FOSS4G Korea 2011 Presentation OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, ) Past, Present and Future of OSGeo Korean L.C. 한국어 지부

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 2 Overview Overview  Mission : -Nurture and promote the Open Source GIS and Open GeoData in Korean language society  Objectives : -Encouragement and Promotion of Open Source GIS Software -Participation in Developing Open Source GIS Software -Translating Open Source GIS Software and its Documents into Korean -Supporting Users and Developers of Open Source GIS Software -Holding a regular meetings of OSGeo Korean Language Chapter  Initial Members : -Shin, Sanghee(endofcap at gmail.com) -Kim, Kunho(unicozy at gmail.com) -Yom, Jaehong(jhyom at sejong.ac.kr) -Heo, Min(heomin61 at gmail.com) -Lee, Chunseok(stoney at jinju.ac.kr) -Kim, Seongmin(poison77 at netsgo.com) -Kim, Seungyong(ksyspurt at gmail.com) -Park, Seongwoo(raima at bntsolution.com) -Nam, Kwangwoo(kwnam at kunsan.ac.kr) -Kwon, Yongchan(unitave at gmail.com)

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 3 Overview Overview  Members : -As of 25 th, Oct 2011, we have 184 members in OSGeo Korean Language Chapter.

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 4 History History  First discussed in FOSS4G 2007 at Victoria, Canada

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 5 History History  Feb, 2008 : -Formed unofficial OSGeo Korean language chapter -Created Wiki page for Korean chapter in OSGeo Wiki  March, 2008 : -Created Google groups mailing list

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 6 History History  May, 2008 : -1 st regular meeting to discuss the activities of Korean chapter  Aug, 2008 : -2 nd regular meeting for technical exchange  Dec, 2008 : -3 rd regular meeting for technical exchange

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 7 History History  Moved to official OSGeo local chapter status in March!!

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 8 History History  Organized FOSS4G special session in KSRS conference

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 9 History History  Opened exhibition booth at GISAK spring conference

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 10 History History  Organized FOSS4G special session in Smart Korea 2009

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 11 History History  Just 1 time regular meeting in February and sleep

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 12 History History  2 Times regular meetin g -11 th, Feb th, Aug 2011

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 13 History History  Created web page and hold FOSS4G Korea 2011

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 14 Activities Activities  Translations : -Translated OSGeo web pages -Translated GRASS glossary -Translated uDIG menu(Sejong University) -Translated QGIS menu -Under translation of GeoServer, PostGIS & OpenLayers manuals

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 15 Activities Activities  Outreach Lectures : -Universities -Research Institutes -Companies -GIS related societies

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 16  Projects : -KOPSS(Korea Planning Support System) -‘Government’s policy on open source GIS’ funded by KRIHS(Korean Research Institute of Human Settlement) -Developing open source GIS education program funded by NECGIS(National Education Center for GIS)GIS related society Activities Activities

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 17  Regular Meetings : -Mainly for exchanging experiences, knowledge and technologies -2 ~ 3 times a year Activities Activities

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 18  FOSS4G Attending : Activities Activities LausanneVictoriaCape TownSydneyBarcelonaDenver

OSGeo Korean Language Chapter Shin, 19 Future Future  Changing Legal Status : -Need to convert current non-legal status to legal entity  Increasing Active Members : -Too much dependency on too small key members  Seeking Stable Revenue Source : -Too small revenue source to run chapter  Hosting FOSS4G 2015 : -Need to explore the possibility of hosting FOSS4G 2015 in Korea

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