What is OSGeo.US

What is this presentation?

• Introduction
• Context
• What we do

Who are you?

• Guido Stein
  • Spatial Data Alchemist
    (Applied Geographics)
  • President
    (OSGeo US Chapter)
  • Knitter

How do you pronounce Guido?

• Sounds like
  • Burrito
  • Ghee Dough
  • /ɡēdō/

What have you done?

• Clark Univeristy
• USDA FSA
• Consulting (Environmental, Planning, GIS)

What else have you done?

• Ignite Spatial Boston Events
• Avid Geo Meetup
• FOSS4G Boston 2017

Why Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)?

• Standing on the shoulders of giants
  • Libraries
  • CLI tools
  • GUI applications

Why is FOSS important?

• Big Data
• Data Science
• Mobile

Who makes up the FOSS Community?

• developers
• users
• industry

What tech companies support FOSS?

• Google
• Amazon
• Microsoft

Is spatial special in FOSS?

• First class citizen in most db and nosql solutions
• There is no GIS in Data

What is the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)

• a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology
  • projects
  • local chapters

What is the OSGeo.US Local Chapter

• A resource for the US FOSS Geospatial Community
  • we make grants
  • we have a Discussion list
  • we are a run within a 401(c)3 non-profit called Tehcnocation

What has OSGeo.US done so far

• FOSS4G-NA Comunity Day
• FOSS4Gx Knoxville
• FOSS4G Dar es Salaam
• FedGeoDay 2019
• FOSS4G-NA San Diego 2019

How do I get involved

• We have a Discussion list https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/us

Shameless Plug

• FedGeoDay 2019
• fedgeo.us