- FOSS4G = Free and Open Source Solutions for Geoinformatics
- OSGeo = Open Source Geospatial Foundation
“A body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society”
What is OSGeo
- Open Source Geospatial Foundation (www.osgeo.org)
- A non-profit organization
- Legally registered in Delaware, United States
- Started in February 2006
- Today is the leading voice for free geospatial software
- Similar in operation to the Apache Foundation
- Everyone is a volunteer
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