OSGeo Projects¶
The OSGeo Projects are freely available tools and technologies under an open source license, which are recognized by OSGeo as stable and mature, with stable community.
- Content Management Systems
- GeoNode
- Desktop Applications
- Marble
- gvSIG Desktop
- QGIS Desktop
- GRASS GIS
- Geosp atial Libraries
- OSSIM
- GeoTools
- Orfeo ToolBox
- GDAL/OGR
- GEOS
- Metadata Catalogs
- GeoNetwork
- pycsw
- Other
- OSGeoLive
- Spatial Databases
- PostGIS
- Web Mapping
- MapServer
- MapGuide Open Source
- mapfish
- deegree
- Geomajas
- OpenLayers
- GeoMoose
- Mapbender
- PyWPS
- GeoServer
What does it mean, to be OSGeo Project¶
This means, that an open source geospatial-related project had to go through the incubation process. During this process, community around the project has to make sure (based on the incubation checklist), that the project meets following criteria:
- Openness
- Clear and open Copyright and License
- Described and stable decision and other processes
- Documentation
- Release Procedure
- OSGeo Committees and Community (formed Project steering committee)
- Marketing
- Connection to other projects
Basically it means to clean licenses, formalize processes and form the Steering Committee.
Longest project in incubation: PyWPS - 9 years
Some never incubate.
- Is OSGeo providing software certification?
- Kind of. Making sure, that the community is open and stable.
OSGeo Community projects¶
Maybe your project is too small. Maybe the community is not big enough. But you still want to affiliate your project to OSGeo.
Then it probably belongs to the community projects
OSGeo Community Projects are software projects that:
- Have an open source license.
- Welcome new contributors.
- Are in the process of building their developer and user communities.
- Are in the process of working on project governance, documentation, and marketing.
One day, your project may approach the full incubation.
- Geoinformatica
- GeoWebCache
- MapProxy
- pgRouting
- Portable GIS
- Postal Address Geo-Coder
- Proj4php
- Pronto Raster
- Virtual Terrain Project
- Loader