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OpenGeo: a 'dot-org' to build the Open Geospatial Web –Chris Holmes
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Overview History Present Future
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In the beginning (The Open Planning Project)
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The first project
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GeoServer Incubation: 2001 - 2003
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Steady Growth 2003–2007
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(Personal Interlude)
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Towards OpenGeo From a side project of TOPP To sustaining contract work And the push to grow Grow!
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Building a stack
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The Client OpenLayers
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The Cache
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The Database
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The Rich Client
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Overview History Present Future
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The OpenGeo Suite
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Funding
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OpenGeo.org
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OpenGe o Suite Enterprise The full solution
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Overview History Present Future
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Building the Open Geospatial Web Making Geospatial Information Open and Accessible By bringing Open Source Principles to Geo Working by building OS software that gets used by all In the context of a hybrid organization
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Partners Align incentives OpenGeo does core software Partner network focuses on implementation Translations and custom solutions for countries and markets, built by people closest.
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Growing the core software Incubate and encourage niche applications Build core to be flexible to meet all needs Each benefits from improvements by others Transit, Asset Management, Disaster Reduction, Air Traffic Management, Biogeographic Information, SDI, etc, etc
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SDI In Action
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Towards the ‘dot-org’ Full Cost Recovery for OpenGeo Spin off like Mozilla Corporation Reinvest profit in similar ‘dot-orgs’ –Make Capital viral like the GPL Require complete transparency Business built on Open Source principles
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