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OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation)
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community-driven development.<br/><br/> OSGeo serves as an umbrella organization for the Open Source Geospatial community in general and several code projects in particular:<br/> * <b>Web Mapping</b>: deegree, geomajas, GeoMOOSE, GeoServer, Mapbender, MapFish, MapGuide Open Source, MapServer, OpenLayers.<br/> * <b>Desktop Applications</b>: GRASS GIS, gvSIG, Marble, QGIS.<br/> * <b>Geospatial Libraries</b>: FDO, GDAL/OGR, GEOS, GeoTools, OSSIM, PostGIS.<br/> * <b>Metadata Catalogues</b>: GeoNetwork, pycsw.<br/> * <b>Content Management Systems</b>: GeoNode.<br/> * <b>Community Projects</b>: pgRouting, istSOS, MetaCRS, Opticks, Orfeo ToolBox (OTB), PyWPS, Team Engine, ZOO-Project.<br/> * <b>Other (non-code) Projects</b>: GeoForAll (Education and Curriculum), OSGeoLive DVD, Public Geospatial Data.<br/><br/> We host regional and international FOSS4G conferences with typical attendance of 500-1100+ geospatial developers, industry and government …
- c
- python
- javascript
- java
- c++
- open science
- gis
- citizen science
- geolocation
- mapping
Project ideas
2 ideas on its 2026 ideas page.
- OSGeo Foundation graduated project
- Which project do I choose?
Read the ideas page. Ideas are for scope reference; never copy one into a proposal.
History
In GSoC since 2016, 11 years. Projects per year: '16: 20, '17: 13, '18: 10, '19: 7, '20: 10, '21: 12, '22: 6, '23: 7, '24: 7, '25: 9, '26: 6.
On GitHub
22 repositories pushed to in the last year. Main languages: Python (5), HTML (4), C (2), C++ (2), Shell (2), CSS (1).
Links and channels
- Website: https://www.osgeo.org/
- Ideas page: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026_Ideas
- Contributor guide: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students
- Source code: https://github.com/OSGeo
- Email: gsoc-admin@osgeo.org
- Chat: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students#How_to_get_in_contact_via_IRC
- Mailing list: https://www.osgeo.org/community/communications/
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