FOSSGIS

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Free and Open Source Software for Geographic Information Systems
(FOSSGIS)
Logo FOSSGIS
purpose Promotion of free and open source software in spatial data processing
Chair: Dominik Helle
Establishment date: January 2001
Seat : Kirchzarten, Germany
Website: www.fossgis.de
Dominik Helle (2018)

The FOSSGIS e. V. (Abbreviation for Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformation Systems ) is a German association founded in January 2001 with the aim of promoting free and open source GIS software and free geodata in Germany. The association is a Local Chapter of the OSGeo and OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF), managed the FreeGIS database until 2007 and organizes the FOSSGIS conference .

history

The association was founded in April 2000 as the GRASS user association (GAV). In September 2008 the name was changed to FOSSGIS e. V. In the German-speaking area he has been representing the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) as a regional association since September 2008 .

FreeGIS

The FreeGIS portal, which has been run since 1999 and which maintains a central database with information about free GIS software and free spatial data, as well as a mailing list for corresponding software updates, was taken over by the GRASS user association in September 2007 and is now supported by FOSSGIS.

OpenStreetMap

In Germany, FOSSGIS e. V. performs administrative tasks for the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project and, among other things, oversees negotiations with authorities and other institutions. He also runs the server for the German OSM community. At events such as LinuxTag , FOSSGIS organizes joint stands together with the OSM community.

FOSSGIS conference

Entrance area of ​​the FOSSGIS conference 2010, Osnabrück University
Registration area for the FOSSGIS conference 2012, Anhalt University
Participants of the FOSSGIS conference 2015 in front of the castle in Münster
Group photo of the participants of the FOSSGIS conference 2016 in Salzburg
Group photo of the participants of the FOSSGIS conference 2017 in Passau

In June 2003 a first user meeting for users of the UMN MapServer program took place in Berlin , followed by the first German-language user conferences of OSGeo. These took place from 2003 to 2005 under the name "UMN MapServer User Conference" and recorded increasing numbers of participants. At the conferences, not only was the UMN MapServer discussed, but also other free GIS projects, which is why the name was changed to "FOSSGIS Conference" from 2006 onwards.

Since 2011, lectures at the conferences have been recorded by the VOC of the Chaos Computer Club , streamed live , made available on YouTube and archived by the Technical Information Library.

Development from user meeting to FOSSGIS conference:
Surname date place Visitors
User meeting June 24, 2003 Berlin 000000000000020.000000000020th
UMN MapServer User Conference 2003 Sep 30 2003 Bonn 000000000000090.000000000090
UMN MapServer User Conference 2004 Sep 14 2004 Hanover 000000000000180.0000000000180
UMN MapServer User Conference 2005 08 Sep - Sep 9 20050 Hanover 000000000000200.0000000000200
FOSSGIS Conference 2006 29 Mar - 30. Mar. 2006 Bonn 000000000000350.0000000000350
FOSSGIS conference 2007 13 Mar - 15 Mar 2007 Berlin 350
FOSSGIS conference 2008 0Apr 1 - Apr 3, 20080 Freiburg in Breisgau 400
FOSSGIS conference 2009 17th Mar - 19 Mar 2009 Hanover 300-400
FOSSGIS conference 2010 02nd Mar - 5. Mar. 20100 Osnabrück 350-400
FOSSGIS conference 2011 0Apr 5 - Apr 7, 20110 Heidelberg 350-400
FOSSGIS Conference 2012 20 Mar - 22 Mar 2012 Dessau-Rosslau 377
FOSSGIS Conference 2013 June 12th - June 14th 2013 Rapperswil-Jona 353
FOSSGIS Conference 2014 19 Mar - 21 Mar 2014 Berlin, Beuth University 536
FOSSGIS conference 2015 11th Mar - March 13th 2015 Münster, Westphalian Wilhelms University 459
FOSSGIS conference 2016 04th July - 8th July 20160 Salzburg, Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Salzburg 216
FOSSGIS conference 2017 22 Mar - 25th Mar 2017 Passau, University of Passau 215/238/211
FOSSGIS conference 2018 21 Mar - March 24th 2018 Bonn, University of Bonn 467
FOSSGIS conference 2019 13 Mar - 16. Mar. 2019 Dresden, University of Technology and Economics Dresden 500
FOSSGIS Conference 2020 11th Mar - 14th Mar 2020 Freiburg, Albert Ludwig University

GISLive

Screenshot: GISLive while booting

Until 2010, FOSSGIS offered the GISLive project. It was a Debian-based live system that consisted entirely of free and open source software and free geospatial data. Due to the success of OSGeoLive, the GISLive project was discontinued and the energy was put into OSGeoLive of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation . OSGeoLive is based on Lubuntu and contains selected OSGeo projects and other free GIS software.

Surname version date Type, name, occasion
GISLive 1.0 26th Mar 2008 preview edition
GISLive 1.1 Sep 24 2008 preview edition
GISLive 1.2 0Feb 6, 2009 preview edition
GISLive 1.3 0Feb 6, 2010 preview edition
→ OSGeoLive

See also

 Wikipedia: WikiProjekt Geoinformatik - Wikipedia-internal specialist editorial office on the subject of geoinformatics

literature

  • H. Kudrnovsky: Open Data and Free and Open Geographic Information Systems (FOSSGIS) - a tool for (voluntary) nature conservation? In: ANLiegen Natur. 36 (1), 2014, pp. 103-107, Laufen. PDF 0.5 MB

Web links

Commons : FOSSGIS  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Free GIS software

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DA-CH. In: OSGeo-Wiki. Retrieved December 20, 2010 .
  2. ^ A b GRASS User Association becomes FOSSGIS eV and Local Chapter of OSGeo. Press release. FOSSGIS eV, September 29, 2008, accessed on December 23, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Falko Benthin: GAV takes over the portal FreeGIS.org. In: Pro-Linux . September 22, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Markus Feilner: Fossgis Conference 2010 opened in Osnabrück. Linux Magazine , March 2, 2010, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  5. ^ FOSSGIS channel on YouTube
  6. ↑ FOSSGIS. In: TIB AV portal. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Hans-Joachim Baader: UMN MapServer user conference. In: Pro-Linux. August 23, 2004, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  8. ↑ UMN MapServer User Conference 2005. FOSSGIS eV, November 9, 2013, accessed on July 8, 2016 .
  9. ^ Mirko Lindner: FOSSGIS in Berlin. In: Pro-Linux. January 18, 2007, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  10. ↑ 2007 press center
  11. ↑ Hans-Joachim Baader: FOSSGIS 2008 in Freiburg. In: Pro-Linux. January 7, 2008, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  12. ↑ 2008 press center
  13. ↑ Torsten Brassat: FOSSGIS 2009 program is ready. In: Pro-Linux. January 23, 2009, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  14. ↑ 2009 press center
  15. ↑ Markus Feilner: FOSSGIS 2010: Lightning Talks and many innovations. Linux Magazine, March 3, 2010, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  16. ↑ Markus Feilner: FOSSGIS 2010: Openstreetmap in numbers, augmented reality and the motivation of the community. Linux Magazine, March 4, 2010, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  17. ↑ FOSSGIS 2011 press center
  18. ↑ FOSSGIS 2012 Dessau website
  19. ↑ FOSSGIS 2012 Dessau press release (PDF; 445 kB)
  20. ↑ FOSSGIS 2013 Rapperswil website
  21. ↑ FOSSGIS 2013 Rapperswil press center
  22. ↑ FOSSGIS 2014 Berlin website
  23. ↑ FOSSGIS 2015 Münster website
  24. ↑ FOSSGIS 2016 Salzburg website
  25. ↑ FOSSGIS 2017 Passau website
  26. ↑ Participants Wednesday / Thursday / Friday, cf. FOSSGIS 2017 - closing event (from 0:01:26) on YouTube
  27. ↑ FOSSGIS 2018 Bonn website
  28. ↑ FOSSGIS 2019 Dresden website
  29. ↑ FOSSGIS 2020 Freiburg website
  30. ↑ FOSSGIS eV GISLive. In: OSGeo-Wiki. March 17, 2009, accessed December 23, 2010 .
  31. ↑ OSGeoLive. In: OSGeo. June 18, 2013, accessed June 18, 2013 .