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OSGeo draws governance inspiration from several aspects of the Apache Foundation , including a membership composed of individuals drawn from foundation projects who are selected for membership status based on their active contribution to foundation projects and governance. OSGeo projects include:
The foundation is pursuing goals beyond Software development, such as promoting more Open Access to Government produced Geospatial Data andcompletely free geodata such as is created and maintained by the OpenStreetMap project. Also Education and training are addressed. Various committees within the foundation work on implementing strategies. GOVERNANCE The OSGeo is thoroughly community driven and has a lightweight organizational overhead consisting of 45 initial members, 9 directors and the president Frank Warmerdam . It is organized in more than 20 projects. Twelve of these (March 2007) focus on software development projects (see above) or organizational matters like board issues, web site, visibility, education, public geodata and promotion. The OSGeo community Collaborates via a Wiki , Mailing List s and IRC . GEONETWORK OPENSOURCE ''Please also see '' This project is a Free And Open Source cataloging application, released under GNU General Public License , to manage spatially referenced resources. It is a standardized and decentralized spatial information management environment designed to enable access to geo-referenced databases, Cartographic products and related Metadata from a variety of sources, enhancing the spatial information exchange and sharing between organizations and their audience, using the capacities of the internet. Maps , including those derived from Satellite Imagery , are effective communicational tools and play an important role in the work of decision makers (e.g., sustainable development planners and humanitarian and emergency managers) in need of quick, reliable and up-to-date user-friendly cartographic products as a basis for action and to better plan and monitor their activities; GIS experts in need of exchanging consistent and updated geographical data; and Spatial Analysts in need of Multidisciplinary data to perform preliminary geographical analysis and make reliable forecasts. The software has been deployed to various organizations, the first being FAO-GeoNetwork and VAM-SIE-GeoNetwork, both at their headquarters in Rome , Italy . Furthermore, the WHO, UNEP, CGIAR and the Global Change Information and Research Centre (GCIRC) of China are working on GeoNetwork opensource implementations as their spatial information management capacity. SEE ALSO
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