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Local Chapters

This page lists all sites and activities regarding OSGeo in other languages and with regional focus. Please check the Local Chapter Guidelines to find out how to become an official OSGeo Local Chapter. For a quick overview see Local_Chapters/Starting.
Find the full overview in our :Category: Local Chapters.
== Local Chapter Initiatives ==
Local Chapters are operated in their corresponding native language. Please also subscribe to the International Outreach mailing list.
* Africa: Mainly South Africa but with members from many other countries in Africa. Started formal process post FOSS4G 2008.
* Arabic Language
* Argentina Geoinquiet@s Argentina, local chapter
* Belgium
* Bolivia: For local GIS help
* Brasil: OSGeo Local Chapter
* Canada: Nation-wide effort brainstorming page
** Alberta Chapter
** Atlantic Canada Chapter
** British Columbia Chapter
** Ottawa Chapter
** Quebec Chapter
* China (OSGeo中国)
* Croatia
* Czech
* Danmark Covering Denmark (and potential connections to southern Sweden/Øresund region)
* Deutsch Language
* Europe 
* Español Language: joining the Sudamerica and the Spanish effort
** There are several microchapters under the common name of Geoinquietos
* Finland
* Francophone Language: Not just a beginning anymore, a reality :)
* Greek
* Hungary and Hungarian Language
* India
** Kerala
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italiano Language
* Japan (OSGeo日本支部)
* Kenya
* Korea Language (OSGeo 한국어)
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Nepal
* Netherlands The Dutch local chapter
* Nigeria
* Nordic An initiative to form a local OSGeo chapter for the all the Nordic countries. 
* Oceania Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands regional chapter
* Pacific Islands Chapter: The Pacific Islands Chapter
* Pakistan:Local Chapter
* Perú Creado en Julio del 2013
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romanian
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Sri Lanka
* Sudamerica
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* United Kingdom
**Scotland
* North America Regional
* OSGeoUS: US Chapter of OSGeo
** California
*** San Francisco Bay Area: A subset of the California group.
** Cascadia
** New Mexico
** Oregon and SW Washington, PDX-OSGEO
** Philadelphia
** Southeast OSGEO Chapter
** Twin Cities, Minnesota
** Washington DC
* Vietnam
== Networks ==
* European Network: A page to define a common set of interests between all European Chapters
=== See also ===
* Starting a Chapter
* Local Chapter Guidelines
* Proposed Membership Rules
* Interest Groups
* Like Minded Regional Organizations
* One Organizational Model
* International Outreach
* Pages tagged with Local Chapters category
Category: Local Chapters
Local Chapters/Starting

> Hi,
 > 
 > I'd like to start a local chapter in XYZ Region. Please tell me
 > what I can do to get started on this.
 > 
I received a very useful response to a similar question. I created a page with the response at Local Chapters/Tips And Guidance
A common and exciting question! Hope the following steps can answer some of your questions.
0. Review Local Chapter Guidelines to make sure you understand what a Local Chapter does and should look like.
1. Start a wiki page for this local chapter. Register and just create a new page on our wiki and start collecting names of people or organisations who are interested in meeting .. and collect any other general information you'd like to share with people about the chapter. 
Link it from the local chapters page:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters (note some countries with multiple chapters are grouped under a higher level heading)
2. Join the OSGeo main "Discuss" mailing list and introduce the idea there. Then anyone who is on the list and cares about the XYZ Region will be able to find you. Point them to the wiki page in step #1 above so you can start to feel who is interested.
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
3. Once you get a critical mass of people or need a better forum for regional discussion, we should create a mailing list for you. You can submit a ticket/request to the sysadmin committee and request the list. Provide who the main contacts/administrators of the list should be.
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo
4. After a few months of growing, you may wish to become formally recognised by OSGeo as an official local chapter. The OSGeo Board will want to see that your group is inclusive of newcomers (and open group), has critical mass to maintain movement and seeks to share common goals with the foundation. When you're ready, email the board mailing list with your request to be acknowledged. The board meets once a month and will discuss it at the next meeting.
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
For more information, questions or corrections feel free to contact:
: Open Source Geospatial Foundation
: Email: info at osgeo.org
Local Chapters/Tips And Guidance

== Tips and Guidance on Starting a Local Chapter ==
I solicited guidance and tips about how to go about starting a local chapter or users group and found the following response from Michal Gerlek (MPG) very helpful...
Don’t worry about the formalities: just find a few people who will regularly attend and talk about cool stuff, and then let things organically grow form there. It may take time, but be patient. Remember, a cool group of five people sitting around chatting for an hour is perfectly fine: you don’t need to have a fancy venue, dozens of people, or Big Name speakers.
CUGOS (www.cugos.org) has been around for 7(!) years now, with monthly attendance averaging 20-30 people (we hit a record 53 last week). Just off the top of my head, some of the things we’ve learned over the years:
* Try to find a place you can meet regularly, rather than switching venues all the time – initially, just a conference room at a local library or university is fine. Or perhaps one of your core attendees has a company meeting room available after hours.
* Try to connect with your local college or university. Seniors and grad students can present projects they’re working on. Students looking to graduate soon need to network, find skills they’re missing, etc.
* Don’t overly restrict yourself to "Open Source GIS". If you get a chance to host a good talk on some new GIS app or technology outside the open source realm, or a cool new open source thing outside of GIS, go for it. If a local GIS company wants to pitch their services, why not?
* Get a mailing list going – you’re likely to reach 10x the number of people on a list over in-person meetings. In fact, consider just starting with a mailing list, letting it grow for a while, and then hold your first face-to-face meeting once you’ve got some traction.
* Food always helps. Pass around a hat for donations and you’ll almost certainly wind up with a bit of profit from the evening you can use to seed the next meeting.
* Going out for beers afterwards also helps. We get probably get 1/4 or 1/3 of our attendees socializing at a local bar for an hour or two after our the actual meeting itself. (We’ve reached the point where we need to give the bar a heads-up call in advance so they’re prepared for 10-20 people to walk in all at once and ask for a table.)
* When you get a critical mass, hold outreach events: it’s a public service first, and as a side-benefit it will promote your group to others who may be interested. Every year CUGOS holds an all-day event on the campus of UW that attracts a lot of attention. Some of our members also volunteer their services for various events like career fairs, mapping parties, GIS Day at local schools, training, informal workshops and sprints, etc.
Good luck!
-mpg
Local Chapters/United States Of America

== Mission ==
To promote OSGeo within the US by supporting the formation and activities of local chapters within the US.
== People ==
Sign up here to show interest!
* User:gsteinmon
== Kick Off Meeting (9/26 - 5:30pm EST) ==
https://meet.jit.si/Technocation
=== agenda ===
Review Documentation about local chapter formation
* Local Chapter guidelines
* Local Chapter Wiki Page 
Discuss take over of technocation
* CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS OF NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS
* officers
* board members
* mission review
** Technocation FAQ
Discuss plans for Q4
* What can we get done?
** Google Code In?
** PostGIS Day events?
** Support National QGIS organization?
** Setup our group as an official OSGeo Local Chapter?
** Other?
Category:USA
Category:Local Chapters
Location Intelligence 2006

Location Intelligence is an annual conference put on by Directions Magazine. The agenda had a higher portion of OSGeo activities than previous years, as Directions is one of the bigger champions of Open Source Geospatial. There was a panel entitled 'Why Should the CXO Care About Open Source Geospatial Products?' which Gary Lang, Dave McIlhagga, and Chris Holmes sat on, in addition to Brian Timoney, who none of us had met but who complemented our points nicely. 
The best quote was from Gary, on a question posed to the panel: "The barriers to adoption of open source technology in geospatial are mental." 
Chris Holmes also gave a Presentation on ever-increasing ROI, available for everyone to reuse (including nice animations for you to 'borrow'). Both the panel and the presentation were positively recieved. 
As for notes from the attendees:
* Gary says: 
'Many people came up to us afterwards and said how enlightening the OS panel discussion was. Of possible interest: I think we went a ways towards convincing other companies like Autodesk that maybe, just maybe, they should be moving some of their work out into open source as well. I had two conversations tonight that gave me hope that the wheels are spinning at those companies.
 
As long as the OSGeo continues to be seen in the current light, many things are possible.'
* Dave says
'I share Gary's feelings on this. Having done many outreach discussions re. Open source over the years -- being able to point others in the industry to a real 'entity' in OSGeo is a huge step forward.
Once we get our act together re. Outreach materials (and we will!) This message will only get better and more powerful.
Interesting event -- a significant number of companies represented here who are adopting or are in serious consideration about open source. Some big players you might not expect. Message is key right now to win over those standing on the ledge wondering if they should jump.'
* Chris concurs, he's writing this. It was a step forward, was very nice to have a single entity to point people at. Many were open to the message, are starting to get their heads around it all. This was definitely a business oriented crowd, and the thoughts were oriented more around mashups, but I only see open source becoming more and more important. Lots of good feedback from a number of individuals.
Category:Past Events
Location Intelligence 2007

OSGeo at Location Intelligence is being organised by User:Tmitchell as Event Owner. Please contact him or VisCom if you are interested in helping in any way.
== Event Overview ==
* Read a report by an OSGeo member, the Sunburned Surveyor's Blog.
* Interview with Tyler at the OSGeo booth on 01net.com (in French)
== Booth ==
* Exhibition hall open during breaks in the conference programme and special evening events
* 10x10 booth space and dressing donated by Autodesk
Booth will be open at these times:
* Tuesday, April 16th
** 7:30 – 8:45am
** 10:15 – 10:45am
** 11:30 – 1:00p
** 3:00 – 3:30p
** 5:30 – 7:30p 
* Wednesday, April 17th
** 7:30 – 8:45am
** 10:15 – 10:45am
** 11:30 – 1:00p
** 3:00 – 3:30p
** 5:30 – 7:30p
 
=== Volunteers ===
If you can volunteer to help attend to and manage the booth, add your name below and specify time you are available. We also need volunteers to help handle booth setup/take down but this will be very easy.
* Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo, most of both days
* Toru Mori, OSGeo/Orkney, most of both days
* Brian Timoney, Wednesday
* Rich Gibson, part-time
* Bob Bray, part-time
* Chris Holmes, part-time
* Landon Blake, one day, waiting confirmation (will need pass)
== Speaking Session ==
 Title: Collaborative Freedom Using Open Source Software
 Date/Time:
OSGeo is organising a 1 hour open source focused session
# Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo: Introducing OSGeo
# Robert Bray, Autodesk: Leveraging Community Data Using MapGuide (A Case Study)
# Chris Holmes: An Open Data Architecture: Serving TIGER and other Large Datasets
== Workshop ==
 Title: Sharing Maps Through Interoperable Open Source Applications
 Date/Time:
We are organising this 3 hour workshop. Chris Holmes and Robert Bray are hosting/leading the event and aiming to focus on an interoperability tutorial demonstration.
== MapGuide BOF ==
Unsure about facilities
== Attendees / Participants ==
For the sake of networking with other open source minded folks, here is a list of other attendees you might want to hook up with while at the conference:
* Tyler Mitchell
* Chris Holmes
* Robert Bray
* Rich Gibson
* Brian Timoney
* Andrew Turner
* Mikel Maron
Category:Past Events
Logo

Please read the style guide to learn how to use the OSGeo logo.
You find all files on github:
* style guide
* OSGeo logo
The style guide provides colors and font information and an overview of how to apply OSGeo branding for your project, local chapter or event.
* for headers: Miriam Libre Bold
* for body text: Sintony Regular
* Light: #4DB05B Pantone: 361 U RGB: 74 178 93 CMYK: 58 0 48 30
* Dark: #003A40 Pantone: 330 U RGB: 0 58 64 CMYK: 95 55 55 55
* Branding Elements: compass points extending to edge of frame
* Photos: drone photography, or appropriate cartography content for your target audience. Photos are placed behind a 50% transparent black layer to allow text to stand out.
* See the style guide for visual examples of fonts, colors, sub-brands, distinct brands, color use and cartography, along with application of OSGeo branding elements to evertyhing from banners to buisness cards.
Logo History

The OSGeo Logo was updated in November 2008. Please only use this version.
== History ==
The original Logo was created in summer 2006 (see at right) following a call for proposals. We kept it for two years, it appeared on our first conferences, trade fair presences and t-shirts. It is still around in older publications. 
== 2008 ==
The redesigned logo was created in a long process and many discussions over more than a year. Technical reasons like better stichability were the initial reasons to update it but then a professional designer made a few suggestions and we have created a short story around it. Here it goes: 
 The tips of the compass rose have grown out of the outer ring. 
 This is to show that OSGeo has grown beýond it's initial scop.
 The outer ring is open so that OSGeo can connect with others.
Logo Use

== Linking to OSGeo ==
Thanks for your support -- of course you may link to OSGeo. Please make sure that you read our Trademark FAQ and feel free to ask whenever you are unsure. You can link the logo from the originating website. This will give OSGeo some feedback on where the logo appears.
Sample script how to link to the OSGeo logo:
<IMG src="http://www.osgeo.org/files/logos/OSGeo_small_150wide.png" width="150" height="67" border="0" alt="OSGeo Logo">
Or, a clickable version:
<a href="http://www.osgeo.org"><IMG src="http://www.osgeo.org/files/logos/OSGeo_small_150wide.png" width="150" height="67" border="0" alt="OSGeo Logo"></a>
If you want to download the Logo and use it as a copy on your server please make sure that the quality is acceptable - do not resize or rescale or add text yourself, feel free to ask Marketing for help if the provided resolutions do not fit.
== Proposed Use of the Logo ==
=== [LOGO + Charter Member] === 
is good for the 73 (as of 2008) charter members to put on the business card.
=== [LOGO + Associate Member] === 
This category would fit for all those left out of the initial 45 voting members. Pay 20 bucks and get the sticker?
=== [LOGO + Director] === 
is good for the 9 members of the board of directors to put on the business card.
=== [LOGO + Sponsor] === 
is good for companies, organisations, individuals who are OSGeo sponsors. Sponsorship usually lasts for one year (12 months). 
 
=== [LOGO + Contributor] === 
Later maybe add, to differentiate and make it a Sponsor only when more than 10K or something.
=== [LOGO + Core Project] === 
To be linked with the download package. This would apply to graduated projects that have run through incubation successfully.
See Also: OSGeo Project Branding
Category:Marketing
Logo de OSGeo-ES

== Logos de otros capítulos ==
Local Chapter	Logo url 	Notes
Japan 	http://www.osgeo.jp/wordpress/wp-content/themes/osgeo-v2/images/logo.png	
France 	 ??? 	
Quebec 	 ??? 	
Australia-NZ 	 	
 	 	
== Razonamiento del logo ==
El logo debería mostrar alguna característica común de la comunidad Hispano-hablante. 
== Propuestas ==
File:Propuesta OSGeo ES.png| Propuesta #1
File:Con-enye.png| Propuesta #2
File:Virgulilla.png| Propuesta #3
File:Bacia 2.png| Propuesta #4
File:Logo-osgeo-es.png‎| Propuesta #4a
File:Propuesta5.png| Propuesta #5 
File:Pferrer.png‎| Propuesta #6 
 
*Añado una sexta propuesta, variación de la 4a, incluyendo una versión con el texto y un lema, al estilo del logo de la Fundación: logo y logo+texto 
**La fuente utilizada para el texto es Myriad Apple Semibold. Se ha preguntado en la lista de Marketing por el tema de las fuentes de logo.
== Votaciones ==
El plazo para las votaciones se abrirá el día 24/06/2010 a las 00:00 GMT en esta misma página. Para poder ejercer el derecho a voto es necesario estar dado de alta como miembro del Capítulo. (Comprobar en Miembros de OSGeo Spanish) 
 
 Votaciones 
Nombre Miembro 	Número propuesta logo	Número propuesta lema
Andres Herrera 	Propuesta #6 	
Pedro-Juan Ferrer	Propuesta #4a 	Propuesta #6
Micho Garcia 	Propuesta #4a 	
César 	Propuesta #4a 	Propuesta #6
Lluís Vicens 	Propuesta #6 	Propuesta --
Jorge Sanz 	Propuesta #4a 	
== Resultado == 
Se elije como logotipo oficial de Capítulo Hispanohablante la propuesta 4a
Category:Marketing_en_OSGeo-es
Logos from OSGeo projects

This article is dedicated to provide a place where logos of the numerous OSGeo projects can be linked. Please also check your version in the OSGeo SVN: http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/projects/ If you need help feel free to ask on the Marketing mailing list. All OSGeo projects should add a link to their logo on this page. Preferred format is SVG. If you do not have SVG add a high resolution raster image. 
= OSGeo =
* OSGeo Logos and Logo_Update
= Web Mapping =
* deegree: png and svg (both 2000x471). For the svg download try wget.
* GeoServer: PNG images for screen usage, CMYK TIFF image for printing purposes and finally a SVG version
* Mapbender SVG versions are available in OSGeo SVN as text only, black on white, white on black and for large versions for HQ prints in SVG
* MapBuilder
* MapGuide Open Source
* MapServer
* OpenLayers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OpenLayers_logo.svg
* MapFish: http://www.mapfish.org/svn/mapfish/website/trunk/_static/img/
= Desktop Applications =
* GRASS GIS: http://grass.osgeo.org/download/logograms.php
* Quantum GIS https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis/images/icons/
* gvSIG https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/projects/gvsig/
= Geospatial Libraries =
* FDO
* GDAL/OGR : http://svn.osgeo.org/gdal/trunk/gdal/data/ as .svg files
* GEOS
* GeoTools : http://www.geotools.org/_static/img/geotools-logo.png (Vector version might be available from http://opengeo.org/)
* MetaCRS
* OSSIM : http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/projects/ossim/OSSIM.png
* PROJ.4: http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/chrome/site/proj_logo.png (no high quality version available)
= Metadata Catalog =
* GeoNetwork https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/logo/projects/geonetwork/
= Other Projects =
* Public Geospatial Data
* Education and Curriculum 
== Non-OSGeo ==
...but worthwhile considering.
* Geopublisher and AtlasStyler: http://wald.intevation.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/Atlas-Framework/logos/?root=atlas-framework
Category: Marketing
Long security answer

Q: Why is the website (edu.osgeo.org and its siblings) under secure
http? I can understand using https when editing, but for normal viewing
public, what good does https serve? Are there any
disadvantages/advantages to this?
A: Simple answer, total security integrity. Here is the longer answer: 
This is part of the security model. Simply there are private projects and other areas that need to be secured. The simplest explanation is that because of the software, there is no clear demarcation between secure and non-secure projects or parts of projects. This is further complicated by the role a user has that secures parts of the site and even parts of a project from a user with a role. So, it depends on your role of what you see, but by keeping the entire system locked up with https, no one can see what you are looking at. Turning on and off https would be tricky and harder to ensure it was secure. 
The security model is not something you just turn on/off. Total security integrity is the key here. The sacrifice of https overhead is minor compared to the integrity. If you can turn it off for part of the site, you can also make the mistake of turning it off in the wrong place. Ask any security expert and they will say secure it all (and then unplug it from the internet). 
The fact that you can see the site at all is a special case for this publicly accessible site. There is a default 'guest' id that has specific permissions. When you hit the site without logging it, you get logged in as guest and off you go.
Besides control of the site features, you might ask, what needs such bullet proof security? Well this is not national defense, but the software is built to do that and is used by big corporations and government for highly secure projects. CollabNet keeps its costs down by using the same software for open source communities like OSGeo and OpenOffice as they do for the department of defense and companies like HP. Because we have to go through rigorous audits, the software as a system is deployed only one way to ensure it maintains integrity.
So, overkill? Not really. A little inefficient, but all in the name of high security.
Luís de Sousa

Mestre em Sistemas de Informação Geográfica pelo Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). Actualmente Consultor em Sistemas de Informação e SIG, foi vários anos investigador no núcleo de Geomática do Departamento de Engª Civil do IST. Foi também docente da disciplina de Bases de Dados no Diploma de Formação Avançada em SIG na mesma faculdade. 
Projectos: 
1. Curso de Introdução aos SIG sobre QGis 
Elaboração de um curso genérico de introdução aos SIG de nível universitário sobre o software QGis/GRASS. A ser desenvolvido em colaboração com o prof. Alexandre Gonçalves do Departamento de Engª Civil do IST. 
2. Tradução do pacote QGis/GRASS para pt_PT 
Elaboração colaborativa de um glossário com a correspondência de termos em português para o inglês original e consequente produção de interface gráfica e manuais:
* Glossário SIG em português
* Manual Quantum GIS em Português
luis DOT a DOT de DOT sousa AT gmail DOT com