OSGeo UK Local Chapter
OSGeo:UK AGM will take place on Mon 20th Nov 2023, 12pm - 1pm (GMT, UK/London) online using Zoom. We hope to see you there.
We will also discuss how we want to use the £6000 of funding to support open source geospatial software development. We’ve decided to call this ‘GoFundGeo’ and we are running the process similar to last year, where we supported 5 projects with a total of £3,878.52. Check out the link for details including how to apply, and join our mailing list for details of the projects that apply.
FOSS4G:UK Local 2023 went really well. It was held on Thurs 7th Sept, and we reached about 250 people across eight venues in two countries. We raised about £5000 for OSGeo:UK which will go towards our funding of Open Source Geospatial software over the coming year. The full programme is available in PDF or Google Sheets. See individual venue pages pages for more details.
We have done a short write up, summarising some of the feedback and highlighting a few of the lessons learned for next time. We’re planning to run a conference in 2024, and will be asking for volunteers early next year - so please sign up to the mailing list or email to find out when we’ll be meeting to discuss this.
Thinking of an Open Source GIS event, and after some support? Contact us on the mailing list below and tell us your idea! See our past events page for details of events we have supported or organised in the past.
| FOSS4G:UK Local 2023 | FOSS4G:UK Local 2022 | FOSS4GUK Online 2020 | FOSS4GUK 2019 |
See also our guidelines page for information on setting up a FOSS4GUK event.
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See the training page for details of upcoming training courses related to OSGeo projects.
Training providers- see the instructions at the bottom of that page for how to add your own courses to the list.
OSGeo:UK is an unincorporated organisation. Our constitution, adopted in March 2016 and altered by SGM in December 2018, can be found here.
Our previous constitution can be found here.
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From time to time we may choose to financially support an open source GIS project, or help someone attend an event. See funding guidelines for more details on how to apply.
GoFundGeo annually funds a range of Open Source Geospatial software projects that will have an impact in the UK. Each year we use the surplus from our FOSS4G:UK conferences to fund relevant projects in the range of £500 - £1000 each. We also occasionally make ad-hoc donations to revelant projects, see past donations for yearly breakdowns on the projects we have supported to date.
Help us support and promote the use of open source geospatial software within the UK by donating via PayPal.