Looking Back, Looking Forward: FOSS4G North America and FOSS4G Global
Dear Reader, What makes a good conference? Or how should a conference be graded in terms of the value it brings not only to attendees and sponsors, but to the larger geospatial community? A month ago, approximately 400 attendees and 25 sponsors collaborated at FOSS4G North America for 3 days in Reston, VA on all things geospatial open-source- From 100+ technical talks featuring use cases, state of software, and new developments around common themes such as AI/ML integration and cloud native deployment, with all of the core values inherent in open-source geospatial: Full control over software, interoperability and open standards,...
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