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== Welcome to OSGeo! ==

[[Image:Geomorphons_in_3D_view_Appearance_tab.png|thumb|right|333px|GRASS GIS software, viewing a map layer in 3D]]
[[Image:Foss4g-2016-boat-cruise.jpg|thumb|right|333px|FOSS4G (OSGeo's annual conference) boat cruise, August 2016, Bonn, Germany]]
[[Image:Grass-gis-sprint-team-paris.jpg|thumb|right|333px|GRASS GIS team at the FOSS4G-Europe code sprint, July 2017 in Paris, France]]
[[Image:Gvsig-code-sprint.jpg|thumb|right|333px|gvSIG-Mobile code sprint team, February 2017 in Valencia, Spain]]
[[Image:Mapserver-sprint-boston.jpg|thumb|right|333px|MapServer code sprint team at FOSS4G-Boston, August 2017 in Boston, U.S.]]
[[Image:PgRouting-team.jpg|thumb|right|333px|pgRouting and QGIS team members at FOSS4G-Seoul, September 2015 in Seoul, South Korea]]
[[Image:Osgeolive-bonn-sprint.jpg|thumb|right|333px|OSGeoLive code sprint at FOSS4G-Bonn, August 2016 in Bonn, Germany]]
[[Image:Sri-lanka-chapter-meeting.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Sri Lanka local chapter meeting, on 2017-11-15]]

We are a fun vibrant community that believes in sharing Open Source software related to making maps.

== How to ask general questions about the Code-in ==

'''Send an Email of questions to OSGeo'''

* subscribe to OSGeo's "gci-discuss" mailing list [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gci-discuss here]
* ask your question, and usually within a day someone from the OSGeo Code-in team (mentors or administrators) will reply
* all OSGeo mentors for the Code-in contest follow this "gci-discuss" mailing list

'''Ask on the #osgeo-gsoc IRC chat channel'''

* IRC-channel: #osgeo-gsoc channel on freenode.net
** how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through your web browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gsoc webchat]
** enter a nickname and click "I am not a robot" and press "Connect"
** upon entering, ask your questions as you wish (no need to wait, just say "hello, I have a question about the Code-In, how do I..."

== Get to know the OSGeo Community ==

The OSGeo foundation ( http://osgeo.org ) was founded in the year 2006 and contains many different types of Open Source software projects to help make geographical maps.

The OSGeo foundation also holds a super-fun conference each year, all over the world, named FOSS4G ( http://foss4g.org ) for '''F'''ree and '''O'''pen '''S'''ource '''S'''oftware for '''G'''eospatial.

* Follow OSGeo on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/OSGeo @OSGeo]
* Follow FOSS4G on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/foss4g @foss4g]

== Why OSGeo? ==

# the global geospatial (mapping) industry is huge now (400 Billion USD revenue industry, as of September 2017, read [https://www.valueoftheweb.com/reports/the-economic-impact-of-geospatial-services/ report])
# learn skills useful to get jobs in the mapping industry (Open Source is rarely taught at school, yet it is in huge demand by employers around the world)
# OSGeo community members are fun, vibrant, and willing to help!
# we have local chapters (local groups getting together or discussing on their own mailing lists in many languages) all over the world! (see [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters list])

== Coding Languages ==

OSGeo projects use a variety of coding languages, including:
* C
* C++
* Java
* Python
* JavaScript

== OSGeo Projects & Initiatives Involved in the Code-In ==

* [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] (global conference event)
* [http://geoserver.org/ GeoServer] (web mapping)
* [http://www.geotools.org/ GeoTools] (geospatial library)
* [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS] (desktop)
* [http://www.gvsig.com/ gvSIG] (desktop & mobile)
* [http://www.mapserver.org/ MapServer] (web mapping)
* [http://openlayers.org/ OpenLayers] (web mapping)
* [http://live.osgeo.org/ OSGeoLive] (installer for projects)
* [http://pgrouting.org/ pgRouting] (geospatial library)

== Searching for a Project's Mailing list Archives ==

A good trick to search an OSGeo project's mailing list for help, if you are stuck on a coding problem, is to use OSGeo's Nabble Forum: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/

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 * all OSGeo mentors for the Code-in contest follow this "gci-discuss" mailing list
-'''Ask on the #osgeo-gsoc IRC chat channel'''
+'''Ask on the #osgeo-gci IRC chat channel'''
-* IRC-channel: #osgeo-gsoc channel on freenode.net
+* IRC-channel: #osgeo-gci channel on freenode.net
-** how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through your web browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gsoc webchat]
+** how to connect: choose your favorite IRC client, or go directly through your web browser with [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-gci webchat]
 ** enter a nickname and click "I am not a robot" and press "Connect"
 ** upon entering, ask your questions as you wish (no need to wait, just say "hello, I have a question about the Code-In, how do I..."

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 * [http://foss4g.org FOSS4G] (global conference event)
 * [http://geoserver.org/ GeoServer] (web mapping)
 * [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS] (desktop)
-* [http://www.gvsig.com/ gvSIG] (desktop & mobile)
+* [http://istsos.org/ istSOS] (web mapping)
 * [http://www.mapserver.org/ MapServer] (web mapping)
 * [http://live.osgeo.org/ OSGeoLive] (installer for projects)
 * [http://pgrouting.org/ pgRouting] (geospatial library)

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