Getting Started with the OpenGeo Stack for SDIs

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The OpenGeo Suite
Chris Holmes
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In the beginning
(The Open Planning Project)
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The first project
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Towards OpenGeo

• From a side project of TOPP
• To sustaining contract work
• And the push to grow

Grow!
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Building a stack
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The Client
OpenLayers
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The Cache
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The Database
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The Rich Client
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The OpenGeo Suite
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Funding
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OpenGeo.org
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Towards a Product
Enterprise
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Building the Open Geospatial Web

• Making Geospatial Information Open and Accessible
• By bringing Open Source Principles to Geo
• Working by building OS software that gets used by
  all
• In the context of a hybrid organization

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The full solution
OpenGeo
Enterprise
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Towards the dot-org

• Full Cost Recovery for OpenGeo
• Spin off like Mozilla Corporation
• Reinvest profit in similar dot-orgs
• Make Capital viral like the GPL
• Require complete transparency
• Business built on Open Source principles