Release date: 2024-01-10
GeoCat has committed to the highest level of OSGeo sponsorship with their Diamond Sponsorship of the Foundation. GeoCat is a longtime international leader in Free and Open Source Geospatial software and standards implementation.
“With almost 20 years of OSGeo behind us, there is much to build on in the decades ahead. We are proud to contribute at the highest sponsor level to OSGeo’s mission, beyond the projects we are directly involved in.” says GeoCat CEO Jeroen Ticheler. “Running the infrastructure, lowering the cost of conferences, investing in existing and new community projects are all vital to our community and to the world. We have supported this community since our founding in 2007, and intend to do so for many years to come.”
“We welcome GeoCat as a Diamond Sponsor for 2024 and we would like to thank GeoCat for their commitment all those years supporting the OSGeo mission”, said OSGeo President Dr. Angelos Tzotsos. “It is brilliant to see companies like GeoCat who have built successful businesses and services on the open source geospatial tools, while contributing to OSGeo projects, helping to ensure the ongoing sustainability of our community.”
Please visit osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor for more information on becoming an OSGeo sponsor.
About GeoCat
Advanced software for publishing geographical data easily and efficiently
Solutions that help governments and companies visualize the world. That’s what we like. Together we build the bridge from raw data to valuable information about our living environment. With ‘open’ as the source of our inspiration.
GeoCat offers cutting-edge, customized software and services that make publishing geospatial data on the Internet easier and more efficient. GeoCat are experts in Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and geospatial-enabled technologies.
GeoCat builds sustainable, standards compliant products following the Free and Open Source Software philosophy and open standards. We help our customers bridge to proprietary GIS software to enable hybrid infrastructures. GeoCat products support Spatial Data Infrastructures for organizations at the regional, national and international level.
Visit geocat.net for more information
About OSGeo
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development.
The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.
Visit osgeo.org for more information.
