The OSGeo Foundation is pleased and proud to announce that the GeoNode project has graduated from incubation and is now a full fledged OSGeo project. Jeffrey Johnson, a long time member of the GeoNode Project Steering Committee (PSC) has been appointed as Project Officer.
GeoNode is a web-based application and platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI). It is designed to be extended and modified, and can be integrated into existing platforms. Geonode is Open Source, released under an GPL license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X).
The project powers numerous global initatives such as, WorldMao (http://worldmap.harvard.edu/), MapStory (http://www.mapstory.org/), Risiko/SAFE, UN World Food Program (http://geonode.wfp.org/), EU JRC (http://geonode.jrc.ec.europa.eu/) and more (see http://geonode.org/gallery/).
Graduating incubation includes fulfilling requirements for open community operation, a responsible project governance model, code provenance, and general good project operation. Graduation is the OSGeo seal of approval for a project and gives potential users and the community at large an added confidence in the viability and safety of the project.
The GeoNode Project Officer, Jeffrey Johnson says, “The entire GeoNode Development team is delighted to have our project join the ranks of leading Open Source GIS software and become part of the OSGeo family. We look forward to working with OSGeo to further the adoption of these tools around the world.”
David Bitner, mentor of the incubation process says: “As the mentor for the GeoNode incubation process, it is exciting to welcome the entire GeoNode team as an official OSGeo project. It has been exciting to work with such a vibrant and diverse community through the incubation process. I look forward to seeing the continued growth of the project for many years to come.”
OSGeo and Geonode PSC would also like to thank Jody Garnett and Angelos Tzotsos for their assistance during this incubation process.
Congratulations to the GeoNode community!
Venkatesh Raghavan
President, OSGeo Foundation
