Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS)
The Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS), is a GIS software technology, written in FORTRAN.
MOSS utilizes an integrated vector based data structure in which point, line, and polygon features can all be stored in the same map file. Users interact with MOSS via a command line interface. MOSS represents a very early public domain, open source GIS development, which is now a OSGeo Heritage Project. MOSS development began in late 1977 by Carl N Reed III, with an initial release in 1979. Development continued until ca. 1985. Since 2021 the original MOSS FORTRAN sourcecode, executables for MSDOS and documentation is maintained on GitHub and preserved in Zenodo.
The MOSS executables from 1985 can be used today with PC emulation software.
The annual OSGeo award is named after the late Sol Katz, one of the original project members of MOSS.
How to cite MOSS: References to the MOSS software project in scientific literature should use the DOI (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4719684) for FAIR and Open credit to the developer team. MOSS DOI can be used to cite either the MOSS project or a particular software realease. Most citation styles can handle DOI: https://citation.doi.org/