FOSSGIS

association supporting free GIS software and geodata
Organization openstreetmap_local_chapter Q1389424
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FOSSGIS

Summary

FOSSGIS is an OpenStreetMap local chapter[1].

Key Facts

  • FOSSGIS's field of work was geographic information system[2].
  • FOSSGIS's field of work was free and open-source software[3].
  • FOSSGIS's field of work was OpenStreetMap[4].
  • FOSSGIS was a member of Open Source Business Alliance[5].
  • FOSSGIS was a member of OSGeo European Network[6].
  • FOSSGIS is located in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf[7].
  • FOSSGIS is in the country of Germany[8].
  • FOSSGIS's instance of is recorded as OpenStreetMap local chapter[9].
  • FOSSGIS's instance of is recorded as club[10].
  • FOSSGIS's instance of is recorded as OSGeo local chapter[11].
  • FOSSGIS's logo image is recorded as FOSSGIS Logo.svg[12].
  • FOSSGIS's headquarters location is recorded as Mainz[13].
  • FOSSGIS's headquarters location is recorded as Berlin[14].
  • FOSSGIS's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305345950[15].
  • FOSSGIS's GND ID is recorded as 1044049243[16].
  • FOSSGIS's Commons category is recorded as FOSSGIS[17].
  • FOSSGIS's industry is recorded as advancement of science and research[18].
  • FOSSGIS's ORCID iD is recorded as 0000-0002-5515-0570[19].
  • FOSSGIS's has part is recorded as List of service provider[20].
  • FOSSGIS's has part is recorded as FOSSGIS working group[21].
  • FOSSGIS's has part is recorded as FOSSGIS Jeopardy[22].
  • FOSSGIS's has part is recorded as FOSSGIS wiki[23].
  • FOSSGIS's has part is recorded as FOSSGIS conference series[24].
  • +2001-01-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of FOSSGIS[25].
  • FOSSGIS's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 52.4926949, 'longitude': 13.3304329, 'precision': 1e-07}[26].

Body

Founding

+2001-01-18T00:00:00Z marks the founding of FOSSGIS[25].

Identity

Official names include Verein zur Förderung Freier (und) Open Source Software (für) Geoinformationssysteme e.V.[27] and FOSSGIS e.V.[28]. FOSSGIS's short name is recorded as FOSSGIS[29].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Mainz[13], a big city[30], in Germany[31], founded in -0012[32] and Berlin[14], a seat of government[33], in Margraviate of Brandenburg[34], founded in 1244[35].

Industry

FOSSGIS's industry is recorded as advancement of science and research[18]. Fields of work include geographic information system[2], an academic discipline[36], founded in 1962[37]; free and open-source software[3]; and OpenStreetMap[4], an online community[38], founded in 2004[39].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wiki.osmfoundation.org. Retrieved . wiki.osmfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wiki.osmfoundation.org. Retrieved . wiki.osmfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . Q125526764. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [6] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . fossgis.de. fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . fossgis.de. Retrieved . fossgis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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