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Open Source Geospatial Foundation

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Open Source Geospatial Foundation

Summary

Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a non-governmental organization[1]. It draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (non_governmental_organization category, ranking #82 of 417).[2]

Key Facts

  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's field of work was open source geospatial technology[3].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's field of work was geospatial network[4].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's instance of is recorded as non-governmental organization[5].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's instance of is recorded as organization[6].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's logo image is recorded as OSGeo logo.svg[7].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as Beaverton[8].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000114858604[9].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 167491447[10].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's GND ID is recorded as 1044566248[11].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2009117682[12].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's website account on is recorded as Q16639197[13].
  • +2006-02-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Open Source Geospatial Foundation[14].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d3cdl[15].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's official website is recorded as https://www.osgeo.org[16].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's web feed URL is recorded as https://www.osgeo.org/feed/[17].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Open Source Geospatial Foundation'}[18].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's legal form is recorded as foundation[19].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://gis.stackexchange.com/tags/osgeo[20].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OSGeo'}[21].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's different from is recorded as Open Geospatial Consortium[22].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's X is recorded as osgeo[23].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's Facebook username is recorded as OSGeoFoundation[24].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's GitHub account is recorded as OSGeo[25].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's Ringgold ID is recorded as 245225[26].
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation's Open Library subject ID is recorded as osgeo[27].

Body

Founding

+2006-02-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Open Source Geospatial Foundation[14].

Identity

Open Source Geospatial Foundation's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[18]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'OSGeo'}[21].

Operations

Open Source Geospatial Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as Beaverton[8].

Industry

Fields of work include open source geospatial technology[3] and geospatial network[4].

Why It Matters

Open Source Geospatial Foundation draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (non_governmental_organization category, ranking #82 of 417).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

GRASS Markus Neteler organization

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . osgeo.org. osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . osgeo.org. osgeo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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