Get Fit for Maptember September 2013, in the UK at least, is Maptember! The sheer volume of geospatial conferences and events has led to the month having to be renamed, with a dedicated website being set-up to guide delegates through the…

Five New Key Note Presenters Announced! It is with great pleasure that FOSS4G’13 Local Organising Committee (LOC) is able to announce an additional five keynote speakers to the September (or should that be Maptember?) conference programme. Chris Tucker is the…

FOSS4G puts out a call for GeoHackers and Mappers There is an incredible amount happening not just within the FOSS4G programme; which itself is spanning nine steams over three days and five days of workshops; but ‘around’ FOSS4G as well.…

Full Programme released; Early Bird extended to 14th June 2013. The planning for the FOSS4G conference (17th – 21st September 2013) reaches a significant milestone with the release of the full programme for the 2013 conference (http://2013.foss4g.org/timetable/). This has been…

The Draft FOSS4G’13 Programme is released! The FOSS4G community has spoken! The open voting process (http://2013.foss4g.org/press-release-10th-april-2013/) closed with a record response of people sifting and reporting on their favourite submissions from a selection of over 320 abstracts. It clearly wasn’t…

Double Diamond! Met Office join Ordnance Survey as FOSS4G Diamond Sponsors OSGeo are delighted to be able to announce a second Diamond sponsor for FOSS4G to accompany Ordnance Survey: The Met Office. The Met Office, like Ordnance Survey is a…

The Community goes to the Polls! The planning for the FOSS4G conference reaches a significant milestone with the closing of the Call for Presentations (12th April). Now the open source user community has the opportunity to review the abstracts submitted…

Key Deadlines are approaching for FOSS4G’13 It might feel like a long way off, but Maptember (the month formerly known as September: www.maptember.org) is fast approaching, and the key dates for ensuring your participation are perhaps nearer than you might…

FOSS4G keynote speakers are announced The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference, the premier international conference focused on open source geospatial software, is fast approaching. The conference will be taking place in Nottingham, UK from 17th –…