FOSS4G and GRASS-Japan Portal SIte
Free/Libre Open Source Software (FOSS) for Geoinformatics (4G) and GRASS-Japan Portal Site is established in order to to incubate, nourish and promote FOSS geoinformatics capabilities. FOSS4G portal site aims at supporting customization, internationalization and development of FOSS4G tools such as , MapServer and other FOSS4G tools. FOSS4G portal site also hopes to provide an open forum to discuss and explore opportunities to jump-start indigenous FOSS4G capabilities while enriching input to the global software community. In support of the above mentioned aims, FOSS4G and GRASS-Japan initiative plans to engage in activities such as,
- Providing an open organizational infrastructure to disseminate information related to FOSS4G tools.
- Promoting collaborative interdisciplinary research and development and implementation FOSS4G solutions.
- Increase awareness amongst the academia, researcher community, professionals (for example, in small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs), and students
- Support capacity building through organization of training, symposia, workshops and seminars on FOSS4G
- Encouraging the adoption of FOSS4G for education through publication of training material and development of e-learning tools
- Stimulating the use of FOSS4G in SMEs, governmental agencies and non-profit organizations
- Facilitating adoption of open standards for spatial data exchange in support internationalization of FOSS4G tools especially for the Asian region
- Fostering spatial information management and analysis in support of advancing national information infrastructure
FOSS4G GRASS i18n Information and Download
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FOSS4G MAPSERVER i18n Information and Download
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