Errr, Foundation for Open Geospatial Software (FOGS) ?
--Paul >>> "Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/30/05 9:56 PM >>> How about: "Geo Software Foundation" (GSF) ..Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: UMN MapServer Users List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Basques > Sent: Wednesday, 30 November, 2005 14:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer Foundation - > Name of . . . > > > Another version . . . > > just: > > "Spatial Foundation" > > Pretty all inclusive as far as being an umbrella ORG. Kinda > forks off > into the product naming a bit easier too. The MapServer > naming in the > Foundation aspect seems to be a limiting aspect IMO. > > SF-MapServer > SF-MapGuide > Sf-Whatever . . . > > > Still pondering . . . > > bobb > > > Bob Basques wrote: > > >Hmmm, how about . . . > > > >"Open Spatial Foundation" > > > >Kinda has a ring to it, short acronym OSF, seems easy to remember, in > >acronym form anyway. > > > >Still thinking about it though . . . > > > >bobb > > > >Bart van den Eijnden wrote: > > > > > > > >>Why limit it to webmapping only? This would exclude things like > >>PostGIS, = uDIG etc. from joining. > >> > >>My suggestion would be Open Source GIS Foundation or Open > Source GIS = > >>Software Foundation. > >> > >>Best regards, > >>Bart > >> > >> >
