Community
The community plays a central role in ensuring the continuous and sustainable development of the GeoMapFish (GMF) projects.
It brings together members from the public, private, and academic sectors, each contributing their expertise and perspectives.
The community also maintains close relationships with the upstream open-source software providers to support the technical and functional evolution of the GMF ecosystem.
Community members meet several times a year to coordinate development efforts, discuss improvements, and shape the future of the GMF projects.
Values
Dialogue
To favor an inclusive discussion between the different members and the product editor.
Consensus
To favor decision taking by common consensus, based on a known roadmap, a choice on the evolution stack and development prioritization.
Mutualization
To favor mutualization and cost sharing in function of the financial resources of each member.
Sustainability
To provide financial support for developments in order to ensure the sustainability, maintenance and evolutions of GMF.
Participative
To spread the financial burden on a maximum of members in order to reduce the share of each member.
Open source
The source code of GMF is Open Source.
How it works
The community, composed of a User Group, meets regularly to discuss the proposals made by the PSC (Project Steering Committee) in order to:
- Check the progress of the developments.
- Verify the current state of finances.
- Share everyone’s experiences regarding GMF.
Best practices
The members agree on the following:
- To participate, within the limits of its financial and / or human capacities, to the evolution of GMF projects.
- To regularly come to the organized meetings.
Benefits
- To participate in the definition of the roadmap of GMF projects.
- To put forward functional expectations may they be technical or functional.
- To be informed by the product editor and the PSC (Project Steering Committee) on the current developments and the surrounding Open Source ecosystem.
- To benefit from developments by the openness of the code.
- To share other members experiences and problems regarding GMF.
- To be at the heart of a network of members sharing similar needs and issues.
User-Group Members
- Canton of Grisons
- Canton of Jura
- Canton of Schwyz
- Camptocamp
- CartoJuraLéman (district of Morges)
- City of Lausanne
- City of Prilly
- City of Saint-Pierre
- CSI Piemonte
- Geosolutions
- Grand-Châtellerault – Communauté d’agglomération
- Liechtenstein
- Metron
- OpenGis
- Pronatura
- RUDAZ + PARTNER SA
- SIE
- Tadao
- Travys