Open Source Geospatial Foundation

All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Open Source Geospatial Foundation canonical	3
OSGeo	2
OSGeo Education and Curriculum	1
OSGeo Incubation Program	1
OSGeo Local Chapters	1
OSGeo project	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10330017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Context triple: [Open Geospatial Consortium, collaboratesWith, Open Source Geospatial Foundation]

A. Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium is an international industry consortium that develops open standards for geospatial and location-based services and data interoperability.
B. Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation was a consortium of major technology companies formed in the late 1980s to develop and promote an open, vendor-neutral UNIX operating system and related software standards.
C. Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
D. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
E. OGC
OGC is the Office of General Counsel within the Office of Justice Programs, providing legal advice and services on justice-related programs and policies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Open Source Geospatial Foundation
Target entity description: The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes open-source geospatial software, data, and education worldwide.

A. Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium is an international industry consortium that develops open standards for geospatial and location-based services and data interoperability.
B. Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation was a consortium of major technology companies formed in the late 1980s to develop and promote an open, vendor-neutral UNIX operating system and related software standards.
C. Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes and protects open source software by defining the Open Source Definition and approving licenses that comply with it.
D. Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
E. OGC
OGC is the abbreviation for NASA’s Office of the General Counsel, the agency’s chief legal office responsible for providing legal advice and services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foundation ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
abbreviation	OSGeo ⓘ linked to: Open Source Geospatial Foundation
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
focus	geographic information systems ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ spatial databases ⓘ web mapping ⓘ
hasCommunity	developers ⓘ educators ⓘ researchers ⓘ users ⓘ
hasProgram	OSGeo Education and Curriculum ⓘ linked to: Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo Incubation Program ⓘ linked to: Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo Local Chapters ⓘ linked to: Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeoLive ⓘ
industry	geospatial data ⓘ geospatial education ⓘ geospatial software ⓘ open-source software ⓘ
purpose	promote open-source geospatial software ⓘ support geospatial education ⓘ support open geospatial data ⓘ support open-source geospatial software ⓘ
scope	worldwide ⓘ
supportsEvent	FOSS4G ⓘ regional FOSS4G conferences ⓘ
supportsProject	FDO ⓘ GDAL ⓘ GRASS GIS ⓘ GeoMoose ⓘ GeoNetwork ⓘ GeoNode ⓘ GeoServer ⓘ GeoTools ⓘ MapCache ⓘ MapGuide Open Source ⓘ linked to: MapServer MapServer ⓘ Mapbender ⓘ Marble ⓘ MetaCRS ⓘ OSGeoLive ⓘ OSSIM ⓘ OTB ⓘ OpenLayers ⓘ Orfeo ToolBox ⓘ linked to: Orfeo Toolbox PROJ ⓘ linked to: Proj PostGIS ⓘ QGIS ⓘ Rasdaman ⓘ SAGA GIS ⓘ ZOO-Project ⓘ deegree ⓘ istSOS ⓘ pgRouting ⓘ pyWPS ⓘ pycsw ⓘ
supportsStandard	OGC standards ⓘ
website	https://www.osgeo.org/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Open Geospatial Consortium → collaboratesWith → Open Source Geospatial Foundation ⓘ

GeoServer → governedBy → Open Source Geospatial Foundation ⓘ

GeoServer → affiliation → OSGeo ⓘ