[OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo and AGU sign a Memorandum of Understanding

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Link to News Item on OSGeo webside: 
https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-and-agu-sign-a-memorandum-of-understanding/

Vienna, April 11 2018

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the American 
Geophysical Union (AGU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 
during the European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna on 
April 9 2018.

The aim of the agreement is to develop coordinated activities and share 
expertise by promoting sustainable open science through reliable open 
source geospatial software, open datasets and related resources, 
especially for early career scientists. Specifically both organizations 
through the MOU will work together to:

- improve scientific recognition for open software and open 
resource-related efforts by suitable citation standards and 
best-practices.
- hold joint international workshops and conference sessions on open 
geo-datasets and open source geospatial software for the geophysical 
sciences.

Both organizations will establish a liaison to ensure good information 
flow and cooperation.

Peter Löwe, Vice President of the Open GeoScience Committee at Open 
Geospatial Foundation said: “this is an important step forward for the 
recognition of open source software as a pilar of reproducible open 
science, which will set standards for the next generation of 
scientists”.

Brooks Hanson, Director at American Geophysical Union said: “The AGU 
values scientific research integrity, transparency, and reproducibility. 
The software used in scientific research is an important research output 
that needs to be managed and as open as possible. OSGeo’s role in 
supporting open source software is an important service to our 
researchers and to further science”.

About AGU

The American Geophysical Union (https://sites.agu.org/) is dedicated to 
advancing the Earth and space sciences for the benefit of humanity 
through its scholarly publications, conferences, and outreach programs. 
AGU is a not-for-profit, professional, scientific organization 
representing 60,000 members in 137 countries. Join the conversation on 
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About OSGeo

OSGeo (https://www.osgeo.org/) is a not-for-profit organization founded 
in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative 
development of open source geospatial technologies and data. The 
Foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the 
broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an 
independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, 
funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their 
contributions will be maintained for public benefit. In 2018 OSGeo is 
the home for over 30 geospatial open source projects, and the OSGeo 
foundation has over 30,000 members. Since 2006 OSGeo has also hosted the 
widely popular international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for 
Geospatial) conference, rotating it all over the globe each year.

Read more about partnerships with OSGeo: 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_OSGeo_All