[OSGeo-Discuss] A few survey stats

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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Jody Garnett wrote:
> If I can put in 2 cents for something that seems to have been missed:
> supporting open source development.
> 
> I know developers are mostly self motivating; but just like "target
> areas" devoted to use it would be good to see some target areas
> devoted to "development".

Jody,
I can see a lot of coding going on inside different organisations but
the solutions never find their way back into the core software because
of a disconnect to the core developers of the projects.

In a proposal for a EU-funded project I am now trying to directly
address this. One sub task is dedicatged to hosting code sprints which
focus on the needs of collective user groups. There are now loads of
requirements arising from INSPIRE for example. The idea is to get
funding from the organisations to support the work of the developers -
and at the same time get users and developers closer together. Not sure
whether this works but it is my best try at closing this gap so far. And
it might open new funding streams which so far are left unexplored.

Cheers,
Arnulf

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http://arnulf.us
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