OpenGeo Foundation

OpenGeo Foundation (Stichting OpenGeo) is a Dutch non-profit organisation based in Leidschendam that works to make geographic information freely available and to keep it open. It describes itself as an ANBI, a Dutch public benefit organisation, and states that it has been committed to open geographic data for more than ten years. Rather than operating as a conventional commercial software vendor, the foundation acts as an administrative and operational vehicle that supports projects in the open geodata field, achieving a great deal with limited resources. The foundation's work is organised around several themes. In public transport, it supports openOV and NDOVloket, which it describes as the largest sources of real-time open data for service schedules and current travel information. In map material, it facilitates the technical and administrative infrastructure of OpenStreetMap in the Netherlands. In standardisation, it helps determine the right open standard and method for making data usable for both the organisation and its consumers. In development, it collaborates on open-source tools built on open standards, ranging from geocoders to exploitation management systems. Its portfolio includes OpenStreetMap Nederland, OpenFietsKaart, OpenWandelKaart, openOV, NDOVloket and OpenEBS. These projects span cycling and walking maps, public transport data, and open-source tooling. The foundation is always looking for people who can support its work administratively, operationally or financially. OpenGeo is registered in the Netherlands with an RSIN, VAT number and KVK number, and it publishes positions and responses on policy topics such as public transport payment market regulation and open transport data. Its public benefit status and project-based structure position it as a civic infrastructure organisation within the Dutch open data ecosystem rather than a profit-driven enterprise.

OpenGeo Foundation (Stichting OpenGeo) is a Dutch non-profit organisation that has worked on open geographic data for more than ten years, according to its own website. It is based at Oude Trambaan 7, 2265CA Leidschendam, in the Netherlands, and is registered as an ANBI, the Dutch status for public benefit organisations. Its administrative identifiers include RSIN 820242901, VAT number NL820242901B01 and KVK number 20147376. The foundation positions itself as a means of supporting projects in the open geodata field, both administratively and operationally. Its website states that with limited resources it achieves a great deal. Its work is grouped into themes: public transport, map material, standardisation and development. In public transport it supports openOV and NDOVloket, which it describes as the largest sources of real-time open data for service schedules and current travel information. In map material it facilitates the technical and administrative infrastructure of OpenStreetMap in the Netherlands. In standardisation it helps identify the right open standard and method for making data usable. In development it collaborates on open-source tools based on open standards, from geocoders to exploitation management systems. Its portfolio lists OpenStreetMap Nederland, OpenFietsKaart, OpenWandelKaart, openOV, NDOVloket and OpenEBS. These projects cover cycling and walking maps, public transport data and open-source tooling. The foundation also publishes positions and responses on policy topics. Its publications include a response to the ACM draft advice on regulating the public transport payment market dated 18 June 2018, and letters submitted together with the Open State Foundation to the Dutch House of Representatives Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management for general consultations on public transport dated 5 September 2018 and 21 March 2019, as well as a position paper. The foundation is always looking for people who want to support its work, whether administratively, operationally or financially. Its public benefit status, project-based structure and policy engagement place it within the Dutch open data and open government ecosystem, alongside organisations such as the Open State Foundation.

• OpenGeo Foundation has been committed to open geographic data for more than ten years, according to its website.

• Publication of OpenGeo's response to the ACM draft advice on regulating the public transport payment market, dated 18 June 2018.

• Joint letter with Open State Foundation to the Dutch House of Representatives Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management for the general consultation on public transport, dated 5 September 2018.

• Joint letter with Open State Foundation to the Dutch House of Representatives Committee for Infrastructure and Water Management for the general consultation on public transport, dated 21 March 2019.

Non-profit civic infrastructure organisation for open geographic data in the Netherlands, supporting projects administratively and operationally rather than selling commercial products.

• OpenStreetMap Nederland

  Technical and administrative infrastructure for OpenStreetMap in the Netherlands.

• OpenFietsKaart

  Cycling map project in the foundation's portfolio.

• OpenWandelKaart

  Walking map project in the foundation's portfolio.

• openOV

  Source of real-time open public transport data, described as one of the largest such sources.

• NDOVloket

  Source of real-time open public transport data, described as one of the largest such sources.

• OpenEBS

  Project in the foundation's portfolio.

1. 1Stichting OpenGeoopengeo.nl
2. 2OpenGeo Foundationwikidata.org