Fairmont State GeoSavvy Guide: Open Source Software

“Open source is about collaborating; not competing.” -- Kelsey Hightower, technologist at Google and open-source advocate

• Foss4G Open Source Conference
• Dollar Street (GapMinder)
• Open Street Map
• Humanitarian Open StreetMap
• QGIS.Org
• GitHub QGIS
• Leaflet Open Source JavaScript Library
• GeoDa exploratory spatial analysis 
• Dartmouth Open Source Software
• Knightlab Spatial Narrative Tools
• Open Source GIS (Toronto Metropolitan University)
• Archaeology Spatial Open Source (University of Cambridge)

“Working With GIS data? Librarians Can Help With That” (Syracuse University)

• Data.gov (U.S. Gov)
• U.S. Data by State (Purdue)
• USGS EarthExplorer (USGS)
• Spatial Reserves
• Map and Spatial Data (PennState)
• NASA SEDAC
• National Geospatial Program (USGS)
• Open Geospatial Solutions GitHub
• Our World in Data (ourworldindata.org)
• USGIF Open Source Geospatial Compendium
• Spatial Data Resources (mainly UK, UWE BRISTOL)

Digital Public Infrastructure (DIGI) Good Discussion

An Introduction to OpenStreetMap

Have you ever looked to see where the map you are using on your phone gets their data? Many times it is from OpenStreetMap, a participatory geography organization that has changed the world and who has access to mapped data.

OpenStreetMap has been named a Public Good in 2024. https://blog.openstreetmap.org/author/courtney-williamson/#:~:text=OpenStreetMap%20has%20applied%20for%20and,stakeholder%20United%20Nations%2Dendorsed%20initiative.

Read This: Before doing the activity learn more about OpenStreetMap https://www.openstreetmap.us/about

Brief Discussion Questions:

• Have you heard of Digital Public Good?
• Can you think of anything else digital that you might classify or think meets the definition in the article for a public good?
• Scan through the list of Digital Public Goods. Do you recognize any or are any used in your profession or day-to-day life? https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/