Many government agencies are deploying and extending Geospatial Open Source Software to solve business problems. Open Source offers many advantages, including robust software, strong standards compliance, commercial support, permissive (as opposed to restrictive) licensing, and an international pool of developers, but it does require appropriate investment and management to capitalise on Open Source's offerings effectively.

This presentation will cover the management practices which maximise Open Source's potential, and summarise the key packages available in the Geospatial Open Source Stack. Participants will be provided an overview of each packages features, supported standards, how they integrate with each other and proprietary systems. The suite of software includes databases, web services, data processing, analysis and transformation tools, desktop clients, browser based clients and a catalogue.