ABOUT

Who we are

We are librarians, application developers, metadata specialists, technologists, applied researchers and other professionals working to improve the discovery, use, management, and preservation of geospatial resources.

Our activities

Build and maintain open-source tools
Develop shared metadata schemas and best practices
Host regular meetings, community sprints, and an annual conference
Support discovery, preservation, and curation of a wide range of geospatial resources, from scanned historical maps to born-digital geospatial data

Our areas of focus

Topics commonly discussed in our meetings and events include:

Geospatial discovery platforms and user interfaces
Metadata standards, schema development, and authoring workflows
IIIF tools for map georeferencing and presentation
Geospatial metadata APIs
Stewardship of public and licensed geospatial data
Support for GIS and map services in libraries