Embracing Open-Source Geospatial Technology is easy as an individual but what if you want your organization to use FOSS4G

How do you get strategic buy-in?

It turns out that the software does not sell itself and that even in the age of AI we still have to convince a human if we want organizational change to to happen. 

I think the temptation is to say hey look at this long list of specifications and notice how FOSS4G is often better or equal to the close source equivalent. 

Or hey look at the price tag … it costs nothing which is way cheaper than this other thing which costs more than nothing.

While this might be all the argumentation you need in some cases … in general, making change happen is hard,  and it's going to require more than that. 

That's why I have invited Todd Barr back on the podcast to walk us through what it takes to get an organization to Embrace Open-Source Geospatial Technology.

Here are a few of the key points

• Getting buy-in for open-source software and addressing concerns about security and IP protection

The last time Todd was on the podcast we talked about Leadership and Mentorship in the Geospatial community

https://mapscaping.com/podcast/skills-leadership-mentorship-and-the-geospatial-community/

If you are interested in FOSS4G you might enjoy these previous episodes

A Business built on Open Source GIS

https://mapscaping.com/podcast/a-business-built-on-open-source-gis/

Monetizing an open-source geospatial project

https://mapscaping.com/podcast/monetizing-an-open-source-geospatial-project/

Or just scroll through the archive to find episodes about QGIS, PostGIS, Geoserver, Geonode, Python, and a bunch of other open-source projects

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