A Code Sprint is an event where dozens of developers from around the world come together to code and share their ideas. The main goals of this code sprint are to support the development of open standards for geospatial information and to support the development of free and open source software which implements those standards. The event also provides an opportunity to create awareness about the standards and software projects. This code sprint will take place at Centro Tecnológico Gil Eanes - Universidade de Évora, Casa Cordovil, Rua Dom Augusto Eduardo Nunes nº7 (Évora, Portugal) and on the OGC's Discord events server. The sprint is organized by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), and the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The event is hosted by Universidade de Évora, NaturalGIS, and Geobeyond.
The wiki page of the event contains more details about the code sprint. If you want to learn more about OGC standards, please checkout the developer website.
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On the main track, developers have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the standards, either by working on implementations of the standards or on the actual standards.
Participants will be working at their own pace, developing code or in other activities such as testing, compliance, submitting issues or documentation.
Discussion is encouraged, both in person and online. On discord, participants can gather on the #General channel, #Breakout Room or standard/project specific channels (e.g.:, ogc-api-coverages) There will be checkpoints during the day, at the #Main Stage (please check the agenda for the complete schedule).
At the end of the code sprint, everyone one will have the chance to demonstrate what they have been working on, during the demo session.
We acknowledge that not everyone may be familiar or feel comfortable to contribute to the standards yet, so we have curated a parallel track for newcomers.
On the mentor stream , participants will have the opportunity to learn more about the standards, and give their first steps in using them. The stream will include community led tutorials which will take place on discord, at the #Mentor Room channel (voice).
If you don’t know where to start, you probably should check-out the Mentor Stream!
Director of Product Management, Standards OGC.
OSGeo Board Member and Key Contributor of FOSS4G projects.
Developer Relations at OGC, OSGeo Charter Member.
Chair and contributor of the Apache SIS project.
A Code Sprint is a three day virtual or hybrid event, where dozens of developers from around the world come together to code and share their ideas regarding sharing geospatial information. This code sprint will be hybrid.
The code sprint will be a 3 day event on February, 26-28 2024.
This code sprint will take place at Centro Tecnológico Gil Eanes - Universidade de Évora, Casa Cordovil, Rua Dom Augusto Eduardo Nunes nº7 (Évora, Portugal) and at the OGC events discord server.
Admission is free and includes mentors, workshops, $wag, resources, and a memorable experience!
You can find the updated schedule on this link.
If you are a web developer, working or interested in working with location data this sprint is also for you.
You can take it as a starting point on a journey to use geospatial data in a more efficient manner. Do not worry about the things you don't know yet - just bring your enthusiasm and your backend or frontend skills, and we will bring the rest!The sprint includes two parallel tracks: the main track and the mentor stream .
On the main track, developers have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the standards, either by working on implementations of the standard or on the standard itself. They will be working at their own pace, developing code or in other related activities such as testing, compliance, submitting issues or documentation. On the mentor stream, they will have the opportunity to learn more about the standards, and give their first steps in using them. The stream will include community led tutorials and access to mentoring.Once the sprint starts, you can find a mentor in the #find-a-mentor channel, on the OGC-events discord server.
An hybrid code sprint takes place on a physical location. In this case, it will be in Centro Tecnológico Gil Eanes - Universidade de Évora, Casa Cordovil, Rua Dom Augusto Eduardo Nunes nº7 (Évora, Portugal).
In addition, participants will be able to join online. This means that anyone in the world can join, provided they can follow the local timetable. The online part of the code sprint runs on the discord plattform, which provides both text and video/audio channels.
During the code sprint, we will meet at given times, according to the schedule and stream those meetings through discord.
You can read more about the logistics and other details of the code sprint, on the wiki page .
You can find here a list of nearby hotels.
There will be audio and video recordings of some sessions, which will be available for registered participants.
We are empathetic towards the fact that people's schedules may not allow them to be at the code sprint 100% of the time, during the 3 days of the event.
Just bear in mind, that in the case of sponsored code sprints you may need to demonstrate a minimum attendance, if you apply for funding. If the code sprint is not sponsored or you do not require funding, your attendance rate is completely up to you.By request, OGC can issue a participation certificate to those attending the code sprint in-person.
You can see here an example of a participation certificate, where the name and organization were blurred out.Everyone is free to attend this code sprint.
Registration is open and closes on Monday, February 19 2024, 17:00 CEST. Follow this link to register!
At this stage, we cannot guarantee that there will be funding available for this code sprint.
However we recommend that participants interested in receiving travel support funding indicate their interest on the registration form.