110 Open source geospatial technologies have been developing quickly and seen widespread adoption in the past few years. Nowhere has this been faster than for web mapping technologies, in particular in terms of adoption by government and industry for commercial use. Attendees will learn more about why this has happenned, what can be expected in the future as the business models and technologies mature, and how to organizations of all types can capitalize on the rapid emergence of open source web mapping technologies in our industry. Open source geospatial technologies have been developing quickly and seen widespread adoption in the past few years. Nowhere has this been faster than for web mapping technologies, in particular in terms of adoption by government and industry for commercial use. Attendees will learn more about why this has happenned, what can be expected in the future as the business models and technologies mature, and how to organizations of all types can capitalize on the rapid emergence of open source web mapping technologies in our industry. FOSS4G2006 - Free And Open Source Software for Geoinformatics Session 10 : SDI-OGC Dave McIlhagga dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca Dave McIlhagga dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca <MaKaC.conference.ContributionType object at 0xb49ab42c>