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An Analysis of Open Source GIS Software Ecosystem in Korea

국내 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어 생태계 분석

  • Kang, Youngok (Department of Social Studies, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kang, AeTti (Department of Social Studies, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Kwon, HoeYoon (Department of Social Studies, Ewha Womans University)
  • Received : 2014.11.03
  • Accepted : 2014.12.30
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

These days open source softwares are being introduced and applied in many countries in the world. Especially, both government and private companies tend to become an spearhead in vitalizing the open source software. In this paper we try to check the degree of vitalizations in open source GIS software and to draw implications in vitalizing ecosystem of open source GIS software. Key players of open source GIS software ecosystem are government, private companies, academic and research institutes, and nonprofit foundations. Government does not have very little policies related to the investment and the support of open source GIS software. Private companies related to the open source GIS software are very few in the number and do not have any clear business model to make a profit. Academic and research institutes are weak in using the open source GIS software, which can be an major obstacle to cultivate software developers. OSGeo Korean branch, established in 2009, is the only nonprofit foundation in Korea which makes an effort to vitalize the open source GIS software, but its results are not very strong up to now in view of both quality and invigoration. In order to vitalize the open source GIS software ecosystem, lots of efforts of key players are needed. Especially, government efforts are very important because it can provide a trigger in vitalizing the open source GIS software ecosystem. The tasks that government should propel are R&D investment, test bed projects in the area of public sector, professional manpower training, and international cooperation and marketing.

최근 전 세계적으로 많은 국가에서 오픈소스 소프트웨어의 도입 및 활용이 크게 늘고 있다. 특히 오픈소스 소프트웨어의 활성화를 위해 정부와 민간 기업이 적극적으로 나서고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어 생태계 활성화정도를 확인하고, 생태계 활성화를 위한 시사점을 도출해 보고자 하였다. 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어 생태계의 주요 역할자는 정부, 기업, 학계 및 연구계, 비영리재단 등이다. 정부는 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어에 대한 R&D 투자나 지원에 대한 정책을 갖고 있지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어 관련기업은 그 숫적인 측면에서도 작을 뿐만 아니라 수익을 창출하는 명확한 비즈니스 모델을 갖고 있지 않았다. 학계 및 연구계는 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어의 활용이 매우 낮으며, 이는 생태계 내에 핵심인력을 제공하는데 부정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단되었다. 비영리재단은 2009년 설립된 OSGeo 한국어지부가 다양한 노력을 기울이고 있지만 질적인 측면에서나 활성화 측면에서는 아직 미약한 수준이다. 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어 생태계의 활성화를 위해서는 참여하는 각 주체별 노력이 필요하다. 그 가운데에서도 정부는 이 생태계의 활성화에 가장 큰 시발점을 제공할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 정부에서 추진되어야 할 과제와 관련하여 첫째, 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어에 대한 R&D투자 둘째, 공공부문에 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어를 활용한 시범구축사업, 셋째, 관련 인력양성, 넷째, 오픈소스 공간정보 소프트웨어와 관련된 국제협력, 홍보마케팅과 관련된 노력 등이 지속적으로 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

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