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Editorial Dru Lavigne, Dave McIlhagga Geospatial: An Open Source Microcosm Paul Ramsey Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example Tyler Mitchell Open Source Web Based Geospatial Processing with OMAR Mark Lucas, Scott Bortman Geospatial Primer: in Search of the Next Killer App Andrew Ross A RESTful Implementation of Geospatial Web Services Haris Kurtagic, Geoff Zeiss Recent Reports Upcoming Events Contribute March 2009  March 2009 Editorial Dru Lavigne and Dave McIlhagga discuss the editorial theme of Geospatial. 3 5 PUBLISHER: The Open Source Geospatial: An Open Source Microcosm Paul Ramsey, a Senior Consultant with OpenGeo, examines how geospatial open source provides an example of the market challenges of a mid-sized vertical market. Business Resource is a monthly publication of the Talent First Network. Archives are available at the website: Reassuring End Users Of Open Source: The OSGeo Example Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, discusses the factors needed to get open source geospatial products into the hands of users, the value of marketing open source projects, and the advantages provided by an open source ecosystem. http://www.osbr.ca 10 16 EDITOR: Dru Lavigne dru@osbr.ca Open Source Web Based Geospatial Processing with OMAR Mark Lucas, a principal scientist at RadiantBlue Technologies Inc., and Scott Bortman, system architect and primary developer for the OMAR web processing system, introduce the OMAR web based system for archival, retrieval, processing, and distribution of geospatial assets. ISSN: 1913-6102 ADVISORY BOARD: Tony Bailetti James Bowen Kevin Goheen Leslie Hawthorn Chris Hobbs Thomas Kunz Steven Muegge Donald Smith Michael Weiss Geospatial Primer: in Search of the Next Killer App Andrew Ross, a Director within the Engineering team at Ingres, provides a primer on geospatial technology