The March issue of the Open Source Business Resource is dedicated to the Geospatial Web.

The following selection will give you an idea of its contents:

* Paul Ramsey, Senior Consultant with OpenGeo provides us with an overview of the state of open source geospatial technologies within the geospatial industry. Paul explores the strengths and weaknesses of today’s open source geospatial stack and provides an indepth background into how these technologies have evolved to their current state.

* Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of OSGeo provides readers with an overview of the critical role OSGeo is now playing as an enabler of community and technology growth. Tyler discusses the many technical, business, and perception barriers that OSGeo is successfully lowering for broader adoption of open source geospatial technologies.

* Mark Lucas, Principal Scientist, and Scott Bortman, Senior Software Engineer at Radiant Blue Technologies, provide us with an overview of OMAR as a collection of open source geospatial technologies that are experiencing broad adoption within the US Department of Defense.