[Gvsig_english] gvSIG receives the award for the best European open source project

[gvSIG Press]

Last week the gvSIG project received the European Commission award for 
the best European open source project in the highest category (Cross 
border) at “Sharing and Reuse Awards” [1].

The objective of these competition was to give awards to existing IT 
solutions that have been developed and successfully shared by public 
administrations, and that can be further reused across Europe. There 
were 118 applications at the first phase, and 96 of them fulfilled the 
requirements. Finally the Evaluation Commitee selected the best 17 
applications.

This prize is an important recognition of the career of the gvSIG 
project, which was born in the Generalitat Valenciana and has created a 
new software production model led by the gvSIG Association, based on 
collaboration, solidarity and shared knowledge.

It started as a project to develop a desktop GIS and now it is a 
complete suite to address any need related to geomatics, with the 
integration of the geographic component in information systems.

Currently the software under the gvSIG brand is used in more than 160 
countries, and it's translated to more than 25 languages.

[1] 
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/sharingandreuse/og_page/awards-contest