South Africa, Aug. 27 -- This recognition comes alongside last year's appointment of Peter Smythe, senior systems analyst at AfriGIS, to the GeoServer Project Steering Committee (PSC), a body comprising individuals from around the world who guide and oversee the project's development. For Smythe, the seat at the PSC table represents years of consistent and meaningful engagement in the GeoServer community, from early documentation fixes to reviewing security vulnerability reports.

GeoServer is a widely adopted Open-Source mapping server that enables users to share, process, and edit geospatial data. Built to be fully standards-compliant with specifications published by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), it allows for seamless interoper...