About

The Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) exists to unlock the potential of geospatial data through adoption of commoditized cloud technologies and open collaboration on data formats – an approach that can be described as cloud-native.

Cloud-native approaches to working with geospatial data offer faster, more cost-effective access to geospatial data by enabling users to access data at any scale using HTTPS. For data providers, cloud-native approaches reduce maintenance burdens by taking advantage of commoditized, scalable, and durable cloud object storage infrastructure and APIs. These advantages combine to enable the development of web-based tools and open-source software that make geospatial data easier to access than ever before.

Our mission
To collaborate with geospatial data practitioners to create vendor-neutral events, content, and educational opportunities that make geospatial data easier to access and use.

Our vision
By making geospatial data easier to access and use, we seek to create a world where geospatial data is continually made more accessible, usable, and beneficial – empowering communities everywhere to make data-informed decisions.