Considering the location of this years FOSS4G in Sydney, Australia this meant a trip half way around the world for a lot of protagonists. So, with 420 registered participants the conference was not the largest when it comes to numbers but can be deemed a great success nevertheless. One central observation that was made is of Open Source GIS projects becoming more mature and that their visibility within the GIS-world has increased. This is substantiated also by sponsors like SAFE Software (FME) or Autodesk. Looking at the webmapping sector that is especially interesting for terrestris one can safely say that Web 2.0 has arrived. Amongst others projects like MapFish and geoext have supplied important impulses for our work. terrestris gladly went half way around the world to participate in this years FOSS4G and will do so again – albeit not so far – next year when the FOSS4G takes place in Barcelona, Spain. Nos vemos.