# Funding **URL:** https://community.opendronemap.org/c/funding/31.md [Latest](https://community.opendronemap.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.opendronemap.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.opendronemap.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Funding category](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/about-the-funding-category/5108)
**Author:** [@pierotofy](https://community.opendronemap.org/u/pierotofy)\ **Replies:** 0
Funding opportunities and discussions to help get features implemented through sponsorships of various kinds should be discussed here. --- ## [Let's Get Stuff Funded for ODM! \[via Quadratic Funding - 3 Days Left!\]](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/lets-get-stuff-funded-for-odm-via-quadratic-funding-3-days-left/4528)
**Author:** [@pierotofy](https://community.opendronemap.org/u/pierotofy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/lets-get-stuff-funded-for-odm-via-quadratic-funding-3-days-left/4528 "2023-01-23T07:02:29Z")
Hey all :hand: As part of our mission to bring awesome drone software, we focus intensively on sustainability (a.k.a. how to pay for development, bug fixes, new features, hosting, etc. for the benefit of all). Open-sou… --- ## [Let's fund Ubuntu 18.04/20.04LTS Upgrade, Snap Packages, AND WSL 1/2 Images!](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/lets-fund-ubuntu-18-04-20-04lts-upgrade-snap-packages-and-wsl-1-2-images/5393)
**Author:** [@Saijin\_Naib](https://community.opendronemap.org/u/Saijin_Naib)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/lets-fund-ubuntu-18-04-20-04lts-upgrade-snap-packages-and-wsl-1-2-images/5393 "2022-09-29T15:11:58Z")
Hey! Help us fund a massive leap forward into the future (present?) as we bring OpenDroneMap and our considerable library of, well, libraries forward into Ubuntu 18.04LTS and/or 20.04LTS! Ubuntu, and Linux as a whole, … --- ## [Let's fund the export of maps and elevation models in plain TIFF or JPG! \[24 hours left!\]](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/lets-fund-the-export-of-maps-and-elevation-models-in-plain-tiff-or-jpg-24-hours-left/5109)
**Author:** [@pierotofy](https://community.opendronemap.org/u/pierotofy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/lets-fund-the-export-of-maps-and-elevation-models-in-plain-tiff-or-jpg-24-hours-left/5109 "2020-09-10T14:58:32Z")
Orthophotos, elevation models and plant health maps currently can only be exported in raw GeoTIFF. This is useful for advanced users who wish to do further manipulation of the data in programs such as QGIS, but is someti… --- ## [PhD position in Arctic vegetation mapping using drones](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/phd-position-in-arctic-vegetation-mapping-using-drones/10395)
**Author:** [@MatthiasSiewert](https://community.opendronemap.org/u/MatthiasSiewert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/phd-position-in-arctic-vegetation-mapping-using-drones/10395 "2022-01-30T00:57:02Z")
Hi everyone here, We have a PhD opening on mapping Arctic vegetation with drones. I am one of the people involved. You can send me an email if you have questions (Matthias.siewert \[a\] umu.se ). Maybe it suits someone h… --- ## [\[Funding Effort\] Apple M1 Support](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/funding-effort-apple-m1-support/8326)
**Author:** [@pierotofy](https://community.opendronemap.org/u/pierotofy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/funding-effort-apple-m1-support/8326 "2021-09-07T19:20:06Z")
Let’s bring support for the Apple M1! :muscle: I’ve opened a quadratic fund to help offset the development costs and to gauge interest in supporting the new Apple M1 chip. https://fund.webodm.org/#/fund/6 --- ## [Crowd funding for point clouds in QGIS](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/crowd-funding-for-point-clouds-in-qgis/5207)
**Author:** [@smathermather](https://community.opendronemap.org/u/smathermather)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.opendronemap.org/t/crowd-funding-for-point-clouds-in-qgis/5207 "2020-08-24T15:47:49Z")
Hi All, There’s a funding campaign kicking off to get point clouds into QGIS in a robust way, which would help those of us generating lots of point clouds to visualize them with other geographic data. It could also help…