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August 25, 2010

OGC and Smart Ocean Sensor Consortium (SOSC) to collaborate

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and the Smart Ocean Sensor Consortium (SOSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance sensor observing systems for the oceans community.Under the agreement the two organizations will participate in joint outreach and marketing activities to raise awareness and interest in smart sensor systems and Sensor Web Enablement.Smart ocean sensors will reduce cost and effort and offer greater value to the end user.The agreement between OGC and the Smart Ocean Sensors Consortium is an important step in establishing a new class of interoperable plug and work sensors.About the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®)The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 395 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards.

August 17, 2010

OGC Seeks Comments on Earth Observation Profile of Sensor Planning Service Standard

17 August, 2010 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) members are seeking comments on the Earth Observation Satellite Tasking Extension for OGC® Sensor Planning Service (SPS).The SPS configuration proposed in this profile supports the programming of Earth Observation (EO) sensor systems.The SPS and EO-SPS standards are part of the OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) ( http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/markets-technologies/swe ) suite of standards.The candidate OGC® Sensor Planning Service Application Profile for Earth Observation Sensors and information on submitting comments on this document are available athttp://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/70 .OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

August 10, 2010

OGC and ISPRS to collaborate on GEOSS and other activities

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the development and use of geospatial standards.This is an important step forward for the global remote sensing community, explained Mark Reichardt, President and CEO of the OGC.According to Orhan Altan, president of ISPRS, The joint activities of OGC and ISPRS will strengthen the ISPRS involvement in standards and interoperability and will allow the ISPRS Working Groups to have input into OGC projects.About the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®)The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 395 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

July 28, 2010

OGC Announces Webinar on 2010 “Data Fusion” Testbed, Seeks Sponsors for 2011 Testbed

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) recently concluded the OGC Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) Testbed initiative.The OGC has also issued a call for sponsors for the upcoming OGC Web Services, Phase 8 (OWS-8) Testbed.Potential sponsors are invited to a planning meeting on 12 August 2010 in the Washington, DC area to review OGC standards, discuss OWS-7 results and document OWS-8 requirements.The OGC is also seeking partnerships with other Standards Development Organizations to develop sponsorship of the OWS-8 Testbed.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

July 28, 2010

OGC Announces Webinar on 2010 Data Fusion Testbed, Seeks Sponsors for 2011 Testbed

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) recently concluded the OGC Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) Testbed initiative.The OGC has also issued a call for sponsors for the upcoming OGC Web Services, Phase 8 (OWS-8) Testbed.Potential sponsors are invited to a planning meeting on 12 August 2010 in the Washington, DC area to review OGC standards, discuss OWS-7 results and document OWS-8 requirements.The OGC is also seeking partnerships with other Standards Development Organizations to develop sponsorship of the OWS-8 Testbed.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

July 27, 2010

OGC and OSGeo collaborate on documentation

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) will develop conforming documentation for key OGC standards and geospatial open source application descriptions.According to Cameron Shorter, coordinator of the OSGeo-Live project, OGC standards underpin our geospatial Open Source applications, and hence OGC this support from the OGC will greatly enhance the Open Source documentation being developed.About OSGeoThe Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo (http://www.osgeo.org/), is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies and data.About the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®)The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 395 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

July 23, 2010

OGC Seeks Comments on Candidate XML Standard for Observations & Measurements

Wayland, Mass., 23 July, 2010 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) members approved release of “Observations and Measurements – XML Implementation” for public comment, in preparation for adoption as an OGC Standard.This candidate standard specifies an XML implementation for the Observations and Measurements conceptual model.The OGC Observations and Measurements Encoding Standard (O&M) defines an abstract model encoding for observations and it provides support for common sampling strategies.The candidate OGC Observations and Measurements – XML Implementation Encoding Standard and information on submitting comments on this document are available athttp://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/68 .OGC Standards support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

July 23, 2010

OGC Seeks Comments on MovingObjectSnapshot Standard

This candidate standard provides a way of describing in simple terms the motion of an object, such as a car driving through city streets or a person walking in a park.The GML encoding used in this candidate standard is compatible with a wide range of other standard encodings used in other communities, such as emergency services.The candidate standard and information on submitting comments on this document are available athttp://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/69.The OGC is an international consortium of more than 395 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

July 20, 2010

OGC Forms GeoSMS Standards Working Group

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC(R)) announces the formation of an Open GeoSMS Standards Working Group (SWG) (http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/geosmsswg).The Open GeoSMS SWG will advance the OGC Candidate Open GeoSMS Standard (https://portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact_id=36261) as an OGC adopted standard.The GeoSMS candidate standard is currently an OGC “Discussion Paper”.The GeoSMS encoding for location is compatible with other OGC standards, such as those for sensor webs and earth imaging.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.