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December 17, 2007

OGC Announces Another Membership Category – Aggregate Membership Serves Collaborating Entities

Wayland, Mass., December 17, 2007 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces a new category of membership, Aggregate Membership.It enables collaborating entities to bring their common issues and perspectives into the OGC process of developing interoperability standards.Mark Reichardt, president of OGC, said, Government entities must collaborate in order to serve and protect the citizenry, so they are at the forefront in identifying interoperability issues.This new kind of membership will enable OGC to benefit from their front-line experience, and to prioritize its activities to solve these interoperability issues.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

December 7, 2007

GSDI 10 Conference Early Registration Ends December 15!

The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association announced that the deadline for early registration for the 10th International Conference for Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI 10) is December 15, 2007.By registering early, attendees can take advantage of the best conference registration and travel rates.The GSDI 10 conference, to be held 25-29 February 2008 in Trinidad, brings together policy makers and practitioners from the government, industry and academia to learn about and discuss progress in Global Spatial Data Infrastructure development.GSDI 10 is being held in the modern conference facilities of The University of the West Indies of Trinidad and Tobago.John Wilbanks, Director, Science CommonsFor more information on GSDI 10 speakers, the full conference program, registration and accommodations, please visit http://gsdi.org/gsdi10/ .

December 7, 2007

Core Services Initiative Will Advance Emergency Communications

COMCARE has designed two Core services to meet this need; an Emergency Provider Access Directory agency locator service and identity management/access control service.The Core Services Initiative will have three phases.During the second phase, a Core Services Interoperability Pilot will be conducted using OGCs proven piloting process to standards-enable the services to demonstrate interoperability of the Core Services with standards-based geospatial, sensor, location-based services, and other technologies for improved situational awareness.A third phase will emphasize field trials of the Core Services, showcasing their all hazards capabilities in real world settings.The end result will be tested core services that companies can competitively offer to the emergency response community in a standardized manner.

December 6, 2007

The OGC Announces New Membership Category – Individual Developers to Have a Direct Voice in Standards

– The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces a new category of membership, Individual Membership.It is designed to provide a direct path for independent developers to help shape the OGC agenda.Mark Reichardt, president of OGC, said, OGC recognizes the ever-increasing importance in todays world of independent developers working on a range of technology solutions.The OGC® is an international consortium of more than 340 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.

December 5, 2007

The OGC Will Exhibit at AEC-ST Conference

– The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) will be exhibiting in booth 322 at the conference Science and Technology for Architecture, Engineering and Construction in Washington, DC.The OGC is planning an Interoperability Program Initiative, called the AECOO Testbed, to address several priority issues that cross the entire building lifecycle.The OGC will be presenting an overview of the testbed in the session Introduction to the buildingSMART alliance from 8:00 to 9:00 AM on Thursday, 14 December.The OGC(R) is an international consortium of more than 340 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.

December 4, 2007

The OGC Seeks Comment on OGC Candidate KML 2.2 Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) seeks public comment on a draft OpenGIS® Encoding Standard (OGC KML) for KML 2.2, a XML-based encoding schema for expressing geographic annotation and visualization on existing or future web-based online maps (2d) and Earth browsers (3d).The draft OGC KML 2.2 standard formalizes the KML 2.2 model and language while remaining backwards compatible with existing KML 2.2 files.In comparison with the Google KML 2.2 Reference, the draft standard defines:the KML 2.2 geometry encoding and interpolation model;an extension model in support of application profiles;conformance requirements and test cases.The draft OpenGIS KML v2.2 Encoding Standard is available at http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/45.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application.

November 15, 2007

The OGC Seeks Comment on Proposed Sensor Alert Service (SAS) Standard

– The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) seeks public comment on a draft Sensor Alert Service (SAS) Standard.The draft OGC® Sensor Alert Service standard defines an alert and notification mechanism that specifies how alert or alarm conditions are defined, detected, and made available to interested users.The Sensor Alert Service uses the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) to provide the push-based notification functionality.This draft standard can be downloaded from http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/44.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

October 23, 2007

Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Adds Microsoft as Principal Member

Industry Leaders Support Organizations Commitment to Geospatial InteroperabilityWayland, MA and San Antonio, TX, October 23, 2007 – Today, at the annual Geoint 2007 Symposium, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that Microsoft Corporation has joined the consortium as a Principal Member.According to David Schell, Chairman and CEO of OGC, Microsofts support of OGCs standards process signifies the further maturation of world markets for products and services which require geospatial capabilities.Through its involvement with OGC, Microsoft is able to ensure the geospatial interoperability of its technology, including its flagship geospatial offerings – the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform – and Microsoft SQL Server 2008, which is scheduled to ship in the second quarter of calendar year 2008.About The Open Geospatial ConsortiumThe OGC® is an international industry consortium of more than 350 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

October 18, 2007

NGA Receives OGC Vision Award

Through its ongoing support, NGA has achieved a range of its own organizational objectives, while at the same time enabling broad government, commercial and research community benefits.NGAs leadership has also encouraged other public and private sector organizations to seek active involvement in Consortium programs, accelerating industrys motivation to agree on open geospatial standards.The OGC® is an international industry consortium of more than 350 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.