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April 12, 2006

The OGC® invites public comment on candidate Geospatial Digital Rights Management (GeoDRM) Reference Model

Wayland, Mass., April 3, 2006 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) requests public comment on a candidate specification, the OpenGIS® GeoDRM Reference Model [ http://www.opengeospatial.org/specs/?page=requests&request=rfpc30 ].The specification provides a standard system of operating agreements and associated open specifications for Web services that will enable broader use of geodata while protecting the rights of producers and users.The reference model will be valuable not only for commercial sellers and distributors of data, for also those who lend data in the way that libraries lend books.Comments received will be consolidated and reviewed by OGC members for incorporation into the document before it goes to a vote for adoption by the OGC as an OpenGIS Specification.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

OGC® Offers Online Multimedia Presentations of Web Services Initiative

March 13, 2006, Wayland, Massachusetts – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) announces the availability of two online multimedia demonstrations documenting the milestones achieved in the OGC Web Services Phase 3 Initiative, (OWS-3).The focus of the presentations is to share the OWS-3 goals and to provide a synopsis of the final demonstration.The presentations are available at http://www.opengeospatial.org/demo/ows3/ The interactive demonstration uses the Macromedia Flash player to show short movies of client applications.Among the topics addressed are catalog services, digital rights management, Web mapping and sensor services.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC® Announces RFQ to Extend Reference Implementation in Kentucky

Wayland, MA, February 14, 2006 – The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. (OGC®) announced a Request For Quotations (RFQ) from technology developers interested in an Interoperability Initiative to extend a reference implementation of OGC-based services at the state level in the U.S.The OGC Kentucky Watershed Modeling Information Portal (KWMIP) Pilot Project uses OGC Web Services (OWS), to provide advance the use of computer based watershed modeling in the commonwealth.Participants will work in the following area: – Web Services: Deploy a reference implementation composed of OGC® Specification components for Web Map Services, Web Feature Services, Web Coverage Services, and Catalog Services.The reference implementation will add a watershed modeling information service to the existing statewide network.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC® Approves GML in JPEG 2000 Specification

Wayland, MA, February 13, 2006 – The Open Geospatial Consortium Inc. (OGC®) membership has approved the OpenGIS® GML in JPEG 2000 for Geographic Imagery (GMLJP2) Implementation Specification.JPEG 2000 is a wavelet based image compression standard that provides the ability to include XML data for description of the image within the JPEG 2000 data file.This OpenGIS Implementation specification defines the means by which the OGC Geography Markup Language (GML) is to be used within JPEG 2000 images for geographic imagery.Further, the specification also provides packaging mechanisms for including GML within JPEG 2000 data files as well as specific GML application schemas to support the encoding of images within JPEG 2000 data files.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

Australian Spatial Interoperability Project Wins Award

Wayland, Mass., February 3, 2006 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) announced that OGC Australasia (OGC-A), an OGC subsidiary, sponsored the award winning Spatial Interoperability Demonstration Project (SIDP), a collaborative initiative between the public and private sectors of the Australian Spatial Information Industry.The APSEA Awards celebrate the finest achievements of spatial information enterprise and professionalism in that region of the world.SIDP was a collaborative initiative between the Australian Spatial Information Business Association (ASIBA) and OGC-A.Rob Starling from OGC-A received the highly prized ASIBA Chairmans Award for his outstanding contribution to the Australian Spatial Information Industry.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC® Announces Call for Sponsors for Spatial Web Services Initiative

gpercivall [at] opengeospatial.orgJanuary 6, 2006, Wayland, Massachusetts., The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has issued a call for sponsors for the OGC Web Services, Phase 4 (OWS-4) Interoperability Initiative, a testbed to advance OGCs open interoperability framework for geospatial capabilities.In last years OWS-3 initiative, participants advanced specifications relating to Sensor Web Enablement, Geospatial Decision Support Services, Geospatial Digital Rights Management, Open Location Services and OWS common architecture.In OGCs Interoperability Initiatives, international teams of technology providers work together to solve specific geoprocessing interoperability problems posed by the Initiatives sponsoring organizations.OGC Interoperability Initiatives include test beds, pilot projects, interoperability experiments and interoperability support services – all designed to encourage rapid development, testing, validation and adoption of OpenGIS standards.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

OGC® Requests Public Comment on Geospatial Web Processing Service Specification

Wayland, Mass., January 5, 2006 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) invites public comment on a candidate specification for a geospatial Web Processing Service (WPS) [ http://www.opengeospatial.org/specs/?page=requests&request=rfpc28 ].The candidate OGC Web Processing Service interface specification provides a standardized interface that facilitates the access and publishing of geospatial processes as well as the discovery and binding to those processes by client applications.Examples of geospatial processing are polygon overlay, buffer analysis, and line of sight analysis.WPS builds on currently adopted OpenGIS® Specifications that define standard interfaces for finding and accessing geospatial data and services.The OGC® is an international industry consortium of more than 300 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.

April 12, 2006

The Open Geospatial Consortiums Web Map Service (WMS) Approved as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard

ISO standards are voluntary, although some governments and agencies enforce their use for specific areas.The European Union, for example, has mandated the use of ISO standards in all application areas.WMS is not the first OGC specification to become an ISO standard.Two other specifications, the OpenGIS Web Feature Service (WFS) Implementation Specification and the OpenGIS Filter Encoding Implementation Specification are in the process to become ISO standards with OpenGIS Web Coverage Service (WCS) Implementation Specification and OpenGIS Catalog Service (WCS) Implementation Specification expected to follow.The adoption of WMS as an ISO standard is a key step to creating the Spatial Web, explains OGC President Mark Reichardt.

April 12, 2006

OGC Adds Membership and Recruitment Incentives

Wayland, Mass, Sept 19, 2005 – The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc (OGC) announced that it is offering new and updated categories of Associate Membership, as well as new recruitment incentives.OGC has also increased its membership fees to facilitate the OGC consensus process and to provide a continuing high level of support to members.In addition, the University Associate membership has been extended to include Research Centers that are managed and funded as part of a University and the Small Company Associate membership qualifying revenue level has been increased to $2M.The goal is to encourage more participation in the OGC process and to share the cost of specification development among more stakeholders.Membership applications and current member renewals received before January 1, 2006 will be accepted at current membership rates.