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April 12, 2006

Major OGC Web Services Initiative Begins

kbuehler [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, March 19, 2004 – The Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC) announced the successful March 8-12, 2004 kickoff of a major new Interoperability Initiative to develop and enhance OGC Web Services (OWS) standards that enable easy discovery, access and use of geographic data and geoprocessing services.Requirements categories include: – Common Architecture: Enabling OpenGIS® Web Services utilizing W3Cs WSDL and SOAP standards.- Conformance & Interoperability Testing & Evaluation: Developing compliance tests for and improving the OpenGIS Specifications for Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), and Catalog Services – Web (CS-W).A Reference Implementation for Web Coverage Server and for Catalog Services – Web will be created under this initiative.Standards-based Commercial-of-the-shelf clients to OGC Web Services will be extended to meet the requirements of the government communities represented by the agencies sponsoring OWS-2.

April 12, 2006

NAVTEQ Joins OGC as Strategic Member

lrichey [at] chi.navteq.comWayland, MA, March 18, 2004 – NAVTEQ and the Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that NAVTEQ has become a Strategic Member of the OGC.Becoming a Strategic Member demonstrates our commitment to helping the OGC develop and promote the open interfaces that are essential to widespread use of location based services.David Schell, OGCs president, said, We are indeed fortunate that NAVTEQ understands the value and importance of OGCs consensus process.About NAVTEQ NAVTEQ creates digital maps that power navigation and location-based services around the world.About OGC OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 250 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.

April 12, 2006

OGC Announces Small Company Commercial Membership

The Open GIS Consortium (OGC) announced a new membership category, the Small Company Commercial Membership.To qualify for the Small Company Commercial Membership, companies must provide OGC with documentation showing that their annual revenue is less than US$500,000.The annual membership fee for Small Company Commercial Membership is US$2,000.Current Associate Members who may qualify for Small Company Commercial Membership will be able to take advantage of the new membership level upon their next renewal.Jeff Burnett, Chief Operating Officer of OGC, said, The Small Company Commercial Membership represents an excellent value for small companies.

April 12, 2006

Software Developers Leverage Online OGC Compliance Testing Capability

Wayland, Mass., February 20, 2004 – Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC) members have implemented a new, automated compliance testing process to validate compliance for software products that implement OpenGIS® Specifications.OGC compliance certification is an important milestone for software providers, as it assures users that products properly implement OpenGIS Specifications.Developers that successfully test for specification compliance can apply for formal OGC certification.Once granted, developers can affix the Certified OGC Compliant seal on their products and marketing materials.The crowning glory of the program is that a general online testing framework is now in place that can be easily extended for each new OGC Web Service Specification that is adopted, bringing OGC compliance testing and certification into the mainstream geospatial information arena.

April 12, 2006

OGC Members Show Geospatial Software Interoperability at U.N.

New York City, January 30, 2004 – On January 16 at the U.N. Headquarters in New York City, software vendor members of OGC demonstrated for U.N. staff the interoperability that is now possible between their geographic information systems.The system, now in place, provides flexible and open Web access to geographic information from multiple sources.The openness of the system, that is, its interoperability with other systems, is made possible through common interfaces that comply with OGCs OpenGIS Specifications.Geographic information in the U.N. is maintained independently by different U.N. organizations.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC Members Adopt Implementation Specification for Location Based Services

New York, New York, January 20, 2004 – At meetings held at United Nations Headquarters, OGC members approved the OpenGIS(R) Location Services (OpenLS(TM)) Specification for public release.

April 12, 2006

OGC Calls for Participants in a Major OGC Web Services Testbed

Wayland, MA, November 24, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC) announced a Request For Quotations (RFQ) from technology developers interested in a major Interoperability Initiative to develop and enhance OGC Web Services standards that enable easy discovery, access and use of geographic data and geoprocessing services.The OGC Web Services Phase 2 (OWS-2) testbed advances OGC Web Services (OWS), the set of OpenGIS® Specifications for interfaces, schemas and encodings that comprise the interoperability framework for the emerging Spatial Web.Participants will work in the following areas: – Common Architecture: using the W3Cs WSDL and SOAP standards for publishing, finding and binding geoprocessing services.- Technical Baseline Maturation: Developing compliance tests for and improving the OpenGIS Specifications for Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), Web Object Service (WOS), Catalog Services – Web (CS-W) and Geography Mark-up Language (GML 3.x.).OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

OGC Announces Request for Proposals/Call for Participation in the Emergency Mapping Symbology Initiative

Wayland, MA, November 20, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is issuing a Request for Quotations and a Call For Participation in the Emergency Mapping Symbology (EMS) Initiative.This call seeks interested technology providers to make proposals in response to a defined set of requirements addressing interoperability needs for the use of symbology in emergency mapping.The EMS Initiative will mature OGCs specification framework for interoperable geographic symbolization while simultaneously testing emerging standard map symbol sets for emergency response developed by national-level agencies.This initiative is expected to help shape the future of interoperable technology to meet Emergency Management and Response requirements.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC Partnership With IPE Helps Advance Interoperability

Wayland, MA, November 19, 2003 – The joint work of the Open GIS Consortium Inc. (OGC) and the Institute for Professional Education (IPE) has already impacted the geospatial interoperability landscape.Richard Whitney, president of IPE commented, We see the partnership as an innovative and constructive way of developing and delivering content important to the user community.Geospatial interoperability is one of the topics we are hearing more and more about from both business and the public sector side of information technology.Global Science & Technology (GST), Inc. is an OGC member and partner with IPE in the delivery of the Geospatial Interoperability training.Lee Meeks, of General Dynamics, who attended the Geospatial Interoperability for Managers class, described the class as an outstanding seminar.