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April 12, 2006

US Army Corps of Engineers Receives OGC Vision Award

Wayland, MA, February 12, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) recently presented the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) with the first annual OGC Vision Award.In 1993, the Corps spatial technology team at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) germinated the interoperability concept that led to the creation of the OGC.ERDC has been instrumental in the creation and success of OGCs Interoperability Program, an ongoing series of testbeds, pilot projects and other activities related to the rapid development and testing of interoperability specifications.Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, USACE said, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is greatly honored by this recognition for our role in helping OGC introduce interoperability into the spatial technology market.David Schell, President of OGC, said, The spatial technology community is motivated by interest in a wide range of technology applications.

April 12, 2006

Ron Fresne Joins OGC as Initiatives Manager

Wayland, MA, January 21, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that Ron Fresne has joined OGCs staff as Interoperability Initiatives Manager.Working with teams of technologists from agencies, companies, and universities around the world, he will have overall responsibility for ensuring the successful execution of OGC Interoperability Initiatives, which include testbeds, pilot projects, feasibility studies and other activities.He will work in OGCs Interoperability Program (IP) and will report to IP Executive Director Jeff Harrison.OGCs IP is a global program to organize and manage Interoperability Initiatives that address the geoprocessing interoperability needs of industry and government Sponsors.He has held similar positions at SRI International (US), Leading Technology Services Corporation (US), and Oracle Corporation (US).

April 12, 2006

OGC Demonstrates the Future of Interoperable Web Services

jharrison [at] opengeospatial.orgGaithersburg, MD, USA, January 17, 2003 – Sponsors, participants and invited guests joined the Open GIS Consortium (OGC) at Lockheed Martin recently to view the results of the OGC Web Services 1.2 Testbed initiative.Attendees saw the use of live sensors, the tasking of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the integration of data, services, and other elements hosted on servers worldwide.Draft interfaces for a variety of services, including a Sensor Planning Service, Web Notification Service, Sensor Collection Service, Sensor Markup Language (SensorML), Image Archive Service, Web Coverage Service, and Coverage Portrayal Service each played a part in the procedure.OGC Web Services 1.2 is part of OGCs Interoperability Program, a global, collaborative, hands-on engineering and testing program that rapidly delivers proven candidate specifications into OGCs Specification Program, where they are formalized for public release.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

OGC Approves Important Spatial Catalog Specification

Wayland, MA, January 22, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced industry approval of an expanded version of the OpenGIS® Catalog Service Implementation Specification.The OpenGIS Catalog Service Specification version 1.1.1 documents industry consensus regarding an open, standard interface to online catalogs for geographic information and web-accessible geoprocessing services.Catalog services support the ability to publish and search collections of descriptive information (metadata) for data, services, and related information objects.Catalog services are required to support the discovery of registered information resources within and between collaborating communities that seek to share information efficiently.Version 1.1.1 is more comprehensive than earlier OpenGIS® Catalog Service Specification versions and proposals.

April 12, 2006

OGC Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative Moves Forward With Strong Industry Commitments

jharrison [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, USA, January 17, 2003 – Four industry leaders, Autodesk, BAE SYSTEMS, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions and Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT) have committed significant resources to the Open GIS Consortiums (OGC) Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative (CIPI).The four organizations are providing support throughout the multipart CIPI program.Intergraph has taken an active role in the CIPI program from its inception, sharing a common goal with OGC.Intergraph shares the same fundamental beliefs as the CIPI program, said Preetha Pulusani, president, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions.Questions about the Interoperability Program should be addressed to Mr. Jeff Harrison, Executive Director,, (703) 491-9543.

April 12, 2006

OGC Launches OpenGIS Conformance Testing Initiative

OpenGIS Specifications specify common interfaces, encodings and schemas that support the development and deployment of interoperable geospatial solutions, services, data, and applications.The OGC Interoperability Program and the OGC Specification Program are currently focused on OpenGIS(R) Specifications for OGC Web Services (OWS).As producers of geoprocessing products modernize their offerings based on OpenGIS Specifications, users require verification of a vendors product conformance with OpenGIS Specifications.For more information on the Interoperability Program, please contact Mr. Jeff Harrison, OGC Executive Director, Interoperability Program, at (703) 491-9543, or.OpenGIS Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location based services and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

OGC Announces Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative Phase 2 Kickoff

jharrison [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, USA, January 9, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced that Phase 2 of its Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative (CIPI-2) has begun with a successful kick-off meeting recently.The initiative does this by coordinating geospatial data and services to meet critical infrastructure protection needs.Census will utilize the OGC Interoperability Program process to collaborate with industry participants Syncline, Galdos Systems, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, TASC, ESRI and Intergraph.The Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative is part of OGCs Interoperability Program, a global, collaborative, hands-on engineering and testing program that rapidly delivers proven candidate specifications into OGCs Specification Program, where they are formalized for public release.Questions about the Interoperability Program should be addressed to Mr. Jeff Harrison, Executive Director,, (703) 491-9543.

April 12, 2006

OGC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Web Coverage Service Specification

Thousand Oaks, CA, December 18, 2002 – At last weeks Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) Technical and Planning Committee meetings, the Coverage Working Group, the OGC Technical Committee, and the OGC Planning Committee voted to release the proposed Web Coverage Service (WCS) Implementation Specification, for public comment, as a Request for Comment (RFC).The Web Coverage Service (WCS) provides access to intact, raw data while WMS provides a static picture of a map.The GetCoverage operation of a Web Coverage Service returns values or properties of geographic locations, bundled in a well-known coverage format.Myra Bambacus, Program Manager, NASA Geospatial Interoperability Office highlights NASA use of WCS to date.These implementations have begun a revolution in the ready accessibility of coverage data for geospatial applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC Seeks Quotations/Participation in the Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative

jharrison [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, USA, December 18, 2002 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announces that a Request for Quotations (RFQ)/Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative (GOS-PI) has been issued.OGC is partnering with the Geospatial One-Stop project on this work.Geospatial One-Stop builds upon National Spatial Data Infrastructure objectives to enhance interoperability among geographic components of government activities.The initiative sponsors and participants will collaboratively refine and document the technical architecture of the Geospatial One-Stop Portal detailed in the RFQ.In OGCs Interoperability Initiatives, international teams of technology providers work together to solve specific geoprocessing interoperability problems posed by the Initiatives sponsoring organizations.