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October 22, 2021

Dstl upgrades to Principal level of OGC Membership

As a Principal Member of OGC, Dstl will support the OGC’s innovation and standardisation activities to advance Geospatial interoperability and Open Standards for future defence and security needs.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is pleased to announce that the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has raised its membership in OGC to Principal level.As a Principal Member of OGC, Dstl will participate across OGC activities and serve in OGCs Planning Committee to explore market and technology trends relevant to OGCs global mission to make location information more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).“It’s great to see Dstl upgrading their OGC Membership to Principal level,” said OGC CEO Dr Nadine Alameh.About DstlThe Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) delivers high-impact science and technology (S&T) for the UKs defence, security and prosperity.

October 22, 2021

Dstl upgrades to Principal level of OGC Membership

As a Principal Member of OGC, Dstl will support the OGC’s innovation and standardisation activities to advance Geospatial interoperability and Open Standards for future defence and security needs.

October 18, 2021

OGC and T-REX partner to bring Geospatial Innovation and Standards to St. Louis

Under the MoU, OGC will connect with T-REX Geospatial startups to conduct GEOINT-focused research, development, training, and Innovation activities.T-REX operates the Geospatial Innovation Center (“Geosaurus”) on the 4th floor of its facility in downtown St. Louis, MO.T-REX’s Geospatial Innovation Center is an inclusive community space for St. Louis high-tech, high-growth geospatial community.The innovation center has three primary objectives: workforce development; creating connections; and fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.Under the MoU, OGC will be granted space within Geosaurus that will be used to conduct research and development, OGC Standards Workshops, OGC Innovation Activities, connect with T-REX Geospatial start-ups, and more.

October 18, 2021

OGC and T-REX partner to bring Geospatial Innovation and Standards to St. Louis

Under the MoU, OGC will connect with T-REX Geospatial startups to conduct GEOINT-focused research, development, training, and Innovation activities.

October 14, 2021

Public Comment requested on new OGC GeoPose Candidate Standard, of use in 3D location applications

OGC GeoPose provides an interoperable way to express, record, and share the position and orientation of objects across diverse applications, users, devices, services, and platforms.

October 7, 2021

Compliance testing now available for ‘OGC API – Features – Part 2’ standard

Implementers are invited to validate their products using the OGC API – Features executable test suite, which is available on the OGC Validator tool.The OGC API – Features Standard offers the capability to create, modify, and query spatial data on the Web.The OGC API – Features standard is part of the OGC API family of Standards, the Building Blocks For Location.To help developers get started, OGC provides a variety of resources relevant to OGC API – Features and other OGC APIs on the OGC API website.Implementers of the OGC API – Features – Part 2: Coordinate Reference Systems by Reference Standard – or other OGC Standards – are invited to validate their products using the OGC validator tool.

October 7, 2021

Compliance testing now available for ‘OGC API – Features – Part 2’ standard

OGC compliance provides confidence that a product will seamlessly integrate with other compliant solutions regardless of the vendor that created them. 

October 6, 2021

A User-centric Approach to Data Cubes

A recent OGC workshop led to the development of a new definition of data cube and underscored the need for a user-centric approach.

September 28, 2021

Major revision of the Geospatial Information Management Standards Guide endorsed by United Nations member nation

This article is contributed by Mark Reichardt – At the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) Committee of Experts, member…