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April 22, 2021

OGC and CRN partner to establish a Unique Geospatial Real Property Identifier

OGC and CRN will work together to develop a unique geospatial real property identifier that has applications in housing finance and beyond.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is excited to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the non-profit Collateral Risk Network (CRN).Under the MoU, OGC and CRN will work together to develop a unique geospatial real property identifier (PUID) that has applications in housing finance and beyond.OGC Chief Standards Officer, Scott Simmons, commented: “OGC is encouraged by the vision CRN has for real property identifiers that take advantage of modern IT practices for better integration with users at all levels: from housing finance participants to consumers.A vibrant housing finance system is at its best when it works for all stakeholders.

April 22, 2021

OGC and CRN partner to establish a Unique Geospatial Real Property Identifier

OGC and CRN will work together to develop a unique geospatial real property identifier that has applications in housing finance and beyond.

April 21, 2021

OGC Seeking Participants in the 2021 Disaster Pilot

OGC Disaster Pilot 2021 will prototype and demonstrate end-to-end capabilities that integrate OGC standards, data, services, and state-of-the-art technologies to support decision makers and responders in times of crisisThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking participants in the OGC Disaster Pilot 2021, building on 2019’s very successful Disaster Resilience Pilot.The 2021 Pilot is sponsored by OGC Strategic Members USGS, NRCan, NASA, and others, supported by OGC Principal Members AWS, and Maxar, as well as Government member CONIDA, and in collaboration with AmeriGEO, ESIP, and CEOS.OGC is grateful for the OGC Strategic Members’ industry leadership as displayed by their sponsorship of this OGC Innovation Initiative.If you are interested in participating in this critical opportunity to shape collaborative disaster management capabilities, visit the Disaster Pilot 2021 page on ogc.org to download the Call For Participation.OGC members together form a global forum of experts and communities that use location to connect people with technology and improve decision-making at all levels.

April 21, 2021

OGC Seeking Participants in the 2021 Disaster Pilot

OGC Disaster Pilot 2021 will prototype and demonstrate end-to-end capabilities that integrate OGC standards, data, services, and state-of-the-art technologies to support decision makers and responders in times of crisis

April 15, 2021

OGC seeks public comment on new Sample Markup Language for Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Standards Working Group Charter

A key component of ML techniques and processes is sample data – data with known provenance, consistent metadata, and quality measurements that can be used to consistently tune and train ML applications.The lack of sample data is also causing reproducibility issues and making it difficult to compare results across studies.The geospatial sample data categories will initially include remote sensing imagery, moving features (typically vehicle trajectories), and related spatial content.The SampleML-AI/ML SWG Draft Charter is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Comments are due by May 5, 2021, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the SampleML-AI/ML SWG Draft Charter public comment request page.

April 15, 2021

OGC seeks public comment on new Sample Markup Language for Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Standards Working Group Charter

New OGC Working Group aims to remove a major bottleneck to advanced Earth Observation science applications by defining a standard to document, store, and share Machine Learning sample data

April 14, 2021

OGC seeks public comment on 3D GeoVolumes Standards Working Group Charter

New SWG will develop OGC API – 3D GeoVolumes, which will integrate various current approaches to accessing 3D geospatial content over the web into a single solution.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the draft charter of the new 3D GeoVolumes Standards Working Group (SWG), which will develop and maintain an OGC API – 3D GeoVolumes core Standard and extensions.In recent years several solutions and standards have emerged to access and transfer 3D geospatial content over the internet (e.g., 3D Tiles, I3S, OGC 3D Portrayal Service, glTF, CDB, CityGML).The draft 3D GeoVolumes SWG Charter is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Comments are due by May 5, 2021, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the 3D GeoVolumes SWG Draft Charter’s public comment request page.

April 14, 2021

OGC seeks public comment on 3D GeoVolumes Standards Working Group Charter

New SWG will develop OGC API – 3D GeoVolumes, which will integrate various current approaches to accessing 3D geospatial content over the web into a single solution.

April 13, 2021

Developers Invited to Participate in the May 2021 OGC API Virtual Code Sprint

The next OGC Sprint will focus on further refining the draft specifications for OGC API – Maps, – Tiles, and – Styles.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) invites software developers to the May 2021 OGC API Virtual Code Sprint, to be held from May 26-28, 2021.The draft OGC API – Tiles specification describes an API building block that can enable other OGC API implementations to serve maps or tiled feature data divided into individual tiles.OGC invites software developers to participate in the code sprint – OGC Members and non-members alike are welcomed.Registration for the May 2021 OGC API Virtual Code Sprint and its associated Pre-event Webinar is available here.