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August 27, 2020

OGC seeks public comment on new OGC API for Environmental Data Retrieval

New OGC API will enable anyone with web development experience to easily identify and retrieve a subset of data from ‘big data’ stores.

August 21, 2020

OGC considering Zarr as community standard; seeks public comment on new Work Item

The popular Zarr storage specification provides an ideal format for analysis-ready geospatial data in the cloud

August 20, 2020

OGC considering Zarr as community standard; seeks public comment on new Work Item

The popular Zarr storage specification provides an ideal format for analysis-ready geospatial data in the cloudThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is considering the Zarr v2 Storage Specification for adoption as an official OGC Community Standard.A new Work Item justification to begin the Community Standard endorsement process is available for public comment.An approved OGC Community Standard is an official standard of OGC that is considered to be a widely used, mature specification, but was developed outside of OGC’s standards development and approval process.The proposed Zarr community standard work item justification is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Comments are due by 11th September, 2020, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the Zarr community standard work item justification’s public comment request page.

August 20, 2020

OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member

As a Principal Member of OGC, Microsoft will help advance OGC APIs – the new generation of location standards for integrating location-aware information in any application.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is pleased to welcome Microsoft to the OGC as a Principal Member.As a Principal Member of OGC, Microsoft 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).“We are excited to welcome Microsoft back to the OGC Community, and to the OGC Planning Committee, as an OGC Principal Member,” says OGC CEO Nadine Alameh.Azure Maps adopted OGC standards from its impetus accommodating broad enterprise support, and Bing Maps continues to leverage OGC standards for our consumer needs.

August 20, 2020

OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member

As a Principal Member of OGC, Microsoft will help advance OGC APIs – the new generation of location standards for integrating location-aware information in any application.

August 19, 2020

OGC and FAA invite participants to the SWIM Discovery Service (SDS) Technical Review Workshop

Workshop participants will be informed of a specification critical to the future of service discovery in a global SWIM environment.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invite participants to the SWIM Discovery Service (SDS) Technical Review Workshop, to be held virtually on September 9, 2020.FAA SWIM program intends to use the workshop to solicit feedback from the OGC technical community on the latest draft of the FAA SWIM Discovery Service (SDS) Implementation Specification.The SDS specification, developed by FAA, describes the enabling technologies and practices that support service discovery among independently developed and autonomously managed discovery mechanisms.More information on the SWIM Discovery Service (SDS) Technical Review Workshop, including a draft agenda and registration details, can be found on the OGC website.

August 19, 2020

OGC and FAA invite participants to the SWIM Discovery Service (SDS) Technical Review Workshop

Workshop participants will be informed of a specification critical to the future of service discovery in a global SWIM environment.

August 5, 2020

OGC updates OGC Abstract Spec Topic 21 – Discrete Global Grid Systems; public comment sought before approval

The update, developed jointly with ISO TC211, enables 4D DGGS, aligns itself with other ISO standards, and more.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership has proposed updates to the OGC Abstract Spec Topic 21 – Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) document and is seeking public comment before approval.This version was jointly developed with ISO TC211 and has the same normative content as ISO/DIS 19170-1:2020.The candidate OGC Abstract Spec Topic 21 – Discrete Global Grid Systems is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Comments are due by September 4, 2020, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the OGC Abstract Spec Topic 21 – Discrete Global Grid Systems’ public comment request page.

August 5, 2020

OGC updates OGC Abstract Spec Topic 21 – Discrete Global Grid Systems; public comment sought before approval

The update, developed jointly with ISO TC211, enables 4D DGGS, aligns itself with other ISO standards, and more.