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February 18, 2020

OGC seeks public comment on revision to TimeseriesML standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on version 1.3 of the TimeseriesML standard.Through the use of existing OGC standards, TimeseriesML provides an interoperable exchange format that may be re-used to address a range of data exchange requirements and scenarios.Example areas of usage are: cross-border exchange of observational and/or forecast data; release of data for public dissemination; enhancing disaster management through data exchange; and exchange in support of national reporting.The candidate TimeseriesML v1.3 standard is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Comments are due by the 19th of March, 2020, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the TimeseriesML v1.3 candidate standard’s public comment request page.

February 18, 2020

OGC seeks public comment on revision to TimeseriesML standard

TimeseriesML allows for the precise representation of a sequence of data values that are ordered in time – and now supports changing periodicity.

February 13, 2020

OGC considering CityJSON as community standard; seeks public comment for new Work Item

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is considering CityJSON 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 CityJSON community standard work item justification is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Comments are due by 5th March, 2020, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the CityJSON community standard work item public comment request page.

February 13, 2020

OGC considering CityJSON as community standard; seeks public comment for new Work Item

CityJSON provides a simplified alternative to the GML encoding of CityGML that is also lightweight and suitable for use on the web and mobile.

February 12, 2020

OGC Announces Publication of Open Routing API Pilot Results

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced publication of the Engineering Reports documenting the work of the Open Routing API Pilot, including implementations developed and a prototype Routing API and Route Exchange Model.The Open Routing API Pilot addressed these interoperability issues and developed methods for routing services to incorporate diverse data, routing engines, and routing algorithms in a standardized way, even while operating in denied, degraded, intermittent, or low bandwidth (DDIL) environments.The findings of the pilot have been collated into two reports: the OGC Routing Pilot Engineering Report and the WPS Routing API Engineering Report.In addition to the reports, video demonstrations are available on an OGC Routing Pilot API YouTube Playlist.The OGC Routing Pilot Engineering Report, the WPS Routing API Engineering Report, and all other OGC Engineering Reports are available on the OGC Engineering Reports webpage.

February 12, 2020

OGC Announces Publication of Open Routing API Pilot Results

New OGC Engineering Reports document outcomes of the Open Routing API Pilot, including new capabilities to easily share routes and prototype APIs able to use routing data from any source – based on the next generation of OGC APIs.

February 11, 2020

New version of 3D streaming community standard, I3S, adopted and published by OGC

A Scene Layer can be accessed in the form of a web service or Scene Layer Package (SLPK) – a file-based exchange format.The changes included in v1.1 of the OGC I3S Community Standard include:Addition of the Point Cloud Scene Layer (PCSL) type.Version 1.0 of I3S was approved by the OGC Membership as an OGC Community Standard in 2017.As with any OGC standard, the open I3S Community Standard is free to download and implement.Interested parties can view and download the standard from OGC’s I3S Community Standard Page.

February 11, 2020

New version of 3D streaming community standard, I3S, adopted and published by OGC

Latest version of the I3S Community Standard, used for streaming large 3D datasets to desktop and mobile devices, adds Point Cloud Scene Layer type, improved performance, and more.

January 21, 2020

OGC seeks public comment on Core Tiling Conceptual and Logical Models Abstract Specification Topic

Candidate Abstract Specification Topic defines a conceptual model for tiling space of any number of dimensions, as well as a logical model for tiling 2D space.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking public comment on the Abstract Specification Topic ‘Core Tiling Conceptual and Logical Models.’ The Abstract Specification defines a tiling conceptual model as well as a logical model for tiling 2-D planar space based on the conceptual model.The general tiling conceptual model described in the Abstract Specification is applicable to space with any number of dimensions.The candidate Core Tiling Conceptual and Logical Models Abstract Specification Topic is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Comments are due by February 20, 2020, and should be submitted via the method outlined on the Core Tiling Conceptual and Logical Models Abstract Specification Topic’s public comment request page.