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October 4, 2018

OGC requests comment on candidate standard: Geographic Information — Well Known Text Representation Of Coordinate Reference Systems

New edition is aligned with the coordinate reference systems described in ISO 19111:2018, including dynamic geodetic reference frames, three-dimensional projected coordinate reference systems, datum ensembles, and coordinate metadata.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate standard jointly developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Open Geospatial Consortium: “Geographic Information – Well-Known Text representation of coordinate reference systems” (CRS WKT).Specifically the changes from the 2015 edition are:Extension to describe dynamic geodetic and dynamic vertical coordinate reference systems – coordinate reference systems in which coordinate values on the surface of the earth change with time due to tectonic deformation including a time reference (coordinate epoch) for coordinates referenced to a dynamic CRS;Extension to describe geoid-based vertical coordinate reference systems;Extension for the description of datum ensembles, groups of realizations of one terrestrial or vertical reference system that for low accuracy purposes may be merged ignoring coordinate transformation;A rigorous description of temporal coordinate reference systems;The removal (deprecation) of image coordinate reference systems; andThe remodelling of scope and extent information.The candidate CRS WKT standard was prepared by the OGC CRS Standards Working Group and Technical Committee ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics.The candidate Well Known Text Representation of Coordinate Reference Systems standard is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.

September 24, 2018

OGC seeks public comment on Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) Core Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) Core Standard.Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) is a data model, a programming interface, and a storage model for keeping and managing data.The candidate OGC HDF5 Core standard defines the HDF5 data model to allow implementers to develop HDF5 content and tools using the HDF5 or other storage models and programming interfaces.HDF5 is already in use by the OGC community: OGC’s NetCDF Enhanced Data Model (OGC 11-038r2) can be fully described by the HDF5 data model because its storage format is also HDF5.The candidate OGC Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) Core standard is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.

September 13, 2018

Joan Masó receives OGC’s 2018 Gardels Award

Congratulations to Joan Masó from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (CREAF), awarded the 2018 Gardels Award for being ‘the hardest working OGC member out there.’Joan Masó shakes hands with OGC President and CEO Mark Reichardt upon receiving the 2018 Gardels Award.Last night, at the September meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Technical Committee in Stuttgart, Germany, Joan Masó received the OGC’s prestigious Kenneth D. Gardels Award.The Gardels Award is presented each year to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to advancing OGCs vision of fully integrating geospatial information into the worlds information systems.Joan currently chairs or co-chairs four Domain Working Groups, three Standards Working Groups, and the Iberian and Latin American Forum.Award nominations are made by members – the prior Gardels Award winners – and approved by the Board of Directors.

September 5, 2018

OGC invites you to the Marine SDI (MDSI) Concept Development Study Workshop in Washington, DC

Workshop will shape and inform the Study as well as future OGC activities regarding Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) invites you to the Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Concept Development Study (MSDI-CDS) Workshop on October 23, 2018.The workshop marks the early stages of OGC’s MSDI Concept Development Study, and will provide OGC with important guidance on what best to focus on during the Study.Additionally, the information gained in the Workshop and subsequent Study will shape future OGC activities regarding marine geospatial data and tools, and help inform the development of MSDI.Ultimately, the MSDI-CDS seeks to advance the state of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) that support marine geospatial data sharing across diverse activities – from shipping to marine biology – all around the globe.

September 4, 2018

OGC seeks public comment on draft charter for Artificial Intelligence in Geoinformatics Domain Working Group

New DWG will aim to improve interoperability of geospatial data in Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning applicationsThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the draft Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Domain Working Group (DWG) Charter.Also, deep learning techniques provide micro-level prediction of human mobility and environmental exposure across different geographic areas in epidemiology.The draft Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Domain Working Group charter is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.Further, OGC Testbed-14 contains a Machine Learning, Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence task to evaluate how to best support Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and publish inputs to and outputs from Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence using OGC Web Services.OGC Web Services can be used potentially as a pivotal role to support Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence systems.

August 22, 2018

OGC Seeks public comment on GeoPackage Related Tables Extension

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the GeoPackage Related Tables Extension.The GeoPackage Related Tables Extension (RTE) defines the rules and requirements for creating relationships in a GeoPackage data store between geospatial or attributes data tables and other tables that contain or reference related content, such as attributes or media.This IE produced the GeoPackage Related Tables Extension IE Engineering Report , which discusses whether the extension is fit for use and adoption by the OGC.The candidate GeoPackage Related Tables Extension draft standard is now available for review and comment.Comments are due by 21st September, 2018 and should be submitted via the method outlined on the GeoPackage Related Tables Extension GitHub Issue Tracker.

August 21, 2018

OGC Seeks Public Comment on MetOcean profile and extensions to WCS 2.1

Extension to and Profile for WCS 2.1 will enable MetOcean community to efficiently query and access required data contained in datacubes.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the MetOcean profile and extensions to WCS 2.1.The Meteorological and Oceanography (MetOcean) community works with massive datacubes of content organized in 4-dimensional space and time.The MetOcean Profile fully exploits the multi-dimensional nature of WCS2.1, which is built on the new OGC Coverage Implementation Schema (CIS) 1.1.The candidate MetOcean profile and extensions to WCS 2.1 is available for review and comment on the OGC Portal.

August 14, 2018

OGC & SISO sign Memorandum of Understanding to Improve Interoperability within the Modeling and Simulation Community

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote collaboration in the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) domain and to further the existing working relationship performed by a number of common members of each organization.OGC President & CEO Mark Reichardt commented: “The partnership created under this MoU will enable OGC and SISO to work more closely on critically important interoperability challenges.About SISOThe Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) is an international consensus based Standards Development Organization with a well established history of fostering innovation and interoperability in the modeling and simulation community.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that ‘geo-enable’ the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.OGC standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful within any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

August 7, 2018

Urban-themed Location Powers Event Agenda Finalized, Registration Now Open

Location Powers: ‘Data, Interoperability and our Urban World’ will occur in Singapore 25-26 September 2018.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announces the full agenda for its next Location Powers event, which will focus on Data, Interoperability and our Urban World.The ‘Data, Interoperability and our Urban World’ Location Powers event will occur on 25-26 September 2018, with the Integrated Digital Built Environment (IDBE) meetings on 26-27 September.Full agenda, venue, and registration information is available on the Location Powers website.Event details:Website: www.locationpowers.net / #LPUrbanEnviroWhen: 25-27 September 2018Where: GeoWorks, 460 Alexandra Road, Singapore, 119963About Location PowersThe Location Powers Summits are provided by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), whose members have been making the world’s location standards for over 20 years.