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March 21, 2018

Open Geospatial Standards track at ISPRS Technical Commission IV Symposium 2018

The call for papers for the 2018 Symposium, including the Open Geospatial Standards track, is now openThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is excited to announce that it is hosting a special ‘Open Geospatial Standards’ track at the upcoming ISPRS Technical Commission IV Symposium 2018, to be held October 1-5, 2018 in Delft, Netherlands.The topics of the ISPRS Symposium cover the work of the Commissions 10 working groups, as well as – for the first time – a special Open Geospatial Standards track, hosted by OGC.The call for papers to be presented during the Open Geospatial Standards track is now open.Further information about the ISPRS Symposium can be found at the ISPRS Symposium web site.About ISPRS Technical Commission IVISPRS TC IV ‘Spatial Information sciences’ is one of the five Technical Commission of ISPRS and has a mandate of four years (2016-2020).

March 7, 2018

OGC publishes Testbed 13 Engineering Reports

Engineering Reports document the outcomes of Testbed 13, including new interoperability prototypes and potential OGC standards.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has released 24 Engineering Reports, created from the research undertaken during its Testbed 13 initiative.The Engineering Reports document interoperability prototypes developed by Testbed 13’s participating technology providers, and describe work-in-progress on potential new OGC standards, as well as work done to validate candidate standards or improve existing OGC standards.While OGC Engineering Reports are not standards, the information they contain is intended to be useful to developers and implementers of OGC standards.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that ‘geo-enable’ the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

March 6, 2018

OGC joins ApacheCon as Community Partner and Geospatial Track lead

Call for papers for presentations outlining Apache projects that include geospatial data and processing closes 30th MarchThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has become an ApacheCon Community Partner to lead a conference track concerning geospatial data and processing at ApacheCon North America 2018, to be held in Montreal this September 24-27.Building upon the success of the 2016 Geospatial Track, the Geospatial Track at ApacheCon 2018 will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about, discuss, and see examples of the implementation of geospatial information across Apache projects.We are pleased to welcome these projects to our event once again.”Multiple Apache projects now include geospatial data and processing.The outcomes from the 2016 session and the Location Powers events shaped OGC’s Big Geospatial Data white paper.To submit a presentation for the Geospatial Track at ApacheCon NA, visit apachecon.com/acna18/schedule.html and include “Geospatial Track” in your abstract.

March 1, 2018

OGC seeks public comment on Web Services Security Candidate Standard

Security Standard allows the hosting of OGC Web Services (OWS) over HTTPS as well as the implementation of Information AssuranceThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the OGC Web Services Security Candidate Standard.For years various implementations of OGC Web Services have integrated some degree of security through Information Assurance (IA) controls .As such, interoperability between secured OGC Web Services and clients is limited to systems custom-built to work with an IA implementation.Uptake of the standardized approach as a build-in to new OGC Web Services standards will ensure security interoperability.The candidate OGC Web Services Security Standard is available for review and comment at portal.ogc.org/files/77693.

February 28, 2018

OGC requests information to guide Disasters Interoperability Concept Development Study

RFI aims to gain understanding of the potential of a Disaster SDI in serving local, national, regional, and international stakeholders.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) requests information to help advance the OGC Disasters Concept Development Study and Pilot(s).The Disasters Concept Development Study and Pilot(s) is an OGC Innovation Program initiative sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).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.

February 27, 2018

OGC seeks public comment on GML in JPEG 2000 (GMLJP2) v2.1 Candidate Encoding Standard

New revision of encoding standard allows geospatial content (GML) to be added to JPEG 2000 images and other gridded coverage data.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the GML in JPEG 2000 (GMLJP2) version 2.1 Candidate Encoding Standard.The candidate GMLJP2 v2.1 Encoding Standard is available for review and comment at portal.ogc.org/files/77779.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.

February 20, 2018

OGC seeks public comment on ‘SensorThings API Part 2 – Tasking Core’ Candidate Standard for use in the Internet of Things

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the OGC SensorThings API, Part 2 – Tasking Core Candidate Standard.The OGC SensorThings API is a free and non-proprietary lightweight interface specification that simplifies and accelerates the development of Web-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications.Thus, the OGC SensorThings API is extensible and can be applied in both simple and complex use cases.At a high level, the OGC SensorThings API provides two main functionalities: Sensing, and Tasking.The candidate ‘SensorThings API Part 2 – Tasking Core’ Standard is available for review and comment at portal.ogc.org/files/77694.

February 15, 2018

OGC seeks public comment on Web Coverage Service (WCS) 2.1 Candidate Standard

Updated WCS 2.1 Standard will simplify access to spatio-temporal ‘big datacubes’The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the Web Coverage Service (WCS) 2.1 candidate standard.The OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) standards suite defines methodology to access coverages (regular and irregular grids, including spatio-temporal datacubes, point clouds, and general meshes) from the Web.Hence, WCS 2.1 is backwards compatible with WCS 2.0: any service passing the WCS 2.1 conformance tests will also pass the WCS 2.0 tests.Further, all WCS 2.0 extensions remain applicable in the context of WCS 2.1.The candidate WCS 2.1 Standard is available for review and comment at portal.ogc.org/files/77692.

February 13, 2018

OGC Announces Earth Observation Exploitation Platform Hackathon 2018

Hackathon will test the readiness of new, interoperable cloud-deployment architectures for processing of Earth Observation dataThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is calling for participation in its upcoming Earth Observation Cloud Processing Hackathon 2018.The goal of the Hackathon is to demonstrate that the Testbed-13 results, described in the Engineering Reports OGC Testbed-13: Exploitation Platform Application Package, OGC Testbed-13: Application Deployment and Execution Service, and OGC Testbed-13: Cloud, are fit for purpose.The Hackathon provides a business opportunity for stakeholders to experiment with the latest results from Testbed-13 in the context of ESA’s Earth Observation (EO) Exploitation Platforms.Participants can establish robust relationships with OGC members active in geospatial cloud processing, with sponsoring organizations, and participate in essential stages of the standardization process.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that ‘geo-enable’ the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.