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November 21, 2017

OGC Calls for Participation in its ‘Geospatial to the Edge’ Interoperability Plugfest

OGC Plugfest will advance, test, and validate the interoperability of geospatial software that implements specific profiles of open standards.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is calling for interested participants in its ‘Geospatial to the Edge’ Interoperability Plugfest.OGC Plugfests, initiatives of the OGC Innovation Program, provide a venue for sponsors and technology implementers to come together to solve geospatial interoperability challenges in a collaborative, agile process.A plugfest is organized around scenarios and a testing environment to advance the implementation of OGC standards and profiles of OGC standards in commercial and open source software products.The ‘Geospatial to the Edge’ Interoperability Plugfest is co-sponsored by Army Geospatial Center and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA/CIO&T).

November 8, 2017

OGC invites you to its Testbed 13 Demonstration Event

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites members and the public to attend the OGC Testbed 13 demonstration of the outcomes of its latest Innovation Program initiative on December 12-13 2017 at USGS National Center in Reston, VA, USA.The morning of the first day will provide a high-level presentation summarizing the main achievements of Testbed 13 as well as a summary outlook of Testbed 14.Some highlights from the newly developed solutions to be demonstrated include:Under the Earth Observation Clouds (EOC) thread, Testbed 13 developed a standards-based mechanism to make any type of application available as a cloud service.For more information on the Testbed 13 Demonstration Event, including registration details and agenda, please visit: https://portal.ogc.org/files/75152.About the OGC Innovation ProgramThe OGC Innovation Program provides global, hands-on, collaborative prototyping for rapid development and delivery of proven candidate specifications to the OGC Standards Program, where these candidates can then be considered for further action.

October 31, 2017

OGC seeks public comment on TimeseriesML 1.2 Candidate Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the TimeseriesML 1.2 Candidate Standard.Through the use of existing OGC standards, TimeseriesML 1.2 aims at being an interoperable exchange format that may be re-used to address a range of time series data exchange requirements and scenarios.The TimeseriesML 1.2 Candidate Standard is available for public review and comment at https://portal.ogc.org/files/76112.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 with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

October 26, 2017

OGC supports American Geographical Society’s 2017 Fall Symposium, Geography 2050

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and symposium partners the American Geographical Society (AGS), GEO, and USGIF will present the AGS Fall Symposium, Geography 2050: The Future of Mobility on November 16-17, 2017.Geography 2050 is a multi-year strategic dialog about the vital trends that will reshape the geography of our planet by 2050.About the American Geographical SocietyEstablished in 1851, the American Geographical Society (AGS) is the oldest professional geographical/geospatial organization in the United States.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 with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

October 24, 2017

OGC announces a new standard that improves the way information is referenced to the earth

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has approved the Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) as OGC Abstract Specification – Topic 21 [OGC 15-104r5].The OGC DGGS Abstract Specification standard defines the conceptual model and a set of rules for building highly efficient architectures for spatial data storage, integration and analytics.However, assembling the array of spatial data available in a way it can make sense is presently an expensive challenge requiring an expert.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 with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

October 4, 2017

OGC Announces New 3D Portrayal Service Standard

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has approved the 3D Portrayal Service (3DPS) 1.0 standard.Viewing 3D geospatial content from diverse sources has just become easier with the release of the new OGC 3DPS standard.The 3DPS standard describes how a client and service negotiate what is to be delivered and in which manner, to enable interoperable 3D portrayal.An important aspect of the 3DPS standard is that the portrayal service is optimized to best operate with the abilities of the client.As with any OGC standard, the open 3D Portrayal Service 1.0 standard is free to download and implement.

September 14, 2017

Marie-Françoise Voidrot receives OGC’s Gardels Award

At the September meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) Technical Committee in Southampton, UK, Marie-Françoise Voidrot received the OGC’s prestigious Kenneth D. Gardels Award.The Gardels Award is awarded each year to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to advance OGCs vision of geospatial information fully integrated into the worlds information systems.Mark Reichardt, President and CEO of OGC, commented: “I am delighted with the selection of Marie-Francoise Voidrot for the 2017 Gardels Award.Mark Reichardt, OGC President & CEO, (left) and Jeff Harris, Chairman of the OGC Board of Directors, (right) present Marie-Françoise Voidrot with the 2017 Gardels Award.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that ‘geo-enable’ the Web, wireless and location based services, and mainstream IT.

September 6, 2017

OGC approves Community Standard for streaming 3D Content

The standard is referred to as the OGC Indexed 3D Scene Layer (I3S) and the Scene Layer Package Format (SLPK) Specification.These standards are released as an OGC Community Standard.“The OGC I3S and SLPK Community Standard is an important contribution to the rapidly evolving 3D visualization and analytics community and extends OGCs offerings for delivery of 3D content.The OGC Community Standards review and approval process resulted in significant improvements to the documentation of this standard,” said Scott Simmons, Executive Director of the OGC Standards Program.As with any OGC standard, the open I3S and SLPK Community Standard is free to implement.

September 5, 2017

OGC seeks public comment on proposed Geocoding API Standards Working Group

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting comments on the draft charter for an OGC Geocoding API Standards Working Group (SWG).The Geocoding API SWG aims develop a new OGC candidate standard for access to geocoding services and to progress it to the state of an adopted standard.The draft charter of the Geocoding SWG is available at: https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/75003.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 with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.