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March 23, 2017

OGC requests public comment on proposed Indexed 3D Scene Layers (I3S) Community Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting public comment on the proposed Indexed 3D Scene Layers Community Standard.Indexed 3D Scene Layers (I3S) was submitted by Esri for consideration as an OGC Community Standard.An OGC Community Standard is an official position of the OGC endorsing a specification or standard developed external to the OGC.A Community standard is considered to be a normative standard by OGC membership and part of the OGC Standards Baseline.The candidate I3S Community Standard standard is available for public review and comment at https://portal.ogc.org/files/72991.

March 15, 2017

OGC approves new standard for geological science data

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has approved GeoSciML as an OGC Standard.The OGC GeoSciML Standard defines a model and encoding for geological features commonly described and portrayed in geological maps, cross sections, geological reports, and databases.This standard describes a logical model and GML/XML encoding rules for geological map data, geological time scales, boreholes, and metadata for laboratory analyses.“Earlier versions of GeoSciML have been used for several years by geological data sharing projects around the world when GeoSciML was only an IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences) standard.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location based services, and mainstream IT.

March 14, 2017

OGC announces kickoff of major innovation testbed – Testbed 13

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has announced that the Kickoff Event for the Testbed 13 Innovation Initiative will be held on 4-6 April at USGS’ Headquarters in Reston, VA, USA.At the April Kickoff Event, Testbed 13 Sponsors and OGC Staff will present the interoperability requirements and objectives for the five Testbed 13 threads listed above.These Participants will deliver completed OGC Engineering Reports for public review and deliberation in the OGC Standards Program.The reports will become Discussion Papers, candidate OGC standards, revisions to existing OGC standards, or best practices for using OGC standards and related standards from other standards development organizations.Details surrounding the Testbed 13 technology threads and the entire Testbed 13 Architecture can be found in Appendix B of the CFP and in the CFP’s clarifications document.

March 10, 2017

OGC publishes Moving Features Access specification as a standard for rapid and advanced utilization of location data for moving features

Moving Features Access defines location data access operations so that big data from moving features, such as people and vehicles, can be processed and analyzed swiftly and across different sectors.Although ISO has conventionally standardized specifications to access location data of moving objects by specifying times (ISO 19141: 2008), Moving Features Access standardizes specifications to access data by specifying places in addition to times.Features of OGC Moving Features Access are as follows.Regulation of data access specifications to encourage rapid and advanced utilization of location data across many sectors.As with any OGC standard, the open Moving Features Access standard is free to implement.

March 10, 2017

OGC seeks public comment on proposed Unmanned Systems Domain Working Group

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks comments on the draft charter of a proposed Unmanned Systems Domain Working Group (UXS DWG).The UXS DWG is chartered to identify standards requirements and use cases for all aspects of unmanned systems operations focused on mission planning, geospatial data collection, and analysis.See the OGC’s Domain Working Group page and Standards Working Group page to learn about other standards activities that are ongoing in the OGC.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.

March 9, 2017

OGC calls for public review of proposed Common Object Model Container Standards Working Group

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the draft charter for an OGC Common Object Model Container (COMC) Standards Working Group (SWG).The core philosophy behind the COMC SWG is that a user should be able to publish and retrieve data in the format most suitable for that user.Delivery of data to the end user would then occur using the most appropriate OGC web service for the data and users needs.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.

March 8, 2017

OGC is seeking information on Geospatial APIs

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is looking for information on the existence of mapping and geospatial Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) as part of an OGC Concept Development Study (CDS) that will examine the interoperability of existing geospatial APIs.The explosive growth of public APIs for geospatial applications, and the accompanying variability in API practices across the IT industry, as well as in geospatial APIs specifically, has created new opportunities and challenges in supporting geospatial services.About the OGCThe OGC is an international consortium of more than 525 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards.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.

March 6, 2017

OGC seeks public comment on new Abstract Specification Topic for Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS)

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting public comment on its Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) Abstract Specification Topic.The OGC DGGS Abstract Specification supports the specification of standardized DGGS infrastructures that enable the integrated analysis of very large, multi-source, multi-resolution, multi-dimensional, distributed geospatial data.Interoperability between OGC DGGS implementations is anticipated through implementation standards, and extension interface encodings of OGC Web Services.The intention of OGC’s DGGS Abstract Specification is to provide the geomatics and decision-making community with a formal document with which DGGS can be recognized, designed, built and used.The Abstract Specification defines the framework components that make up a compliant DGGS and the variability within those components.

February 23, 2017

OGC invites you to the Arctic Spatial Data Pilot demonstration

23 February 2017: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites members and the public to attend the OGC Arctic Spatial Data Pilot demonstration online or in-person on the 15th March 2017 at the USGS in Reston, Virginia.The OGC Arctic Spatial Data Pilot (Arctic SDP) was initiated to demonstrate the diversity, richness, and value of providing geospatial data using international standards in support of spatial data infrastructures.The Pilot supports the strategic goals of the Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (Arctic SDI), a voluntary, multilateral cooperation between the 8 Arctic Countries National Mapping Agencies (including USGS and NRCan).The Arctic SDP, an 18 month study, was initiated to demonstrate the diversity, richness and value of providing geospatial data using international standards in support of spatial data exchange.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location based services, and mainstream IT.