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February 15, 2017

OGC is seeking data and services for Testbed 13’s mass migration scenario

OGC Testbed 13 participants will implement services, access data, and demonstrate capabilities using the services and data identified during this RFI.The overarching theme for Testbed 13 is mass population migration.The demonstration scenario for Testbed 13 will focus on addressing challenges related to the coordination of multi-regional/national operations arising from the current exodus of people from the Middle East to Europe.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.

February 13, 2017

OGC invites expertise on underground maps and models

Any organization with an interest in underground infrastructure is invited to respond to the RFI before 15 March 2017.We have embarked on the formulation of a holistic framework for managing underground geospatial information.We are collaborating with OGC to expand the horizon in various aspects of underground geospatial information standards and these insights will be useful to our work on the holistic framework of underground geospatial information management.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.

February 7, 2017

OGC to initiate Phase 1 Development of Interoperability Standards for Underground Infrastructure Data

These funds, along with contributions from Ordnance Survey Great Britain and other contributors, will enable OGC to initiate the first of a three-phase project to establish interoperability standards for underground infrastructure data.In addition to modelling the underground infrastructure, the project will look at ways to model the soil and related components that surround the underground infrastructure networks.The underground infrastructure data interoperability project will take two and a half years to complete and will involve the collaboration of many cities, utilities, and engineering and technology companies.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.

February 6, 2017

OGC Calls for Participation in Testbed 13 Part 2 ESA Threads – Exploitation Platform, and invites all interested Testbed 13 participants to Q&A webinar

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites interested organizations to respond to Part 2 – ESA Thematic Exploitation Platform.The overall Testbed 13 Call for Participation (CFP) is provided in two parts, a general call referred to as “Part 1 CFP” (see http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/2525) and a specialized call referred to as ‘Part 2 ITT’.A Testbed 13 Bidders Q&A Webinar will be held on Tuesday, 7 February 2017 at noon US Eastern Standard Time.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.

February 3, 2017

OGC seeks public comment on candidate GeoPackage 1.2 standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate GeoPackage 1.2 standard.Over the course of 2016, the GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) made a number of changes to the GeoPackage Encoding Standard Version 1.1 (OGC 12-128r12).These changes have been aggregated into version 1.2 of the GeoPackage Encoding Standard (12-128r13).For a full list of changes, read the Release Notes at: https://portal.ogc.org/files/72233The candidate GeoPackage 1.2 standard is available for public review and comment at https://portal.ogc.org/files/72483.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location based services, and mainstream IT.

February 1, 2017

Location Powers event scaling linked data to big data

The theme for the workshop is ‘Big Linked Geodata.’ The workshop will take place on Wednesday 22nd March, alongside OGC’s next TC Meeting, in Delft, The Netherlands.The focus of the workshop is to investigate how big data approaches can aid in effective exploitation of linked geographic data.Participants will hear about the latest developments in this field, and will contribute to the collective discussion advancing the use of ‘linked’ and ‘big’ data computing techniques as applied to geospatial data.About Location PowersThe Location Powers Summits are provided by the OGC, whose members have been making the world’s location standards for over 20 years.[1]: UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, The big data dilemma: Fourth Report of Session 2015–16, pp3 [PDF].

January 25, 2017

OGC Calls for Participation in Major Innovation Testbed (Testbed 13)

For the most up to date details on the OGC Testbed 13 CFP please see the CFP page http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/154 **The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites interested organizations to respond to the just released Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC Testbed 13 Interoperability Testbed.Organizations selected to participate in Testbed 13 will develop prototype solutions based on the sponsors’ use cases, requirements and scenarios.Participants’ prototype solutions will implement existing OGC standards as well as new prototype interface and encoding specifications introduced or developed in Testbed 13.Prototype specifications may ultimately become official, member approved OGC standards, revisions to existing OGC standards, or best practices for using OGC standards.OGC standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

January 18, 2017

OGC seeks public comment on OGC WaterML 2 – Part 3, Surface Hydrology Features Conceptual Model

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its WaterML 2 – Part 3, Surface Hydrology Features Conceptual Model.The OGC WaterML 2 – Part 3, Surface Hydrology Features Conceptual Model (HY_Features) is part of an intended ‘OGC WaterML 2’ suite of standards that groups water-related OGC standards.The candidate HY_Features standard defines a common feature model for the identification and description of surface hydrologic features.Similarly, the model can be applied to cataloging of observations, model results, or other study information involving hydrologic features.OGC standards support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location based services, and mainstream IT.

January 17, 2017

OGC seeks public comment on candidate InfraGML encoding standards

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate InfraGML standards.The candidate OGC InfraGML Encoding standards define the implementation-dependent, GML encoding of concepts supporting land and civil engineering infrastructure facilities.The Parts of InfraGML are as follows:Part 0: LandInfra Core Encoding StandardPart 1: LandInfra Land Features Encoding StandardPart 2: LandInfra Facilities and Projects Encoding StandardPart 3: LandInfra Alignments Encoding StandardPart 4: LandInfra Roads Encoding StandardPart 5: LandInfra Railways Encoding StandardPart 6: LandInfra Survey Encoding StandardThe Candidate OGC InfraGML encoding Standards are available for review and comment at https://portal.ogc.org/files/?artifact_id=72352.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.