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October 2, 2013

The OGC requests comment on the candidate standard Geographic Information – Well Known Text for coordinate reference systems

2 October 2013 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is seeking comments on the candidate OGC standard, Geographic Information – Well Known Text (WKT) for coordinate reference systems.WKT is described in the OGC standard “Geographic information – Simple feature access – Part 1: Common architecture” (also International Standard ISO 19125-1:2004).The WKT representation of coordinate reference systems was subsequently extended in other OGC standards.Download the candidate OGC WKT CRS draft standard at http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/112.OGC Standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

September 30, 2013

Jeff de La Beaujardière Receives OGC’s Gardels Award

At the September meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC(R)) in Frascati, Italy, Jeff de La Beaujardière, PhD, received the OGCs prestigious Kenneth D. Gardels Award (http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/awards).Access is about using open standards to improve usability, and the Open Geospatial Consortium obviously plays a key role in that space.Jeff de La Beaujardières participation in the OGCs standards process began in 1998 during the first Web Mapping Testbed while at NASA.It is given annually in memory of Kenneth Gardels, a founding director of OGC and OGCs former director of academic programs.OGCs open standards empower technology developers to make geospatial information and services accessible and useful with any application that needs to be geospatially enabled.

September 26, 2013

OGC and USGIF invite public to see how open standards integrate geospatial services with Modeling and Simulation

26 September 2013 – Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Working Group invite the public to attend a demonstration of new developments in technology and capability to rapidly discover, transform, and stream geospatial data from Internet sources into Modeling and Simulation applications using open standards.The USGIF Modeling and Simulation Working Group demonstration is a part of the many professional development offerings at this year’s GEONT Symposium.USGIF has opened the USGIF Modeling and Simulation Working Group Demonstration to the public, and there is no charge to attend demonstration.The Foundation and its participants share a mission focused on the development and application of geospatial intelligence to address national security objectives.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international consortium of more than 480 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards.

September 23, 2013

OGC Calls for input on Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS) Standards Harmonization

RFI Information:The RFI is available at http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/111.The FAA’s Aircraft Access to SWIM (AAtS) initiative is in a preliminary stage of requirements development and standards identification.The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international consortium of more than 480 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.

September 18, 2013

OGC and Ordnance Survey Call for Participation in UK Interoperability Assessment Plugfest Leadership Event

The purpose of UKIAP 2013 is to advance the interoperability of geospatial products and services based on OGC standards within the UK geospatial information (GI) community.The OGC and Ordnance Survey would like to involve as many participants in the initiative as possible.The OGC and Ordnance Survey will have a clarification call on 25 September starting at 10:45 BST.Ordnance Survey is a government department founded in 1791 and is the national mapping agency of Great Britain.The mission of the Ordnance Survey is to maximise the use of geographic information (GI) for the benefit of the citizen, good governance and commerce.

September 12, 2013

The OGC invites review of location data standards in energy and utility worlds

12 Sep 2013 – The OGC Energy & Utilities Domain Working Group (E&U DWG) invites you to attend presentations on Location Communication in Energy and Utility Worlds in sessions at the upcoming OGC Technical Committee Meetings.The OGC Energy & Utilities Domain Working Group sessions will be held from 1745 CET to 1840 CET on September 23 and 24, 2013.Joining this listserve will also keep you informed about the Energy & Utilities Domain Working Groups activities.For information about joining the OGC and the OGC Energy and Utilities Domain Working Group, contact Renee Bogle Hughes.Renee is Chair of the OGC Energy & Utilities Domain Working Group and Principal at Energy Transformation Consulting.

August 27, 2013

OGC Geo4NIEM Webinar will demonstrate enhanced use of geospatial capabilities with the US National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)

The sponsors of the OGC Geo4NIEM Initiative:Program Manager – Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE)National Information Exchange Model – Program Management Office (NIEM PMO)and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invite interested organizations to attend the OGC Geo4NIEM Demo public webinar on 19 September 2013 from 1030-1130am EDT.Geo4NIEM is an OGC initiative named Geospatial Enhancements for the US National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).OGC Geo4NIEM Initiative technology provider participants include OGC members Galdos, The Carbon Project, Luciad and ArdentMC.The following two NIEM information exchanges were used for testing and demonstration in this project.After the webinar, a detailed Geo4NIEM OGC Engineering Report will be made available to the public on the OGC Public Engineering Report website.

August 22, 2013

The OGC requests comment on the Interpolation Extension to the OGC Web Coverage Service Interface Standard

22 August, 2013 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is seeking comments on the candidate OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard Interpolation Extension.The OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard defines an open standard interface to access multi-dimensional spatio-temporal coverages, such as sensor data, satellite imagery, image time series, point clouds, and meshes.The candidate WCS Interpolation Extension document specifies parameters to the WCS GetCoverage request that provide control over interpolation of a coverage during its server-side processing.Download the candidate OGC WCS Interface Standard Interpolation Extension.OGC Standards support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

August 20, 2013

The OGC requests comment on the Scaling Extension to the OGC Web Coverage Service Interface Standard

20 August 2013 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is seeking comments on the candidate OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard Scaling Extension.The OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard defines an open standard interface to access multi-dimensional spatio-temporal coverages, such as satellite imagery, image time series, point clouds, and meshes.The candidate WCS Scaling Extension document specifies parameters to the WCS GetCoverage request that provide control over scaling of a coverage during its server-side processing.Download the candidate OGC WCS Scaling Extension Standard.OGC Standards support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.