September 28, 2015 — The OGC is a partner with the American Geographical Society and the Earth Institute in presenting the American Geographical Society (AGS) Fall Symposium, “Geography 2050: Exploring Our Future in an Urbanized Worldâ€. The symposium will be...
OGC Requests comment on Publish/Subscribe Standards for Geospatial Data
September 24, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the candidate OGC Publish/Subscribe Core (PSC) 1.0 Interface Standard and the OGC Publish/Subscribe SOAP Binding (PSSB) 1.0 Interface Standard. These candidate OGC standards...
OGC North American Forum to Demo Results of Major Interoperability Testbed
August 31, 2015 - On October 14th, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) will demonstrate the results of the eleventh OGC Interoperability Testbed. The demonstration is being organized by the OGC North American Forum. The US Geological Survey (USGS) is hosting...
OGC Requests Comment on Discussion Papers Extending Access to 4D Weather Data Collections
August 21, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on a proposed OGC Discussion Paper "A MetOcean Metadata Profile for WCS 2.0" and the supporting Discussion Paper "OGC Web Coverage Service Interface Standard - Coverage Collection...
OGC Requests Comment on Draft Charter for Hydrologic Features Standards Working Group
June 29, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the draft charter for an OGC Hydrologic Features (HY_Features) Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose of the proposed SWG is to progress the HY_Features hydrologic feature...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on OGC Web Coverage Service – Transaction Operation Extension
June 26, 2015 — The OGC membership seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Web Coverage Service (WCS) - Transaction operation extension, version 2.0. The OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard is an open standard widely implemented in geospatial...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on SensorThings API Standard for Internet of Things
June 19, 2015 — The OGC® membership seeks public comment on the candidate OGC SensorThings API Standard, Part 1. The OGC SensorThings API is a free and non-proprietary lightweight interface specification that simplifies and accelerates the development of Web-based...
Ordnance Survey Becomes a Strategic Member of the Open Geospatial Consortium
May 27, 2015 —The OGC is pleased to announce that Ordnance Survey (OS) has raised its Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership level to become the first Strategic Member outside of the USA. OS joins the US Department of Homeland Security, US Geological Survey,...
OGC Compliance Overview – Guide for Software Acquisition White Paper Available
April 21, 2015 — The OGC membership has approved “OGC Compliance Overview - Guide for Software Acquisition†as an official OGC white paper. The document is located here: http://docs.opengeospatial.org/wp/15-002r5/15-002r5.html. This white paper provides an...