8 March 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is pleased to announce that long-time member Harris Corporation has raised its membership from Technical to Principal level. As a Principal Member, Harris Corporation will participate in OGC's Planning Committee...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC Coverage Collection Extension
4 March 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Coverage Collection Extension Standard. The candidate OGC® Coverage Collection Extension Standard specifies a useful mechanism for grouping...
OGC Announces Oil Spill Response Common Operating Picture Recommended Practice
02 March 2016 —The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces that the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) through the Geomatics Committee and IPIECA (the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues) have...
OGC Requests Information to Guide Arctic Spatial Data Pilot
24 February  2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) requests information to help advance the “Arctic Spatial Data Pilotâ€. The Arctic Spatial Data Pilot is an OGC Interoperability Program initiative sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and Natural...
OGC Announces Kickoff of Major Interoperability Testbed “ Testbed 12
23 February 2016 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces that the Kickoff Event for six threads of the Testbed 12 Interoperability Initiative will be held at the USGS Headquarters in Reston, VA on Wednesday through Friday, March 2-4, the week before the...
Caliper Corporation Mapping Software Becomes an Associate Member of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
NEWTON, MA (USA) — Caliper Corporation, the leader in the development of cost-effective professional map software, has announced that is has become an associate member of the Open Geospatial Consortium. As an Associate Member, Caliper will participate in OGC's...
OGC Invites Input to Guide Point Cloud Standards Work
8 February 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)  Point Cloud Domain Working Group (Point Cloud DWG) formed late last year to assess the current state of standards and best practices in the management of point cloud data and to guide OGC activities in...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC Land and Infrastructure Conceptual Model Standard (LandInfra)
01 February 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Land and Infrastructure Conceptual Model Standard (LandInfra). LandInfra defines concepts for land and civil engineering infrastructure...
OGC, InLocation Alliance and i-locate Project Seek Input on Use Cases and Benefits of Indoor Positioning
22 January 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), the Inlocation Alliance (ILA) and the i-locate Project invite you to contribute to a survey on use cases and benefits of indoor positioning. Kirk Burroughs, Board Chair of InLocation Alliance stated that...
OGC seeks public comment on OGC Emergency and Disaster Management Information Framework Discussion Paper
21 January 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the OGC Emergency and Disaster Management Information Framework Discussion Paper. This paper proposes the establishment of information management ecosystems for...