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OGC Calls for Participation in the OWS Shibboleth Interoperability Experiment
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) calls for
participation in the OGC Web Services (OWS) Shibboleth
Interoperability Experiment (IE) to advance best practice for
implementing standards on federated security in transactions involving
geospatial data and services.
The IE, initiated by ...
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Luis Bermudez Joins OGC as Director, Interoperability Certification
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®)
announces that Dr. Luis E. Bermudez has been appointed Director of
Interoperability Certification for the Consortium. In his new
position, Dr. Bermudez will manage the OGC Certification Program, lead
plugfest activities, and support OGC testbeds, pilots ...
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OGC and Smart Ocean Sensor Consortium (SOSC) to collaborate
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) and
the Smart Ocean Sensor Consortium (SOSC) have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to advance sensor observing systems for the oceans
community.
Under the agreement the two organizations will participate in joint outreach and marketing act...
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OGC Seeks Comments on Earth Observation Profile of Sensor Planning Service Standard
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®)
members are seeking comments on the "Earth Observation Satellite
Tasking Extension for OGC® Sensor Planning Service (SPS)." The SPS
configuration proposed in this profile supports the programming of
Earth Observation (EO) sensor syste...
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OGC Announces Webinar on 2010 Data Fusion Testbed, Seeks Sponsors for 2011 Testbed
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) recently concluded the OGC Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) Testbed initiative. Interoperability architectures, enhancements to existing
OGC standards, and candidate standards developed in the testbed for
sensors, video change detection, database synchronizat...
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OGC and OSGeo collaborate on documentation
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information about this announcement, contact:
Lance McKee, Senior Staff Writer, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) +1 508-655-5858, lmckee@opengeospatial.org
Cameron Shorter, OSGeo Live project coordinator +61 2 8570-5050, cameron.shorter@lisa...
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OGC Forms GeoSMS Standards Working Group
July 20, 2010, Wayland, Massachusetts. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC(R)) announces the formation of an Open GeoSMS Standards Working Group (SWG) (http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/geosmsswg). The Open GeoSMS SWG will advance the OGC Candidate Open GeoSMS Standard (http://portal.ope...
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OGC Seeks Comments on Candidate XML Standard for Encoding Observations and Measurements
Wayland, Mass., 8 July, 2010 - The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) Members are seeking comments on the "Observations and Measurements - XML Implementation" candidate standard. This candidate standard specifies an XML encoding for the Observations and Measurements concep...
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OGC Seeks Comments on MovingObjectSnapshot Standard
Wayland, Mass., 8 July, 2010 - The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) is seeking public comment on a Geography Markup Language (GML) XML encoding for describing the characteristics of a moving object, such as a GPS enabled car. This candidate standard provides a way of describing in simple ...
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GIS.FCU Takes Principal Membership in the OGC(R)
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
(http://www.opengeospatial.org ) announced that the GIS Research
Center, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan (GIS.FCU) has become a
Principal Member of the OGC.
Principal Members evaluate and provide guidance on market direction and Consortium focus, ...
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OGC and AGISEE begin activities in South-East Europe
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and AGISEE, the Association for
Geospatial Information in South-East Europe (http://www.agisee.org)
announced that they have established a cooperative relationship to
promote the importance of open standards in the development of spatial
data infrastructures ...
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lat/lon Takes Principal Membership in the OGC(R)
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (http://www.opengeospatial.org ) announced that lat/lon (http://www.lat-lon.de ) has become a Principal Member of the OGC.
Principal Members evaluate and provide guidance on market direction and Consortium focus, and have authority over the development, rel...
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German SDI (GDI-DE) collaborates with SIG 3D in CityGML activities
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Germany, GDI-DE, is now addressing issues related to 3D. The Special Interest Group SIG 3D has become a part of GDI-DE and in this context is creating a national and international network of 3D activities. The SIG 3D is hoping to attract members from acros...
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