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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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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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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...

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...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that Dr. Nadine Alameh has been appointed as a Director, Interoperability Programs for the Consortium. In her new position, Nadine plans and manages OGC Interoperability Initiatives, which include testbeds, pilots and interoperability experiments des...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that Lance McKee has been appointed as a Senior Staff Writer for the Consortium.

As part of the OGC's Marketing and Communications team, Lance is responsible for communicating the OGC message through a variety of public relations and outrea...

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has appointed Steven Ramage as Executive Director, Marketing and Communications.

OGC is an international voluntary consensus standards body that works extensively with organisations across the globe to ensure the interoperability of geospatial software ap...

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