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OGC Developer Website OGC RAINBOW OGC Glossary Guide for software acquisition Contact Us News News releases OGC Blog Events Become a member OGC is a consortium of experts committed to improving access to geospatial, or location information. We connect people, communities, and technology to solve global challenges and address everyday needs. Join our community Defense and Intelligence Climate and Disasters Marine Smart Cities Metaverse Cloud Native Geospatial Our partners We represent over 500 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities united with a desire to make location information FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Latest news May 7, 2024 OGC Calls for Participation in the Urban Digital Twins Interoperability Pilot Laying the foundations for improved interoperability between Digital Twins developed for separate applications. Funding is available. April 23, 2024 OGC Requests Public Comment on JSON and XML Encodings for Training Data Markup Language for Artificial Intelligence Standard OGC TrainingDML-AI Standard standardizes any training data used to train, validate, and test Machine Learning models that involve location or time. April 17, 2024 A recap of the 128th OGC Member Meeting, Delft, The Netherlands OGC’s 128th Member Meeting, themed ‘GeoBIM for the Built Environment,’ was our biggest ever, with over 300 attendees from industry, government and academia. See all of our news OGC is the home of geospatial innovation, collaboration, and standards. We are an international membership organisation that supports a diverse community of 500+ businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities, all working together to make location information FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Learn how OGC by the Numbers: Building an Engaged Membership Our membership is driven, open, diverse, inclusive, accessible, and made up of fortune 500 organizations, governments, academic hubs for innovation, startups that are changing the location of landscape, and more. 530 + Total Members 84 New Members in 2022 17 Principal Members 9 Strategic Members Featured initiatives OGC manages an agile and collaborative research and development process — the OGC Collaborative Solutions and Innovation Program – that anticipates and solves real-world geospatial challenges experienced by our members. OGC Testbed-20 Advancing the Foundations of Interoperability About OGC Testbeds As the largest Research & Development (R&D) Initiatives conducted under OGC’s COSI Program, OGC Testbeds exist at… OGC Urban Digital Twins Interoperability Pilot With over half the global population residing in cities, advances in urban planning and management are crucial for healthier, more sustainable, and more inclusive urban… Releasable Basemap Tiles GeoPackage Sprint 3 week Sprint intends to test, implement, and develop a draft specification for the NSG VTIS Volume 2: Basemap Tile Packages (BTP), which stores Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVTs) in a GeoPackage. Learn more about our initiatives Join The OGC Provide input on a new or revised standard Ensure that standards represent diverse perspectives and utilize the best in current technology by providing feedback on a potential standard or working group. Respond to a request for public comment Sponsor or participate in an Innovation Initiative Help bring this work to life by conducting experiments, undertaking research, developing prototype solutions, and more. Learn more about our innovation program Upcoming events VIRTUAL January 17 – June 19, 2024 Climate & Disaster Resilience Seminars – 2024 The OGC Stakeholder Community Coordination Group, which brings together members of the Climate and Disaster Resilience communities, has lined up an exciting program of speakers and panels for the first part of 2024. The talks will showcase geospatial technologies and data (especially those leveraging OGC Standards) across a range of applications used in Climate and Disaster Resilience. The talks are free and open to the public. Anyone interested in how spatial data and technology can help us to improve climate and disaster resilience is encouraged to attend. Seminars are held monthly on the third Wednesday at 11:00-12:30 US Eastern. Each presentation/panel will run for around 30 minutes + time for Q&A. This will be followed by short updates on what\’s happening in relevant OGC Pilots and Working Groups, as well as any upcoming opportunities. Preliminary Program for Winter/Spring 2024 datespeakertopic17 JanPaul English (Tracking California, Public Health Institute)Geospatial Environmental Health Products from the Public Health Institute21 FebAnna Liljedahl (Woodwell Climate Research Center)Permafrost Discovery Gateway – enabling big data creation and knowledge-generation to support Arctic communities20 MarchGrey Nearing and Avichai Tendler (Google)Google\’s Global Flood Forecasting Model and Fire Products17 AprilClimate Science + Open Science crossover panel – OSPD participantsHow can open science (geospatial) tools enable climate and disaster resilience?15 MayAllan Jamieson (Ordnance Survey)Can location create trust in supply chains?JuneNo seminar in JuneOGC Member Meeting – informal meetup17 JulyTodd Barr (Verisk)Kate Vavra-Musser (University of Minnesota / iGuide)Title TBC21 AugustRyan Berkheimer (NOAA)Title TBC – update on NOAA\’s Open Information Stewardship Service (OISS) How to join the seminars: Link to use from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://meet.goto.com/809299333 US Participants can also dial in using a phone:United States: +1 (224) 501-3412Access Code: 809-299-333 To join from a video-conferencing room or system:Dial in or type: 67.217.95.2 or inroomlink.goto.comMeeting ID: 809 299 333Or dial directly: 809299333@67.217.95.2 or 67.217.95.2##809299333 Members can also access the info using the OGC Portal Calendar. OGC event IN-PERSON MEETING May 13 – May 15, 2024 GeoIgnite 2024 Canada’s National Geospatial Leadership Conference Climate Resilience | Geospatial Leadership & AI | Digital Twins | BIM | GIS Community event IN-PERSON MEETING May 13 – May 16, 2024 Geospatial World...