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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.

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.

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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.

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84

New Members in 2022

17

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9

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Upcoming events

IN-PERSON MEETING

December 10 – December 23, 2023

OGC Stack Winter School

The Second OGC Stack Winter School organized by GISE hub, IIT Bombay along with IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Tirupati and IIT Kharagpur will be held from 10th to 23rd December 2023 in Hyderabad. Details of the Winter School are available here.

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WEBINAR

January 17 – January 17, 2024

OGC Online Academy Webinar Series: Eficiencia energética de los edificios

OGC is supporting a series of webinars throughout the first half of 2024 that will address various topics. Both experts and anyone motivated to take their first steps in a new topic of interest are encouraged to attend. The webinars will be targeted towards academics, developers, National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCA), and other administrative bodies. Additionally, anyone who wishes to use materials from the Online Academy in their own training courses will learn the information needed to navigate the academy platform and its core content. Teachers, professors, coaches, consultants, and other professionals providing training in geoinformatics, spatial planning processes, and related fields are therefore also encouraged to attend. This, the first in the series of webinars, will be held in Spanish and will discuss the energy efficiency of buildings. Topic: Eficiencia energética de los edificios / Energy efficiency of buildings Time: Thursday, 17th January. 14-15:30 CETClick here for registration Dial-in info will be provided after registration.Language: Spanish The Webinar will be hold in scope of EU funded project GEOE3 Website: https://geoe3.eu/events/

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WEBINAR

January 18 – January 18, 2024

OGC Online Academy Webinar Series: Take your NMCA geospatial services to the next level with GeoE3

OGC is supporting a series of webinars throughout the first half of 2024 that will address various topics. Both experts and anyone motivated to take their first steps in a new topic of interest are encouraged to attend. The webinars will be targeted towards academics, developers, National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies (NMCA), and other administrative bodies. Additionally, anyone who wishes to use materials from the Online Academy in their own training courses will learn the information needed to navigate the academy platform and its core content. Teachers, professors, coaches, consultants, and other professionals providing training in geoinformatics, spatial planning processes, and related fields are therefore also encouraged to attend. Over the last three years, the GeoE3 project has been working on: access and interoperability of geospatial and other data dynamic harmonisation of geospatial data based on use cases building an ecosystem based on national platforms Now GeoE3 invites European NMCAs to join this webinar to learn about the benefits that GeoE3 and the GeoE3 data platform can bring to your organisation. Eight countries are already on board – now it is your turn to join! Topic: Webinar for NMCAs: Take your geospatial services to the next level with GeoE3Time: Thursday, 18th January. 10-12h CETClick here for registration Dial-in info will be provided after registration.Language: EnglishThe Webinar will be hold in scope of EU funded project GEOE3 Website: https://geoe3.eu/events/

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