Community

The OGC Community is represented by a wide range of leaders and technical experts that reach across virtually all things geospatial. With the power of standards and domain working groups, forums, and projects, OGC continues to push the boundaries of innovation and collaboration.

OGC’s community is also broken up into several additional committees, forums, and partners to ensure that the consortium is able to deliver on its promise of being open, transparent, and FAIR. Our committees are the core of OGC with staff and member driven groups, our forums represent an entire globe of engaged leaders, and our alliance partners help the consortium tackle issues.

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Committees

OGC standards are the result of an international consensus-based process of technical content-development followed by intense review and formal vote.

Regional Forums

OGC innovations, standards, and thought leadership are truly global and are represented by multiple forums. Each forum supports a range of functions in order to help organizations continue to evolve with industry best practices, interoperability, and the next generation of location technologies. In order to better support the many different regions that use OGC standards, OGC encourages the creation of regional forums that address the particular needs and circumstances of their regions.

Alliance Partners

Geospatial information is a cross-cutting requirement that’s critical to many different domains. As such, the OGC mission is aligned with the missions of many different organizations.

Upcoming events

IN-PERSON MEETING

June 12 – June 15, 2023

HxGN LIVE GLOBAL

HxGN LIVE is a digital reality technology event series built for the future, providing access to Hexagon’s latest sensor, software and autonomous technologies. Our goal is to empower pioneers across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety and mobility applications to put data to work.

Community event

SPRINT (HYBRID)

June 12 – June 14, 2023

OGC Sprint – Focusing on Tiling Standards

Code Sprint focusing tiling standards (e.g., OGC API – Tiles, DGIWG/NSG WMTS Profiles, etc.) This will be a hybrid code sprint, with the face-to-face element held in St. Louis, MO.

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IN-PERSON MEETING

June 19 – June 22, 2023

IoT Week 2023

IoT Week is a one-of-a-kind 4-day conference where leaders from the worlds of business, tech and science shed light on the future of technology and its impact on business and life. IoT Week 2023 continues to explore the latest digital technologies and trends shaping societies and businesses toward the creation of sustainable, data-driven global economies. Berlin will host industry and academic experts from around the world to share best practice examples and jointly explore challenges and barriers that the research and innovation ecosystem has to address on the path toward the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The IoT Week 2023 Programme is built on the following 3 commitments in creating an inclusive programme: Promoting Innovative Visions and sustainable Technologies Enticing Technology Transfer from Research to Market Commitment to Diversity with Balanced Voices

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