The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announces an upcoming OGC Code Sprint, a collaborative and inclusive event designed to advance the development and implementation of OGC standards. The Sprint will primarily focus on the GEOINT Imagery Media for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (GIMI) standard, with additional work on OGC APIs and selected Integrity, Provenance, and Trust (IPT) topics. The event is supported by the OGC Testbed-21 initiative.
This Code Sprint will include a focused workstream on the GEOINT Imagery Media for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (GIMI) standard, alongside other OGC standards and APIs.
Registration is now live at https://events.ogc.org/OGC-Code-Sprint-GIMI-Focus
The Code Sprint is open to participants from across the geospatial ecosystem. OGC Code Sprints provide a practical environment to explore emerging ideas, improve interoperability across existing standards, and test new extensions or profiles in real-world contexts. Participation is not limited to coding; testing, documentation, design discussions, and issue reporting are all welcome. A mentor stream will be available to support participants who are new to OGC standards.
The in-person portion of the Code Sprint will be hosted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) at the Fort Collins Science Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (2150 Centre Avenue, Building C, Fort Collins, CO 80526). A virtual participation option will also be available via the OGC-Events Discord server: https://discord.gg/3uyaZZuXr3.
A pre-event webinar will be held on January 22 at 2:00 pm UTC to introduce the Sprint, outline planned activities, and help participants prepare. Interested participants are encouraged to join the webinar and take part in the Code Sprint.
Participants are also encouraged to join the OGC Events Discord Server to connect with the wider OGC community, collaborate with fellow participants, and engage in voice and text discussions throughout the event.
About OGC
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is a collective problem-solving community of experts from more than 360 businesses, government agencies, research organizations, and universities driven to make geospatial (location) information and services FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. The global OGC Community engages in a mix of activities related to location-based technologies: developing consensus-based open standards and best-practice; collaborating on agile innovation initiatives; engaging in community meetings, events, and workshops; and more. Learn more at https://www.ogc.org.