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April 12, 2006

OGC Issues Request for Technology for Web Services Initiative

rfresne [at] opengeospatial.orgjharrison [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, USA, April 30, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) invites responses to a Request for Technology (RFT) in support of an OGC Interoperability Initiative called the OGC Web Services Initiative Phase 2.Responses to this RFT should consider the work performed in the OGC Web Services Initiative Phase 1 and the specifications developed during the course of that initiative.This OGC Web Services Initiative RFT elaborates on eight themes.OGC Web Services will allow distributed geoprocessing systems to communicate with each other using technologies such as XML and HTTP.This means that systems capable of working with XML and HTTP will be able to both advertise and use OGC Web Services.

April 12, 2006

OGC Prototyping US Governments Open Platform GeoSpatial One-Stop Portal

Twenty companies offered proposals in response to a December, 2002 Request for Quotations (RFQ)/Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative (GOS-PI).OGC is partnering with the Geospatial One-Stop (GOS) project on this work.As detailed in the OGC RFQ, the initiative sponsors and participants are working to refine and document the technical architecture of the Geospatial One-Stop Portal.James R. ONeill, President of Northrop Grumman Information Technology TASC said, The Geospatial One-Stop Portal is a key enabler for the program to allow government to government sharing of geospatial information.Questions about the OGC Interoperability Program and GOS-PI should be addressed to Mr. Ron Fresne, Interoperability Initiatives Manager,, +1 (703) 707-0261.

April 12, 2006

OGC Releases Request for Comment for Proposed Location Services Specification

Orleans, France, April 21, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) has released the proposed OpenGIS® Location Services (OpenLS™) Implementation Specification for public comment as a Request for Comment (RFC).The RFC defines XML for Location Services, which consists of interfaces for a variety of specific services.The proposed OpenLS specification is the product of the OpenLS 1 testbed initiatives held between October 2001 and October 2002.The OpenLS specification submission team includes ESRI (USA), Image Matters (USA), Intergraph IntelliWhere (Australia), MapInfo (USA) and Webraska (France).Request for Comment is a method to integrate public input into OGCs consensus process in the creation of its OpenGIS Specifications.

April 12, 2006

OGCE Invites Organisations To Qualify For European Virtual Resource Pool

Munich, Germany, April 4, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium (Europe) Limited (OGCE) today announced the creation of the European Virtual Resource Pool (EVPool), and the availability of an Invitation to Qualify (ITQ).Participants in EVPool will undertake critical work to increase understanding of the benefits of OpenGIS® specifications in European business and government pre-procurement settings.EVPool is intended to provide technical support for OGCE projects where strategic evaluation about future investments of interoperable geoprocessing will be made.They will realise new revenue and relationship-building opportunities, and near-to-market experience in the interoperable technology adoption process.OpenGIS Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

BAE SYSTEMS Continues Strategic Member Role in OGC

Wayland, MA, April 3, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) today announced that BAE SYSTEMS has renewed its Strategic Membership in OGC.BAE SYSTEMS joined OGC in 1995 and has been a Strategic Member of the Consortium since 2001.The OGC member companies have a strong history of aligning with commercial, national and international priorities and BAE SYSTEMS, as a large systems integrator, takes pride in our involvement with OGC.Under the terms of BAE SYSTEMS Strategic Membership the companys Information Systems Sector provides, on loan to OGC, a senior technical program manager.Mr. Arliss Whiteside, also a BAE SYSTEMS employee, continues to play an active role as the companys Technical Committee representative to OGC.

April 12, 2006

OGC Releases OpenGIS Reference Model

Wayland, MA, April 2, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) today announced the public release of the OpenGIS(R) Reference Model (ORM).It can help providers of geospatial technology products and geographic data expand their market reach.In most cases, OpenGIS specifications are also submitted to ISO for adoption as international standards.The ORM summarizes and puts in context all the work that OGC members have done since 1994 to develop, test, and deploy OpenGIS Specifications.OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that geo-enable the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

April 12, 2006

OGC Seeks Sponsors for Property and Land Initiative

jharrison [at] opengeospatial.orgWayland, MA, USA, March 25, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is issuing a Call for Sponsors for a Planning Activity that may support future development of an OGC Property and Land Information (PLI) Initiative.Property and land information databases are an important resource that is essential to many activities such as managing property ownership, development, tax assessment, and government service provision.Property and land information are also vital to a range of other complimentary government, business and consumer services such as emergency response and recovery, real estate transactions, land planning, flood mapping, and risk assessment.The ultimate goal of the OGC Property and Land Information Initiative is to promote increased understanding of the application of OpenGIS® Specifications to the challenge of cross-organizational and cross jurisdictional access to critical information.The Initiative would seek to design, test and operationally validate open architectural frameworks for distributed property and land information networks.

April 12, 2006

OGC To Demonstrate Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative

terry.idol [at] baesystems.comstanley.robinson [at] autodesk.comWayland, MA, USA, March 5, 2003 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc.s (OGC) Critical Infrastructure Protection Initiative (CIPI) adds real world insight to the challenges of working with vital geospatial information and services required to support Critical Infrastructure Protection.Both U.S. and Canadian organizations are participating in this important study, contributing staff and data resources.CIPI is a series of pilot projects to advance interoperability for critical infrastructure protection and other vital services.Seating is limited and those interested are encouraged to contact Terry Idol (), the CIPI Phase 1 Initiative Manager or Stanley Robinson () the CIPI Phase 1 Operations and Demonstration Manager, to reserve a seat.The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC and IPE Announce Classes in Geospatial Interoperability

OGC has provided IPE with the opportunity to quickly develop interoperability based GIS seminars by providing access to high caliber resources through its members.