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April 12, 2006

OGC Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions Becomes OGC Strategic Member

Wayland, MA, May 13, 2002 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announced today that Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions, a business division of Intergraph Corporation, has upgraded its OGC membership to the Strategic level – the Consortiums highest level of membership.Intergraph will engage in strategic planning as a member of both the OGC Planning Committee and as a member of the newly formed OGC Strategic Advisory Committee.Making the investment to become an OGC strategic member is a natural next step for our company and our strategic direction.Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions brings together geospatial and information technology to help customers achieve their business goals.Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions is a division of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR), Huntsville, Ala., and does business in more than 60 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries and global distributor and partner network.

April 12, 2006

OGC Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative Demonstration Planned for May 9

The Open GIS Consortiums (OGC) Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative Phase 1 (MMI-1) is tackling just that question in preparation for a public demonstration on May 9, 2002.OGC members participating in this initiative include CubeWerx, Compusult, SAIC, ESRI, Harvard Design and Mapping (HDM) and MapInfo.The Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative demonstration will involve two fictional use cases, each focusing on different types of hazards.The demonstration will call upon data such as historic storm paths, flood maps, roads, hazard probability maps, and demographic information.MMI is part of the OGC Interoperability Program, a global, collaborative, hands-on engineering and testing program designed to deliver proven candidate interface specifications into the OGC Specification Development Program.

April 12, 2006

Carl Katz Joins OGC as Director of Documentation and Knowledge Management

Wayland, MA, USA, April 19, 2002 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announces that Carl Katz has joined the organization as Director of Documentation and Knowledge Management.Prior to joining OGC, Mr. Katz was the Director of Knowledge Management for USPowerSolutions, where he developed programs to improve enterprise collaboration, document management, corporate education, product development, and process adoption.Before USPowerSolutions, Mr. Katz held technical documentation management positions with several Boston-area software companies, including HPR, Inc., INTERSOLV, and the Reed Elsevier Technology Group.He will guide the development of an OGC Document Knowledge Portal to support rapid discovery of and access to information in OGC technical documents.In addition, Mr. Katz will chair and participate in the OGC Document Subcommittee and will oversee the technical writing and editing of OGC documents.

April 12, 2006

OGC and AMI-C Partner to Explore Cross Industry Interoperability for Location Services

This cooperation extends into electronic location services and navigation programs, processes and related specifications released by AMI-C and OGC.AMI-C represents automobile manufacturers and has been at work to standardize an interface for communications and entertainment systems for vehicles.This work is of particular interest to OGC because it facilitates an interoperable solution for delivering services that depend on location and geoprocessing into vehicles.OGC has a keen interest in working directly with the auto industry, and AMI-C, as the common voice for automakers, enables the development of coherent specifications.AMI-C is developing specifications for common automotive multimedia and telematics interfaces.

April 12, 2006

OGC Demonstrates Geographic Web Services Interoperability

On March 7, 2002, OGC members completed an on-line OGC Web Services (OWS) 1.1 demonstration in which a variety of commercial and government geoprocessing servers, clients and middleware seamlessly communicated using interoperability interfaces.The OWS 1.1 demonstration scenario developed by the sponsors challenged participating technology developers and integrators to implement interoperability capabilities that address specific critical disaster management needs.Interfaces based on OGCs draft Sensor Web Specifications enabled discovery of and real-time access to measurements from meteorological, water quality, air quality, and seismic sensors.The OGC Web Coverage Service was demonstrated accessing a variety of imagery including visible, hyperspectral and radar.For more information, contact Mr. Jeff Harrison, Executive Director, OGC Interoperability Program, by telephone at (703) 628-8655, or by e-mail at.

April 12, 2006

OGC To Support I-TEAM Initiative With Technology Assistance Group

Wayland, MA, USA, April 4, 2002 – The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) today announced the formation of a Technology Advisory Group (TAG) that will support the efforts of I-Teams nationwide.I-Teams are state, regional, or thematic information consortia formed to plan and co-invest in current, standards-based spatial data.The US Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Geographic Data Committee support I-Teams (see I-Teams at http://www.fgdc.gov/I-Team ).The TAG program allows I-Teams to participate in OGCs process and to work directly with industry, academia and government to address technology issues, and understand how new technologies will impact I-Team plans.OGC members have an avenue to better understand the interoperability issues that face state and local government in meeting their mission.

April 12, 2006

OGC Project to Advance Geo-Interoperability for Sustainable Development

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) today announced a Request For Quotation and Call For Participation in the Geospatial Information for Sustainable Development Initial Capability Pilot (GISD-ICP).Sustainable development, like many other activities that require sharing of geographic information, is hampered by the lack of interoperability between types of geoprocessing systems, vendor brands, data sources, and computing platforms.Diverse collections of data relevant to sustainable development in Africa are stored at the local, national and international levels in different vendor formats, and are available via multiple web sites and portals.For information on becoming a sponsor or participant in this initiative, please contact Mark Reichardt of OGC at (301) 840-1361 ().The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.

April 12, 2006

OGC Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative Addresses Interoperability Challenges in Disaster Planning MMI Demonstration Postponed

The Open GIS Consortiums ( OGC ) Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative Phase 1 ( MMI-1 ) is tackling just that question in preparation for a public demonstration on March 29, 2002.OGC members participating in this initiative include CubeWerx, Compusult, SAIC, ESRI, Harvard Design and Mapping ( HDM ) and MapInfo.The Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative demonstration will involve two fictional use cases, each focusing on different types of hazards.The demonstration will call upon data such as historic storm paths, flood maps, roads, hazard probability maps, and demographic information.MMI is part of the OGC Interoperability Program, a global, collaborative, hands-on engineering and testing program designed to deliver proven candidate interface specifications into the OGC Specification Development Program.

April 12, 2006

OGC Seeks Sponsors for Conformance Testing Initiative

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc (OGC) today announced a Call for Sponsors for the OGC Conformance Testing and Interoperability Evaluation (CTIE) Initiative.Set to commence in April 2002, CTIE will enable geospatial technology developers to test and validate product conformance to OGCs Web-based OpenGIS® Specifications.The CTIE Initiative will improve the industrys ability to assess the interoperability of Standards-based Commercial Off The Shelf (SCOTS) products that implement OpenGIS Specifications.The Conformance Testing and Interoperability Evaluation Initiative is part of OGCs Interoperability Program, a global, collaborative, hands-on engineering and testing program that rapidly delivers proven candidate specifications into OGCs Specification Program, where they are formalized for public release.In OGCs Interoperability Initiatives, international teams of technology providers work together to solve specific geoprocessing interoperability problems posed by the Initiatives Sponsors.