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August 30, 1996

OpenGIS RFP and RFIs Mark Progress Toward Interoperable Geoprocessing

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) today announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) for engineering specifications that implement the simple geometry components of the OpenGIS Specification (“OGIS”) for major distributed computing platforms, such as OLE/COM, CORBA, the Internet, and ODBC

August 12, 1996

OGC to Issue RFPs for Open GIS Specifications

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) recently announced a new Request for Proposals (RFP) policy by which geoprocessing software vendors will deliver specifications for interoperable geoprocessing software on targeted distributed computing platforms (DCPs) such as OLE/COM, CORBA, and Java

July 29, 1996

Bentley Joins the Open GIS Consortium as a Principal Member

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (Wayland, MA) today announced that Bentley Systems, Inc. (Exton, PA) has joined the Consortium as a principal member

July 12, 1996

Larry Ayres Joins Open GIS Consortium, Inc. Board of Directors

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announces that Larry Ayers, Executive Vice President, Intergraph Corporation, has joined OGC’s Board of Directors

May 9, 1996

Open GIS Consortium, Inc Announces OpenGIS Guide, 9-May-96

The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) announces that the “OpenGIS(TM) Guide: An Introduction to Interoperable Geoprocessing, Part 1 of the Open Geodata Interoperability Specification (OGIS)” was recently completed and is now available to the public