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July 6, 2023

OGC Compliance Certification Available for v1.0 of the OGC API – Processes Standard

OGC compliance provides confidence that a product will seamlessly integrate with other compliant solutions, regardless of the vendor that created them.

July 5, 2023

A recap of the 126th OGC Member Meeting, Huntsville, AL, USA

Attendees spent the week discussing the latest geospatial innovations in areas such as Climate, Space, Open Science, Defense & Intelligence, Connected Systems, and more.

July 5, 2023

OGC seeks Public Comment on update to Abstract Specification Topic 1 – Spatial Schema

OGC Abstract Specification Topic 1 to be aligned with the ISO 19107:2019 Standard.

June 29, 2023

OGC seeks Public Comment on version 1.4 of GeoPackage Standard

New version of GeoPackage adds more flexibility and prevents some possible interoperability problems.

June 23, 2023

The 2023 OGC Tiling Interfaces Code Sprint – How it went!

On June 12-14, 2023, OGC held its 2023 Tiling Interfaces Code Sprint at OGC Strategic Member NGA’s Moonshot Labs in St. Louis, Missouri. The code sprint focused on a select set of Application Programming Interface (API), database, and encoding standards related to map tiles.

June 22, 2023

OGC proud to create European Innovation Events and Open Knowledge

OGC to showcase many of its recent innovations, including advancements in Semantic Interoperability and the Location Innovation Academy, at upcoming European events.

June 14, 2023

OGC CEO Dr. Nadine Alameh receives 24th Annual Women in Technology Leadership Award

OGC CEO awarded for her “outstanding global leadership of the Open Geospatial Consortium and its 500 members through a period of profound change.”

June 8, 2023

Dr. Jeff de La Beaujardiere receives OGC Lifetime Achievement Award

Jeff’s support of open standards and OGC’s FAIR mission has improved access to Earth science information for countless users and decision-makers globally.

June 1, 2023

Natural Resources Canada receives inaugural OGC Community Impact Award

New award recognizes OGC members who, through exceptional leadership, volunteerism, collaboration, and investment, have positively impacted the geospatial community.