OpenGIS® Sensor Observation Service (SOS): Request for Public Comments
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is contemplating adoption of a technology called OpenGIS® Sensor Observation Service (SOS). OGC invites public comment on a candidate specification that will soon be presented for approval by OGC members as an OpenGIS(R) Implementation Specification. The purpose of this Request for Public Comment (RFPC) is to obtain comments on the proposal for technologies and needed interfaces required for OpenGIS® Sensor Observation Service (SOS). Documentation of this draft specification can be downloaded here:
Candidate Submission: Thu, 2006-02-02 16:00
Close request period: Fri, 2006-03-10 16:00
TC and PC vote to issue request: Wed, 2006-04-05 16:00
Begin request period: Fri, 2006-05-05 16:00
This document specifies Sensor Observation Service. A Sensor Observation Service provides an API for managing deployed sensors and retrieving sensor data and specifically "observation" data. Whether from in-situ sensors (e.g., water monitoring) or dynamic sensors (e.g., satellite imaging), measurements made from sensor systems contribute most of the geospatial data by volume used in geospatial systems today
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