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Joint OGC OSGeo ASF Code Sprint 2026
A hybrid code sprint bringing together OGC, OSGeo, and Apache ASF communities to advance open geospatial standards, interoperability, and implementations.
From Mathematics to National Mapping: Fernand Bale on Elevating Côte d’Ivoire’s Geospatial Future
Fernand Bale reflects on leading Côte d’Ivoire’s geospatial transformation and how OGC collaboration is accelerating innovation across Africa.
From Rotterdam to Reality: Inside the OGC Code Sprint
From onboarding new developers to deep technical discussions, the Rotterdam Code Sprint advanced OGC Standards and community collaboration.
Calls and Requests
OGC members can submit proposals for COSI Initiatives when a Call for Participation (CFP) or Sponsorship (CFS) is released. Members of the public are also invited to provide feedback on standards, charters, and other consensus-based activities.
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC API – Common – Part 2: Geospatial Data Standard
Standard defines a means of organizing geospatial data in collections and operations for listing and describing them.
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC API – Joins Standard
The OGC API — Joins candidate Standard specifies the behavior of Web APIs that join data from specified input data files containing feature collections with…
