World Geospatial Industry Council Turns Two

Turns Two

We humbly thank every one part of our journey. Get to know the key developments that happened during the last two years.

Fostering Collaborative Partnerships

WGIC found success in building partnerships and engagements with international end-user organizations and standards organizations.

WGIC Established as a Liaison for ISO/TC 211 — ISO/TC 211

WGIC received accession as an Associate at World Federation of Engineering Organization (WFEO) — The World Federation of Engineering Organizations

European GNSS Agency (GSA) and WGIC Sign a Strategic Collaboration Memorandum

Collaboration between WGIC and UNSD, marks a new milestone for strengthening global geospatial information ecosystem — The United Nations Statistics Division

WGIC and ITU partner to leverage geospatial knowledge for a better connected world — nternational Telecommunication Union

WGIC and buildingSMART International sign an MOU to work towards common initiatives

WGIC and OGC enter into a MOU to encourage adoption and promotion of geospatial & location-based technologies. — Open Geospatial Consortium

Creating Body of Knowledge

WGIC is continuously working on creating various bodies of knowledge and facilitating the exchange of knowledge within the geospatial industry through our global reports and newsletters.

Leading in Industry Engagement

WGIC organized a number of panel discussions, round tables and participated at partner events taking the geospatial industry engagements to the next level. A glimpse from the past.

Industry Partners’ Program April 1, 2019 – Panel I on Extending partnership with global economy

Johnson Malcolm, Deputy Secretary General, ITU a WGIC partner at GWF 2019

WGIC Round table on ‘Technology Convergence and Collaborations for Shaping a New World’

WGIC at UN-GGIM International Seminar, Malaysia represented by Sanjay, Dr. Derek from WGIC secretariat along with Dr. Zaffar, Spatial Vision

Driving Industry Impact

For constructive and mutually rewarding proactive engagement and knowledge exchange opportunities with key user industries, WGIC has constituted the Working Groups in the following areas. Know more about the working groups.

Access the WGIC 2019 Annual Report

2019 was the ‘Year of Collaboration’ and 2020 shall be the ‘Year of expanding outreach and impact’. Know in detail about the latest developments and plans of WGIC.