OGC seeks public comment on Geospatial Data API
December 6, 2021
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking public comment on the OGC API – Common – Part 2: Geospatial Data Candidate Standard.
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OGC call for pilot participation: Federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure
November 26, 2021
WGIC Partner OGC (the Open Geospatial Consortium) continues its quest for in-depth data requirements, architecture, and standards needs for a Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure.
buildingSMART newsletter recommends WGIC Horizons
August 11, 2021
In their latest monthly newsletter, WGIC partner buildingSMART International recommends its readers to look into Horizons, WGIC’s own Newsletter.
OGC API Virtual Code Sprint July 2021
July 16, 2021
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) invites software developers to the July 2021 OGC API Virtual Code Sprint, to be held from July 21st to July 23rd, 2021.
OGC seeks Public Comments on Zarr and CoverageJSON
July 6, 2021
Zarr can represent very large array datasets in a simple, scalable way, and is compatible with cloud object storage – making it ideal for analysis-ready geospatial data. CoverageJSON has been demonstrated to be an effective, efficient format, friendly to web and application developers. Both are considered for OGC adoption.
ISO/TC technical report on GIS-BIM interoperability
May 31, 2021
A new ISO/TC211 report on GIS-BIM interoperability opened the doors for further investigations in collaboration with buildingSMART and the OGC almost immediately upon release.
Barbara Ryan in ‘fire-side chat’ at Earth Archive Virtual Congress
May 26, 2021
June 15th and 16th 2021, the Earth Archive Virtual Congress will present several prominent speakers from the geospatial community. WGIC’s Executive director Barbara Ryan will join in a fire-side chat.
Recordings and presentations ISO/TC211 Workshop on Terminology and Shared Concepts
May 17, 2021
Presentations from the Shared Concepts Workshop: “Achieving a shared understanding of concepts” are now available.