The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is pleased to announce that infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems is increasing its investment and engagement in OGC—and further strengthening its commitment to growing an open ecosystem.
Bentley recently acquired Cesium, a fellow OGC member and the creator of 3D Tiles, an OGC Community Standard for massive heterogenous 3D geospatial content.
Bentley’s increased investment in OGC, coupled with its acquisition of Cesium, signals their commitment to a future built around open standards, data, and infrastructure. OGC’s trusted community of problem solvers leverages the power of geography, open standards, and interconnected systems to address real-world problems while opening up opportunities for commercial growth.
“We are pleased to see this increased investment in OGC by Bentley, and their support to us as a Principal member,” said Peter Rabley, Chief Executive Officer, OGC. “As a Principal Member of OGC, Bentley will play a significant role serving on OGC’s Executive Planning Committee and participating in final approval decisions for all OGC Standards and nominations to the Board of Directors.”
Patrick Cozzi, Chief Platform Officer, Bentley, and Cesium founder, commented, “The success and impact of 3D Tiles as an open standard reinforces our belief that openness and interoperability are essential to making the best use of location information to benefit society. We look forward to continuing to work within the OGC community as part of Bentley.”
“Bentley is a strong supporter of open data ecosystems,” added Julien Moutte, Chief Technology Officer, Bentley Systems. “As a principal member of OGC, we are committing further resources to accelerate the development and adoption of open standards that benefit applications for the built and natural environment.”
About OGC
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is a membership organization dedicated to using the power of geography and technology to solve problems faced by people and the planet. OGC unlocks value and opportunity for its members through Standards, Innovation, and Policy & Advocacy. Our membership represents a diverse and active global community drawn from government, industry, academia, international development agencies, research & scientific organizations, civil society, and advocates.
Visit ogc.org for more information about our work.
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. Bentley provides innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. Bentley’s industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Bentley’s offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent’s software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations. Bentley Systems’ 5,200 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion in 194 countries.
About Cesium
Cesium is the open platform for 3D Geospatial. Cesium created 3D Tiles, the Open Geospatial Consortium community standard for streaming massive 3D geospatial datasets. Use Cesium ion to optimize, host, and combine your data with curated global 3D content and stream to any device. With unique expertise at the intersection of 3D geospatial and computer graphics, Cesium is deeply committed to openness and interoperability through open standards, open APIs, and open source offerings like CesiumJS, Cesium for Unreal, Cesium for Unity, and Cesium for Omniverse. Originally built for Aerospace, Cesium is now used to power thousands of applications in industries like Defense, Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations, Commercial real estate, urban planning, and more.
