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Registrations Open for the next OGC Code Sprint
OGC invites developers and other contributors to the next Open Standards Code Sprint, to be held from March 25-27, 2025.
Overture Maps Foundation at OGC Events 2024: Championing Open Data and Interoperability
Last December, the OGC@30 Anniversary Celebration and OGC Innovation Days DC 2024 brought together geospatial experts under the theme Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Futures.
The civil society organization AfroLeadership, based in Cameroon and serving a wide swath of sub-Saharan Africa, has become a member of OGC.
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 Seeking Information for Testbed-21 Initiative
RFI will inform development of the Testbed such as what organizations and components could be included, as well as what interconnections are missing or might…
OGC considering LAZ v1.4 – R1 as a Community Standard; comment sought on the work item proposal
LAZ is the de facto industry standard for compressed LiDAR, with v1.4 enabling up to 93% reduction in file size through on-the-fly lossless compression.
The OGC Space Pilot is designed to foster innovation and collaboration in the realm of geospatial technology for New Space. We are seeking sponsors to…
