Research in Action
COSI drives the adoption of OGC standards by showcasing the power of interoperability across sectors.
As an OGC member, you get to take part in cutting-edge research.
COSI Initiatives research the use OGC standards to address today’s global challenges: disaster resilience, marine spatial data infrastructures, smart cities and indoor mapping, to name a few. Some of our recently completed initiatives include:
- Mapping landslide, flood and pandemic impacts in Peru’s Rimac and Piura River basins.
- Assessing the effectiveness of the OGC API — Records standard in managing Arctic resources, exploring the use of navigational data and standards for improved coastal resilience in the Caribbean and creating 3D views of coastal inundation in Singapore.
- Developing a standardized health data model and SDI to improve early warning, response, and recovery efforts in future health emergencies.
Ongoing areas of research are listed below.
Current Initiatives
Organizing the World in Grid Cells: The AI-DGGS Pilot
Streamlining the interoperation of different DGGS systems and assessing the power of Retrieval-Augmented Generation AI technologies in Disaster Management.
Federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Pilot: Data Integration at the Land-Sea Interface
The FMSDI pilot initiative tackles Land-Sea Interoperability challenges with two leading questions: What needs to be captured and defined in best practices so that inter-agency…
National Spatial Data Infrastructure Modernization Project
OGC is helping develop new ideas, concepts, and components to fundamentally modernize the national SDI in the United States. In a multi-year project, the OGC community…
