We are proud to recognize our members’ work
The OGC runs three types of awards to provide much-needed recognition to those that go above and beyond in forwarding geospatial technologies and standards.
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Gardels Award
The Kenneth D. Gardels Award is a gold medallion presented each year by the Board of Directors of the OGC to an individual who has made exemplary contributions to OGC’s consensus standards process. Award nominations are made by members – the prior Gardels Award winners – and approved by the Board of Directors. The Gardels Award was conceived to memorialize the spirit of a man who dreamt passionately of making the world a better place through open communication and the use of information technology to improve the quality of human life.
Lifetime Achievement Award
With the lifetime achievement award, OGC recognizes and celebrates an individual’s lifetime of service, and their steadfast support of geospatial open standards and the OGC mission as a component of effective governance and improved decision making. Lifetime Achievement Awards are given to recipients on an ad-hoc basis, and at the behest of the consortium’s Board of Directors. The first OGC Lifetime Achievement Award was granted to Charles Roswell in July 2007.
Community Impact Award
This award is given to an individual, team, organization, or group of organizations that has made an impact in the OGC Community over the course of the previous calendar year. OGC Impact awards highlight the importance of collaboration, volunteering time and energy, advancing technologies and standards, and raising awareness of and solving issues over a relatively short period of time.