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Open Geospatial Consortium
About Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is a global community of experts from more than 400 companies, government agencies, research institutions, and universities working together to solve complex problems using location technologies. OGC members collaborate to develop open standards, advance interoperability, and turn ideas into real-world solutions through working groups, testbeds, pilots, and code sprints. By bringing together diverse sectors and disciplines, OGC helps ensure that systems, data, and technologies work together — enabling better decisions for governments, businesses, and communities worldwide. Learn more and join the community at ogc.org.
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Presence & Recognition
Open Geospatial Consortium announced that OGC Connect Cape Town will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 12 to 15 October 2026.
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Products & Services
Open Geospatial Consortium developed 27 reusable OGC Building Blocks for the Heritalise Project EU project to turn cultural heritage standards into data models.
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Research & Knowledge
Open Geospatial Consortium CTO Ingo Simonis explained OGC Building Blocks on Building Blocks Day 4.
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Presence & Recognition
Open Geospatial Consortium hosted the metadata summit hosted by Alexander Jacob and Eurac Research.
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Presence & Recognition
Open Geospatial Consortium is bringing together governments, geospatial experts, and others working with location data for global addressing challenges.
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Presence & Recognition
Open Geospatial Consortium hosted Building Blocks Day 3 on September 4, 2026, where CTO Ingo Simonis explained OGC Building Blocks.
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Products & Services
Open Geospatial Consortium published the LAZ 1.4 standard for LAS 1.4 point cloud data.
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Research & Knowledge
Open Geospatial Consortium published the latest OGC Digest detailing calls for participation, public comment opportunities, OGC Building Blocks, upcoming events, community updates, and new member announcements.
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Research & Knowledge
Open Geospatial Consortium started with the basics: What is an OGC Building Block?
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Research & Knowledge
Open Geospatial Consortium CTO Ingo Simonis talks about machine-readable data, explaining why data that makes sense to humans doesn't always make sense to machines and why systems and AI need to work directly with data.
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Presence & Recognition
Open Geospatial Consortium hosted two interactive stakeholder discussions on the future of geospatial interoperability on 11 September 2026 in Reston, Virginia, with a virtual option available via Microsoft Teams.
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Presence & Recognition
Open Geospatial Consortium CTO Ingo Simonis is doing five quick explainers on OGC Building Blocks every day for five days.
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Presence & Recognition
Open Geospatial Consortium community members attended a technical conversation by Ingo Simonis, CTO, on OGC Building Blocks.
Reported by Muthu Kumar