New OGC DWG will identify requirements to revise or extend OGC standards for use with data concerning celestial bodies other than the Earth.

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the draft charter for a new Planetary Domain Working Group (DWG). Comments are due by August 4, 2021.

The objective of the Planetary DWG is to identify requirements to revise or extend OGC standards for celestial bodies other than the Earth. Such bodies include planets, satellites, asteroids, and comets. The overall mission of the Planetary DWG is to ensure that OGC standards remain current with the scientific requirements for celestial bodies established by the planetary science community.

Geospatial data has been successfully standardized for Earth Observation for many years across various disciplines such as geosciences, the environment, energy, pollution, forestry, or marine sciences. This has allowed scientists to cross-reference data from various themes to broaden their research and understanding in a wider context.

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Implementers of OGC CDB v1.0 are invited to validate their products using the new test suite.

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is excited to announce that the Executable Test Suite (ETS) for version 1.0 of the OGC CDB Standard has been approved by the OGC Membership. Products that implement the OGC CDB 1.0 Standard and pass the tests in the ETS can now be certified as OGC Compliant.

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CoverageJSON has been demonstrated to be an effective, efficient format, friendly to web and application developers.

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is considering CoverageJSON for adoption as an official OGC Community Standard. A new Work Item Justification to begin the Community Standard endorsement process is available for public comment. Comments are due by July 25, 2021.

CoverageJSON is a simple, human- and machine-readable format for publishing spatio-temporal data to the Web. It is used for encoding coverage data such as multi-dimensional grids, time series, and vertical profiles, distinguished by the geometry of their spatio-temporal domain.

The CoverageJSON format supports the efficient download of useful quantities of data from datastores to lightweight clients, such as browsers and mobile applications. It allows local manipulation of the data in a format familiar to, and popular with, web developers, and that is readily usable by e.g. science researchers. It uses linked-data (JSON-LD) to reduce data payload volumes.

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OGC and CRN will work together to develop a unique geospatial real property identifier that has applications in housing finance and beyond.

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The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is excited to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the non-profit Collateral Risk Network (CRN). Under the MoU, OGC and CRN will work together to develop a unique geospatial real property identifier (PUID) that has applications in housing finance and beyond.

OGC Chief Standards Officer, Scott Simmons, commented: “OGC is encouraged by the vision CRN has for real property identifiers that take advantage of modern IT practices for better integration with users at all levels: from housing finance participants to consumers. The work being undertaken by CRN and OGC will ensure that location information associated with property adheres to the best industry practices for accuracy and information sharing.”

Joan Trice, the founder and President of the CRN states: “Democratization of real property data is mandatory if we are going to endeavor to modernize housing finance. I knew we found the right partner to guide us through this process when I was introduced to the FAIR principles that OGC adheres to – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. That says it all.”

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OGC Disaster Pilot 2021 will prototype and demonstrate end-to-end capabilities that integrate OGC standards, data, services, and state-of-the-art technologies to support decision makers and responders in times of crisis
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking participants in the OGC Disaster Pilot 2021, building on 2019’s very successful Disaster Resilience Pilot. Responses are due by May 21, 2021.

The 2021 Pilot is sponsored by OGC Strategic Members USGS, NRCan, NASA, and others, supported by OGC Principal Members AWS, and Maxar, as well as Government member CONIDA, and in collaboration with AmeriGEO, ESIP, and CEOS. The Pilot will improve the ability of key decision makers and responders to discover, manage, access, qualify, share, and exploit location-based information in support of disaster preparedness and response and multi-hazard risk analysis.

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