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OGC seeks Public Comment on v1.1 of OGC API - Environment Data Retrieval Standard
30th January 2023
OGC seeks Public Comment on v1.1 of OGC API - Environment Data Retrieval Standard

OGC elects Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed- Ghouse to its Board of Directors
2nd November 2022
OGC elects Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed- Ghouse to its Board of Directors
OGC seeks public comment on Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) Standard
23rd August 2022
OGC seeks public comment on Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) Standard
Public Comment Requested on revision to OGC 3D streaming community standard, I3S
22nd August 2022
Public Comment Requested on revision to OGC 3D streaming community standard, I3S
SensorThings API Standards Working Group proposes work on new Citizen Science extension; public comment sought on updated charter
14th August 2022
SensorThings API Standards Working Group proposes work on new Citizen Science extension; public comment sought on updated charter
OGC Welcomes new Principal Member, the Saudi Arabia General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information
25th July 2022
OGC Welcomes new Principal Member, the Saudi Arabia General Authority for Survey and Geospatial Information
Building cloud-native geospatial standards
20th July 2022
Building cloud-native geospatial standards
OGC CEO Dr. Nadine Alameh appointed to US National Geospatial Advisory Committee
19th July 2022
OGC CEO Dr. Nadine Alameh appointed to US National Geospatial Advisory Committee
OSG and OSGeo, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, sign new memorandum of understanding
19th July 2022
OSG and OSGeo, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, sign new memorandum of understanding
rasdaman validated as INSPIRE compliant WCS
19th July 2022
rasdaman validated as INSPIRE compliant WCS
OGC joins new Metaverse Standards Forum as Founding Member
12th July 2022
OGC joins new Metaverse Standards Forum as Founding Member
OGC seeking Public Comment on Deprecation of v1.0 of the Geographic Information - Well Known Text Representation of Coordinate Reference Systems Standard
11th July 2022
OGC seeking Public Comment on Deprecation of v1.0 of the Geographic Information - Well Known Text Representation of Coordinate Reference Systems Standard
rasdaman Validated as INSPIRE Compliant WCS
5th July 2022
rasdaman Validated as INSPIRE Compliant WCS
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Standard for Encoding Linked Data Graphs in netCDF Files
26th May 2022
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Standard for Encoding Linked Data Graphs in netCDF Files
OGC Seeks Public Comment on update to 3D Tiles Community Standard
26th April 2022
OGC Seeks Public Comment on update to 3D Tiles Community Standard
Prashant Shukle elected as Vice Chair of the OGC Board of Directors
12th April 2022
Prashant Shukle elected as Vice Chair of the OGC Board of Directors
OGC CEO Dr. Nadine Alameh appointed to US National Geospatial Advisory Committee
30th March 2022
OGC CEO Dr. Nadine Alameh appointed to US National Geospatial Advisory Committee
1Spatial adds support for GeoPackage and other data formats
27th January 2022
1Spatial adds support for GeoPackage and other data formats
Prashant Shukle elected as Vice Chair of the OGC Board of Directors
24th January 2022
Prashant Shukle elected as Vice Chair of the OGC Board of Directors
OGC Membership approves the OGC API – Processes – Part 1: Core specification as official OGC Standard
7th January 2022
OGC Membership approves the OGC API – Processes – Part 1: Core specification as official OGC Standard
OGC Membership approves new version of 3D streaming Community Standard, I3S
16th December 2021
OGC Membership approves new version of 3D streaming Community Standard, I3S
UKHO becomes Strategic Member of Open Geospatial Consortium
29th November 2021
UKHO becomes Strategic Member of Open Geospatial Consortium
OGC seeks public comment on revision to the OGC Two Dimensional Tile Matrix Set and Tile Set Metadata Standard
8th November 2021
OGC seeks public comment on revision to the OGC Two Dimensional Tile Matrix Set and Tile Set Metadata Standard
OGC and T-REX partner to bring Geospatial Innovation and Standards to St. Louis
19th October 2021
OGC and T-REX partner to bring Geospatial Innovation and Standards to St. Louis
A new approach to geo-information and intelligence
19th August 2021
A new approach to geo-information and intelligence

xyzt.ai becomes a member of the Open Geospatial Consortium
19th August 2021
xyzt.ai becomes a member of the Open Geospatial Consortium
OGC Testbed-18 Call For Sponsors: Collaborate and Innovate to Further Advance Location Technologies
6th August 2021
OGC Testbed-18 Call For Sponsors: Collaborate and Innovate to Further Advance Location Technologies
Public Comment sought on draft Zarr Storage Specification 2.0 OGC Community Standard
2nd July 2021
Public Comment sought on draft Zarr Storage Specification 2.0 OGC Community Standard


OGC CEO Dr Nadine Alameh Appointed to Board of UN-GGIM Private Sector Network
1st July 2021
OGC CEO Dr Nadine Alameh Appointed to Board of UN-GGIM Private Sector Network
OGC and CRN partner to establish a Unique Geospatial Real Property Identifier
1st July 2021
OGC and CRN partner to establish a Unique Geospatial Real Property Identifier
OGC considering CoverageJSON as community standard; seeks public comment
28th June 2021
OGC considering CoverageJSON as community standard; seeks public comment
Public Comment Requested on revision to OGC 3D streaming community standard, I3S
17th June 2021
Public Comment Requested on revision to OGC 3D streaming community standard, I3S
OGC CEO Dr Nadine Alameh Appointed to Board of UN-GGIM Private Sector Network
17th May 2021
OGC CEO Dr Nadine Alameh Appointed to Board of UN-GGIM Private Sector Network

OGC membership approves new Community Standard
28th April 2021
OGC membership approves new Community Standard
Public Comment requested on OGC API - Common candidate standard, which outlines common elements for all OGC APIs
26th April 2021
Public Comment requested on OGC API - Common candidate standard, which outlines common elements for all OGC APIs
OGC welcomes Chris Holmes as its inaugural Visiting Fellow
31st March 2021
OGC welcomes Chris Holmes as its inaugural Visiting Fellow

Public comment sought on new work items for OGC API - Processes Standards Working Group
16th February 2021
Public comment sought on new work items for OGC API - Processes Standards Working Group
OGC GeoTIFF Standard Working Group updates work items; public comment sought on new charter
26th January 2021
OGC GeoTIFF Standard Working Group updates work items; public comment sought on new charter
OGC Members propose update to work of Features API Standards Working Group; public comment sought
20th January 2021
OGC Members propose update to work of Features API Standards Working Group; public comment sought
OGC seeks public comment on proposal to revise Indexed 3D Scene Layers (I3S) Community Standard
17th January 2021
OGC seeks public comment on proposal to revise Indexed 3D Scene Layers (I3S) Community Standard