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Public comment sought on update to the work of the CDB Standards Working Group, providing location in modeling, simulation, and gaming
13th January 2021
Public comment sought on update to the work of the CDB Standards Working Group, providing location in modeling, simulation, and gaming
Public comment sought on CityGML 3.0 Conceptual Model for storage and exchange of 3D city models
16th December 2020
Public comment sought on CityGML 3.0 Conceptual Model for storage and exchange of 3D city models
Charles Heazel receives OGC’s 2020 Gardels Award
15th December 2020
Charles Heazel receives OGC’s 2020 Gardels Award
OGC Welcomes AWS to the OGC Community as a Principal Member
4th December 2020
OGC Welcomes AWS to the OGC Community as a Principal Member
OGC Community approves new OGC API standard: OGC API - Features - Part 2: Coordinate Reference Systems by Reference
19th November 2020
OGC Community approves new OGC API standard: OGC API - Features - Part 2: Coordinate Reference Systems by Reference
OGC announces kickoff to the Geospatially Enabled Ecosystem for Europe (GeoE3) project
3rd November 2020
OGC announces kickoff to the Geospatially Enabled Ecosystem for Europe (GeoE3) project
Simplifying location data access and processing
29th October 2020
Simplifying location data access and processing


OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member
16th September 2020
OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member
Prashant Shukle receives OGC Lifetime Achievement Award
15th September 2020
Prashant Shukle receives OGC Lifetime Achievement Award
OGC seeks public comment on new OGC API for Environmental Data Retrieval
31st August 2020
OGC seeks public comment on new OGC API for Environmental Data Retrieval


OGC considering Zarr as community standard; seeks public comment on new Work Item
25th August 2020
OGC considering Zarr as community standard; seeks public comment on new Work Item
OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member
23rd August 2020
OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member
The GEOINT 2020 Innovation Tradecraft Competition Has a Winner
6th August 2020
The GEOINT 2020 Innovation Tradecraft Competition Has a Winner

Bentley Systems Adds Infrastructure Industry Experience to Digital Twin Consortium
21st May 2020
Bentley Systems Adds Infrastructure Industry Experience to Digital Twin Consortium



Bentley Systems’ SVP Alan Kiraly Elected to the Board of MIMOSA Bentley’s Ongoing Commitment
25th March 2020
Bentley Systems’ SVP Alan Kiraly Elected to the Board of MIMOSA Bentley’s Ongoing Commitment
thinkWhere Appointed Government Digital Specialist
9th October 2019
thinkWhere Appointed Government Digital Specialist

OGC and RTCA Announce Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
23rd July 2019
OGC and RTCA Announce Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
GeoIgnite’s inaugural ‘Diversity in Leadership’ award
19th July 2019
GeoIgnite’s inaugural ‘Diversity in Leadership’ award
OGC announces the creation of a new Domain Working Group
11th July 2019
OGC announces the creation of a new Domain Working Group
thinkWhere Map Portal for Open European Geographic Data Services Launched
12th June 2019
thinkWhere Map Portal for Open European Geographic Data Services Launched
Envitia Selected by US Army Geospatial Center
31st May 2019
Envitia Selected by US Army Geospatial Center
GIS-Pro 2019 Student and Young Professional Opportunities Announced
23rd May 2019
GIS-Pro 2019 Student and Young Professional Opportunities Announced
public comment on major revision to OGC Abstract SpecificationTopic 0
21st May 2019
public comment on major revision to OGC Abstract SpecificationTopic 0
OGC seeks public comment on candidate Sensor Model Language (SensorML) v2.1 standard
16th May 2019
OGC seeks public comment on candidate Sensor Model Language (SensorML) v2.1 standard
OGC seeks public comment on update to GeoTIFF standard
14th May 2019
OGC seeks public comment on update to GeoTIFF standard
Engineering Reports and Videos documenting successful Vector Tiles Pilot
7th May 2019
Engineering Reports and Videos documenting successful Vector Tiles Pilot
OGC calls for Sponsors of a major Innovation Initiative, Testbed 16
2nd May 2019
OGC calls for Sponsors of a major Innovation Initiative, Testbed 16
OGC invites developers to participate in the CityGML Hackathon
30th April 2019
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Airbus and ZF to develop high precise end-to-end autonomous driving solution
15th April 2019
Airbus and ZF to develop high precise end-to-end autonomous driving solution
OGC leads Geospatial Track at ApacheCon NA 2019
10th April 2019
OGC leads Geospatial Track at ApacheCon NA 2019
OGC publishes results from its Testbed-14 Innovation Initiative
10th April 2019
OGC publishes results from its Testbed-14 Innovation Initiative
OGC invites developers to the OGC API Hackathon
3rd April 2019
OGC invites developers to the OGC API Hackathon
Disasters Resilience 2019 & GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot
2nd April 2019
Disasters Resilience 2019 & GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot
FREQUENTIS contributes to Mission Critical Services Standard testing
7th March 2019
FREQUENTIS contributes to Mission Critical Services Standard testing
GC invites you to its ‘Mixed Reality to the Edge’ Workshop
26th February 2019
GC invites you to its ‘Mixed Reality to the Edge’ Workshop
OGC invites you to participate in its Maritime Limits and Boundaries Pilot
26th February 2019
OGC invites you to participate in its Maritime Limits and Boundaries Pilot
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (BDLT) Domain Working Group
25th February 2019
Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (BDLT) Domain Working Group