A Recap of the 130th OGC Member Meeting, Goyang, Korea
Themed ‘AI for Geo,’ the meeting provided members with insights into what’s happening at OGC and how interoperable technologies are critical for tackling global challenges.
How OGC Contributes to FAIR Geospatial Data
Standards are a key element of the FAIR Principles of Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability. As such, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has been supporting the FAIR Principles for geospatial information since its formation 30 years ago. This blog post offers an overview of select OGC Standards and components that support FAIRness in geospatial data.
OGC adopts CityGML 3.0 Part 2: GML Encoding as an official OGC Standard
New encoding for CityGML version 3.0 can be used to store and exchange 3D city models in the GML format as data sets or via web services.
OGC Membership approves the CityGML v3.0 Conceptual Model as official OGC Standard
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is excited to announce that the OGC Membership has approved the CityGML v3.0 Conceptual Model for adoption as an official OGC Standard.The CityGML 3.0 Conceptual Model Standard describes a common semantic information model for the representation of 3D urban objects.An improved information model for buildings with increased interoperability with the EU INSPIRE building information model and the OpenBIM IFC standard.However, for those looking to take advantage of the new features, existing CityGML data can be upgraded to CityGML 3.0.As with any OGC standard, the open CityGML 3.0 standard is free to download and implement.