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.
The Latest on Cloud-Native Geospatial Standards in OGC
OGC Chief Standards Officer, Scott Simmons, digs into the elements of the cloud ecosystem that OGC is addressing: interfaces, applications, encodings, and operations.
Towards a Cloud-Native OGC
Article Contributed by Chris Holmes, OGC Visiting Fellow – About six months ago I started as the first ‘Visiting Fellow’ of the Open Geospatial Consortium. It’s been a true pleasure to explore various aspects of OGC more deeply, working with staff and members. The time has flown by, and so I wanted to share my progress and […]
Towards a Cloud-Native Geospatial standards baseline
Article Contributed by Chris Holmes, OGC Visiting Fellow – In my previous post I laid out the vision for Cloud-Native Geospatial, but with this post, I want to get into the details of what is needed. I’ll lay out the key areas where foundational standards are needed, and then survey the current status of each area. […]
Bringing STAC into OGC
Over three years ago, a small group of OGC members working on the next version of the venerable Web Feature Service (WFS) standard started the next major evolution of our standards baseline. What has since become known as the OGC API family of standards aims to apply the best practices of the web to geospatial while also shifting from […]