{"id":2227,"date":"2023-01-10T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/?post_type=initiatives&#038;p=2227"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:41:05","slug":"testbed-18","status":"publish","type":"initiatives","link":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/initiatives\/testbed-18\/","title":{"rendered":"OGC Testbed-18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News and Updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Update Jan 28, 2023:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogc.org\/ogcevents\/testbed-18-demonstration-days-virtual#:~:text=The%20two%20day%20event%20will,biggest%20research%20and%20development%20initiative.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Testbed-18 Demonstration Days (Virtual)<\/a>\u00a0Highlights to build an engaged geospatial community:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over 550 registered;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 420 attended;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 40+ Speakers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Video recordings of the T18 Demo Days\u00a0describing the outcomes and demonstrating the user experiences can be found in this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQsQNjNIDU84o3N3MmXTnBix_YyU7w7F6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OGC Testbed-18 YouTube Playlist<\/a>.\u00a0The outcomes of Testbed-18\u00a0are documented in the following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogc.org\/docs\/er\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OGC Engineering Report\u00a0<\/a>webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Update Jan 1, 2023:<\/em> OGC welcomes all to attend a two-day virtual event and series of demonstrations highlighting the importance of collective development of location interoperability solutions: Testbed 18 Demonstration Days. Please check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogc.org\/ogcevents\/testbed-18-demonstration-days-virtual#:~:text=The%20two%20day%20event%20will,biggest%20research%20and%20development%20initiative.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Testbed-18 Demonstration Days (Virtual)<\/a> webpage for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Update 1 November 2022:&nbsp;<\/em>Testbed-18 online outreach and demonstration days will be on January 17th and 18th, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Update 31 October 2022:<\/em>&nbsp;November 18th, 2022, is the final deadline for posting the DER (Draft Engineering Report) to pending to meet the 3-week rule before the technical committee (TC) electronic vote for publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Update 15 July 2022:<\/em> With 3D+ Data Standards and Streaming kick-off on 15 July 2022, all the tasks of Testbed-18 have already started, and participants are actively engaged in the necessary activities to produce the Engineering Reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Update 26 April 2022:<\/em> We are in the final negotiations stage with bidders for the first four tasks that will kick-off May 3-5, 2022, in a virtual meeting. Please find the tentative schedule for this meeting below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; Update 22 April 2022:<\/em> Thanks a lot for all your proposals! We have started negotiations with bidders and will get in contact with you soon. Negotiations for three tasks, <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ThreeD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">3D+ Data Standards and Streaming<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Machine Learning Training Datasets<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#MF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moving Features and Sensor Integration<\/a>, will start a bit later in April as we wait for final sponsor contracts to come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Video Demonstrations:\u00a0<\/strong>Video recordings of the T18 Demo Days describing the outcomes and demonstrating the user experiences can be found in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQsQNjNIDU84o3N3MmXTnBix_YyU7w7F6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OGC Testbed-18 YouTube Playlist<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Engineering Reports:\u00a0<\/strong>The outcomes of Testbed-18 are documented in the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogc.org\/docs\/er\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">OGC Engineering Report <\/a>webpage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testbed-18: Advancing Location Interoperability:&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Help Boosting Location Interoperability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OGC Testbeds are OGC\u2019s largest Innovation Program (IP) initiatives. Testbeds boost research and development to make location data and information more FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-Usable. Testbeds provide a unique opportunity for sponsors to tackle location data and processing challenges together with the world\u2019s leading geospatial IT experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the Testbed development process, challenges put forth by sponsoring organizations are refined and mapped to a set of work items that OGC member organizations will compete to address. The Innovation Program team, together with the Testbed sponsors, will then select the most qualified organizations to join Testbed-18. In a collaborative effort, all Testbed participants, sponsors, and the OGC team work jointly on the goal to stepwise increase Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) of geospatial IT solutions, including software architecture, interface design, information and data models, as well as any related standards and specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synergistic Effects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OGC Testbeds provide a unique opportunity to explore technologies that appear disconnected at first glance. Combining these technologies with a single initiative and bringing several sponsors together allows us to create an interoperability environment that comes much closer to real-world situations. Consequently, Testbeds allow leveraging outstanding quality of synergetic effects to address challenges that require collaboration among several sponsors and experts from member organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As multi-sponsor initiatives, Testbeds benefit from synergistic effects caused by overlapping interests. Sponsorship for individual tasks can be shared across sponsors, which enables the Testbed to explore new technology more deeply and ensures more realistic use cases and scenarios. The IP team collects the sponsors&#8217; areas of interest early in the process and shares the full picture among all sponsors. This allows sponsors to identify common interests and leads to more efficient use of the available resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testbed-18 addresses seven main topics (Tasks) categorized under three threads, as illustrated in the figure below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1024x641.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5991\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-600x376.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png 1724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thread Summaries:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thread 1: Advanced Models and Data (AMD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ThreeD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">3D+ Data Standards and Streaming<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, we look beyond earth and explore the sensor and object integration of assets in celestial orbits or in free flight in our solar system. With the growing commercialization of space, exact tracking and localization of data will become more and more important. This task develops the necessary reference system interoperability.The participants and their roles in this task are presented in the figure below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11-1024x673.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2228\" style=\"width:590px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11-600x395.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-11.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Machine Learning Training Datasets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Machine learning training datasets will help us understand how to standardize ML training data in order to guarantee the high quality of future ML models and compatibility. The Engineering Report name and its participants are presented in the following figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2231\" style=\"width:410px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-22.png 524w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-22-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thread 2: Catalogs, filtering, and Moving Features (CMF)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#Catalogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Secure, Asynchronous Catalogs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Secure, asynchronous catalogs are a second contribution to open science environments. They address the current challenge with more and more data becoming available and the corresponding complexity with discovery and binding. The task components and their participants are presented in the figure below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23-1024x384.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23-600x225.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23-1536x576.png 1536w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-23.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#MF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moving Features and Sensor Integration<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving Features and sensor integration will lead to a robust framework of standards that enables interoperability for a wide spectrum of sensors, command and control systems, and analytical systems. The participants and their roles in this task are presented in the figure below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5994\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-2.png 1920w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-2-600x269.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-2-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-2-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-2-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-2-1536x688.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thread 3: Future of Open science and Building energy interoperability (FOB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ReprodScience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Identifiers for Reproducible Science<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The work on reproducible science is an important contribution to emerging Open Science Environments, as it makes scientific analysis and results reproducible. The participants and their roles are presented in the figure below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-24-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" style=\"width:660px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-24-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-24-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-24-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-24-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-24-1536x1019.png 1536w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-24.png 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#BuildingEnergy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Building Energy Spatial Data Interoperability<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy building spatial data interoperability allows us to explore interoperability within domains, where specific data and knowledge paired with established and emerging systems pose various challenges to interoperability and data integration. The topic is hotter than ever before with the current sky-rocketing energy prices. It addresses how to build robust platforms for a specific community that bridges all the way from raw data to decision-makers. The participants and their roles are presented in the figure below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1.png 1316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#Filtering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Advanced Filtering of SWIM Feature Data<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Testbed 18\u2019s System Wide Information Management (SWIM) task explores filtering mechanisms for feature data served by OGC API-Features instances. The task components and their participants are presented in the figure below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25-1024x695.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25-1024x695.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25-600x407.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25-1536x1042.png 1536w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-25.png 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Call for Participation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responses to the Call for Participation (CFP) were due in March for the <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ReprodScience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Identifiers for Reproducible Science<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#BuildingEnergy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Building Energy Spatial Data Interoperability<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#Filtering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Advanced Filtering of SWIM Feature Data<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#Catalogs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Secure, Asynchronous Catalogs<\/a> tasks; the deadline was in May for <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Machine Learning Training Datasets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#MF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moving Features and Sensor Integration <\/a>tasks; and the deadline was in July for <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ThreeD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">3D+ Data Standards and Streaming<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0Copies of the CFP are available in <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ThreeD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">HTML format<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">PDF format<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Testbed Kick-Off Agenda and Project Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following table is the schedule for the virtual kick-off meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Machine Learning Training Datasets <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#MF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moving Features and Sensor Integration<\/a> kick-off meeting were held on 24 May 2022, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ogc.org\/files\/?artifact_id=100034#ThreeD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">3D+ Data Standards and Streaming<\/a> kick-off meeting was on 17 July 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The following timeline highlights all the major milestones of Testbed-18.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-26-1024x318.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-26-1024x318.png 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-26-scaled-600x186.png 600w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-26-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-26-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-26-1536x477.png 1536w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-ogc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-26-2048x636.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participating Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following organizations were selected as official Testbed 18 participants. Each participating organization had specific deliverables and tasks based on their responses to the Call for Participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/52north.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">52\u00b0North Spatial Information Research GmbH<\/a><\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Arizona State University<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/awayteam.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Away Team<\/a><\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluemonocle.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Blue Monocle, Inc<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.botts-inc.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Botts Innovative Research Inc.<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conceptsbeyond.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Concepts Beyond, LLC<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ecere.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ecere Corporation<\/a><\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ethar, Inc.<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/frontiersi.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">FrontierSI<\/a><\/td><td>Australia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/geolabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GeoLabs<\/a><\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geomatys.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Geomatys<\/a><\/td><td>France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">George Mason University<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geosolutionsgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">GeoSolutions<\/a><\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/hsr.health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Health Solutions Research, Inc.<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helyx.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Helyx SIS<\/a><\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interactive-instruments.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Interactive instruments GmbH<\/a><\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/pelagis.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pelagis Data Solutions<\/a><\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixalytics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pixalytics Ltd<\/a><\/td><td>UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/lambda.science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Properate (Lambda Science Inc.)<\/a><\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secure-dimensions.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Secure Dimensions<\/a><\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simptekinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SimpTek Technologies<\/a><\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/skymantics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Skymantics, LLC<\/a><\/td><td>US<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacebel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spacebel s.a.<\/a><\/td><td>Belgium<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steinbeis.de\/en\/network\/searching-for-steinbeis-experts\/detail.html?tx_z7suprofiles_detail%5Bprofile%5D=2618&amp;cHash=c07758721d78022d6516fd6fe91e57b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Steinbeis (Consortium)<\/a><\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Concordia University(Consortium)<\/a><\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraunhofer.de\/en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft(Consortium)<\/a><\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/upwr.edu.pl\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Consortium)<\/a><\/td><td>Poland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superelectric.it\/EN\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SUPERELECTRIC srl<\/a><\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terradue.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Terradue Srl<\/a><\/td><td>Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-stuttgart.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">University of Stuttgart<\/a><\/td><td>Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/voltaresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Volta Research Inc.<\/a><\/td><td>Canada<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last updated 2023-01-25 17:51:49 +0100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OGC Testbed-18 enhances location interoperability with advances in 3D+ data, ML datasets, moving features, open science and spatial energy 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