The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is a global forum that advances geospatial standards through collaboration between developers and users of spatial data products and services. It was founded in 1994 and has over 520 member organizations. OGC has established over 50 open standards and supports innovation initiatives to develop and test emerging geospatial technologies. Membership includes commercial organizations, government agencies, universities, and non-governmental organizations. OGC brings people and partners together to develop standards in domains such as hydrology, meteorology, defense, and smart cities. It operates working groups, hackathons, and other programs to drive geospatial standards innovation.

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OGC Symposia – Locate19
Denise McKenzie I Executive Director, Outreach
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2. A global forum for the collaboration of developers and users of spatial data products and
services that advances the development of international location (geospatial) standards
• Founded in 1994
• 520+ member organizations
• 50 Open Standards
• 100+ innovation initiatives
• 1000s of implementations
Membership
• 39% Commercial
• 27% Government
• 26% University & Research
• 8% NGO

3. How do
we do it?
People Partnership
Innovation
& Testing

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PEOPLE - MEMBERSHIP

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PARTNERSHIP

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Domains
• Hydrology
• Meteorology
• Oceanography
• Aviation
• Energy and Utilities
• Emergency & Disaster
Management
• Defense & Intelligence
• Earth Systems Science
• Security
• Data Quality
• Big Data
• 3D Information Mgt
• Mass Market
• Public Safety & Law
Enforcement
• Geosemantics
• Health
• Agriculture
• Urban Planning
• Land Administration
• Mobile Location
Services
• Point Cloud
• Smart Cities
• And more…..

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Innovation Program

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The OGC Evolution
• Open Domain Working
Groups
• Community Standards
• Hackathons
• E-learning
• OGC Technology Trends
WFS3.0

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Publicly Available at: https://github.com/opengeospatial/OGC-Technology-Trends
OGC Tech Trends Mindmap

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OGC Geospatial Tech Trends Priorities
Disruptive
Ripe – High Near Ripe – Medium
Sustaining
Near Ripe – Medium Track – Low
Next After Next
3D Model Creation
Blockchain Quantum Computing
Edge and Fog Computing
Immersive Geo
Indoor position,
models, nav
Machine
Learning
Micro-geography
HD Maps for
Autonomous
Web of Data
Workflow/Provenance
Dynamic Datums
GEO Platform Scale
UAV / UAS
Mod, Sim, Predict
5G Cellular
Publicly Available at: https://github.com/opengeospatial/OGC-Technology-Trends

11. Agenda for the afternoon
• Michael Dixon, PSMA – Addressing
• Chris Body, ISO TC211 – LADM
• Joseph Bell, GA – Standards in LOCI project
• Simon Costello, GA - ICSM
• Denise McKenzie – OGC Future Trends, OGC API,
New Leadership
• Discussion on Standards in Australia and answering
your questions

12. How do I
get
involved?
Become a member Checkout draft
standards on Github
Ask for your solutions
to be “open”
standards compliant
Join a Domain
Working Group
Join a regional OGC
Forum
Visit us at our
Technical Meetings
Don’t be passive, be
part of standards
innovation!

13. Keep in touch
Denise McKenzie
OGC Outreach
+44 7581118189
dmckenzie@opengeospatial.org
@spatialred
@opengeospatial
www.ogc.org