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# Open Geospatial Consortium: The Home of Location Technology Innovation and Collaboration

> Explore OGC's role in driving geospatial standards for enhanced interoperability and innovation\.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.ogc.org/)
- [Our Sponsors](https://www.ogc.org/event-sponsorship-opportunities/)
- [Standards](https://www.ogc.org/standards/)
- [OGC® Public Report Repository ](https://www.ogc.org/technical-papers/)
- [Research in Action](https://www.ogc.org/research-in-action/)

## Posts
- [OGC Membership Approves OGC API \- Discrete Global Grid Systems \- Part 1: Core as an Official OGC Standard ](https://www.ogc.org/announcement/ogc-membership-approves-ogc-api-discrete-global-grid-systems-part-1-core-as-an-official-ogc-standard/): New OGC API Standard supports interoperable retrieval and querying of geospatial data across Discrete Global Grid Reference Systems\.
- [How Cities Can Beat Extreme Heat: Mapping the Invisible Killer](https://www.ogc.org/blog-article/how-cities-can-beat-extreme-heat-mapping-the-invisible-killer/): A data\-driven approach to understanding, predicting, and preventing heat\-related deaths in urban neighborhoods\.
- [Ed Parsons Named Chair of OGC Board of Directors](https://www.ogc.org/announcement/ed-parsons-named-chair-of-ogc-board-of-directors/): The Open Geospatial Consortium names Ed Parsons as Board Chair, with Prof\. Dr\. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed\-Ghouse as Vice Chair to drive global geospatial innovation\.
- [OGC Publishes Best Practice for UML to JSON Encoding Rules](https://www.ogc.org/announcement/ogc-publishes-best-practice-for-uml-to-json-encoding-rules/): The Best Practice builds upon OGC’s 30\-plus years of modeling experience to ensure interoperability for data encoded using JSON\.
- [OGC, Khronos, and Geospatial Leaders Add 3D Gaussian Splats to the glTF Asset Standard](https://www.ogc.org/blog-article/ogc-khronos-and-geospatial-leaders-add-3d-gaussian-splats-to-the-gltf-asset-standard/): OGC, Khronos, and the geospatial community are integrating 3D Gaussian Splats into glTF—unlocking compact, photorealistic, interoperable 3D\.

## Events
- [134th Member Meeting](https://www.ogc.org/event/134th-member-meeting/)
- [Conference: iDays Frankfurt](https://www.ogc.org/event/innovation-days-frankfurt/)
- [133rd Member Meeting](https://www.ogc.org/event/133rd-member-meeting/)
- [XXV ISPRS Congress 2026](https://www.ogc.org/event/xxv-isprs-congress-2026/)
- [GeoPose Summit 2025](https://www.ogc.org/event/geopose-summit-2025/)

## Feed Items
- [OGC Testbed\-20 GIMI Open Source Report](https://www.ogc.org/wprss_feed_item/ogc-testbed-20-gimi-open-source-report/): Public Engineering Report
- [OGC Testbed 20: GIMI Lessons Learned and Best Practices Report](https://www.ogc.org/wprss_feed_item/ogc-testbed-20-gimi-lessons-learned-and-best-practices-report/): Public Engineering Report
- [OGC Testbed 20 Coverage Format Selection Report](https://www.ogc.org/wprss_feed_item/ogc-testbed-20-coverage-format-selection-report/): Public Engineering Report
- [OGC Testbed\-20 GIMI Benchmarking Report](https://www.ogc.org/wprss_feed_item/ogc-testbed-20-gimi-benchmarking-report/): Public Engineering Report
- [OGC Testbed 20 GEOINT Imagery Media for ISR \(GIMI\) Specification Report](https://www.ogc.org/wprss_feed_item/ogc-testbed-20-geoint-imagery-media-for-isr-gimi-specification-report/): Public Engineering Report

## Requests
- [OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC API \- Environmental Data Retrieval \- Part 3: Service Profiles Standard](https://www.ogc.org/requests/ogc-seeks-public-comment-on-candidate-ogc-api-environmental-data-retrieval-part-3-service-profiles-standard/): New candidate standard aims to enhance interoperability between Environmental Data Retrieval API implementations 
- [OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate LAZ 1\.4 Community Standard](https://www.ogc.org/requests/ogc-seeks-public-comment-on-candidate-laz-1-4-community-standard/)
- [Towards Greater Interoperability: OGC Testbed\-21 Call for Participation](https://www.ogc.org/requests/towards-greater-interoperability-ogc-testbed-21-call-for-participation/): The Open Geospatial Consortium \(OGC\) invites members to participate in Testbed\-21 — a collaborative R\&D initiative advancing open standards and solutions in geospatial interoperability, data quality, GEOINT media, and conformance testing\. Funded participation available\. Apply by Sept 9, 2025\.
- [OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC API \- Joins Standard](https://www.ogc.org/requests/ogc-seeks-public-comment-on-candidate-ogc-api-joins-standard/): The OGC API — Joins candidate Standard specifies the behavior of Web APIs that join data from specified input data files containing feature collections with other input data files\.
- [OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate OGC SensorThings API Extension: WebSub Asynchronous Messaging Standard](https://www.ogc.org/requests/ogc-seeks-public-comment-on-candidate-ogc-sensorthings-api-extension-websub-asynchronous-messaging-standard/): The candidate Extension enables HTTP\-based asynchronous messaging for SensorThings API using the W3C WebSub protocol\.

## Standards
- [SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog \(STAC\)](https://www.ogc.org/standards/stac/)
- [Discrete Global Grid Systems](https://www.ogc.org/standards/dggs/)
- [Web Coverage Service](https://www.ogc.org/standards/wcs/)
- [OGC API \- Connected Systems](https://www.ogc.org/standards/ogc-api-connected-systems/)
- [CityJSON](https://www.ogc.org/standards/cityjson/)

## Team
- [Muthu Kumar](https://www.ogc.org/our-team/muthu-kumar/)
- [Christopher Keefe](https://www.ogc.org/our-team/christopher-keefe/)
- [Cassie Lee](https://www.ogc.org/our-team/cassie-lee/)
- [Simon Chester](https://www.ogc.org/our-team/simon-chester/)
- [Gobe Hobona, Ph\.D](https://www.ogc.org/our-team/gobe-hobona-ph-d/)

## Initiatives
- [Open Science Demonstrator 2025](https://www.ogc.org/initiatives/open-science/): The Open Science Persistent Demonstrator \(OSPD\) is a long\-term inter\-agency initiative aiming to enable and communicate reproducible Earth Science across global communities of users and amplify inter\-agency Earth Observation mission data, tools, and infrastructures\. 
- [Organizing the World in Grid Cells: The AI\-DGGS Pilot](https://www.ogc.org/initiatives/ai-dggs-pilot/): Streamlining the interoperation of different DGGS systems and assessing the power of AI technologies in Disaster Management\.


- [Shaping the Future of SDI: A Note of Thanks](https://www.ogc.org/initiatives/shaping-the-future-of-sdi-a-note-of-thanks/): We extend sincere thanks to everyone who responded to our most recent Call for Contributions, sharing real\-world, next\-generation examples of Spatial Data Infrastructure \(SDI\)\. Your input will inform a new online resource designed to highlight emerging SDI approaches and capabilities from around the globe\. 
- [OGC Testbed 15](https://www.ogc.org/initiatives/testbed-15/): The OGC Testbed is an annual research and development program that explores geospatial technology from various angles\. It takes the OGC Baseline into account, though at the same time allows to explore selected aspects with a fresh pair of eyes\. Testbed\-15 explores new levels of interoperable geospatial data processing with a focus on data\-centric security, federated clouds, service \& application discovery, portrayal, machine learning, and delta updates\.
- [Maritime Limits and Boundaries \(MLB\) Pilot](https://www.ogc.org/initiatives/mlbp/): Implement prototypes based on the International Hydrographic Organization \(IHO\) S\-121 standard for maritime limits and boundaries data structure and exchange\. Advance the implementation of the S\-121 data model and architecture and implement operational prototypes to support the creation, management, integration, dissemination and onward use of official data for maritime baselines, limits, zones and boundaries\.

## Careers
- [There are currently no openings](https://www.ogc.org/about-ogc/careers-archive/there-are-currently-no-openings/)