Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
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1994 United States Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) 516 Open Membership Open website - DESCRIPTION
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Mission
To advance the development and use of international standards and supporting services that promote geospatial interoperability. To accomplish this mission, OGC serves as the global forum for the collaboration of geospatial data / solution providers and users.Overview
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international voluntary consensus standards organization, originated in 1994. In the OGC, more than 500 commercial, governmental, nonprofit and research organizations worldwide collaborate in a consensus process encouraging development and implementation of open standards for geospatial content and services, GIS data processing and data sharing.
OGC standards are used in a wide variety of domains including Environment, Defense, Health, Agriculture, Meteorology, Sustainable Development and many more.
Our members come from government, commercial organizations, NGOs, academic and research organizations. - STAKEHOLDERS
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