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What is the Open GIS Consortium?

April 26, 2017consortium GIS

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What is the Open GIS Consortium?

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The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OCG), is an international industry consortium of more than 230 companies, government agencies, and universities aimed at growing interoperability for technologies involving spatial information and location. The OGC mission is to deliver spatial interface specifications that are openly available for global use. Open interfaces and protocols defined by OpenGIS specifications support interoperable solutions that “geo-enable” the Web, wireless and location-based services (LBS), and mainstream information technology. ESRI is a principal member of the Open GIS Consortium. Principal membership means that ESRI participates and votes in both the OGC Technical Committee and the OGC Planning Committee.