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Hexagon’s Luciad adopted by DTS as standard platform for developing new Chilean defense systems
8th August 2022
Hexagon’s Luciad adopted by DTS as standard platform for developing new Chilean defense systems
British Standards Institute (BSI) Awards Bluefield Geoservices ISO Certification
29th July 2022
British Standards Institute (BSI) Awards Bluefield Geoservices ISO Certification
Building cloud-native geospatial standards
20th July 2022
Building cloud-native geospatial standards
Urban-rural land linkages and territorial justice as states of mind
19th July 2022
Urban-rural land linkages and territorial justice as states of mind

Prashant Shukle elected as Vice Chair of the OGC Board of Directors
24th January 2022
Prashant Shukle elected as Vice Chair of the OGC Board of Directors
OGC and T-REX partner to bring Geospatial Innovation and Standards to St. Louis
19th October 2021
OGC and T-REX partner to bring Geospatial Innovation and Standards to St. Louis

Charles Heazel receives OGC’s 2020 Gardels Award
2nd March 2021
Charles Heazel receives OGC’s 2020 Gardels Award

OGC Seeking Information Concerning The Capture And Use Of Spatial Data During Health Emergencies
8th January 2021
OGC Seeking Information Concerning The Capture And Use Of Spatial Data During Health Emergencies

Simplifying location data access and processing
29th October 2020
Simplifying location data access and processing
OGC and ODA Announce Strategic Partnership
29th October 2020
OGC and ODA Announce Strategic Partnership
Experts Parag Khanna, Saskia Sassen, Carlo Ratti and Sameh Wabah, keynotes at Smart City Live
22nd October 2020
Experts Parag Khanna, Saskia Sassen, Carlo Ratti and Sameh Wabah, keynotes at Smart City Live
New virtual experience for the critical communications industry opens for registration
11th September 2020
New virtual experience for the critical communications industry opens for registration

Central government and the NHS must now use UPRNs and USRNs to unlock the power of place
26th August 2020
Central government and the NHS must now use UPRNs and USRNs to unlock the power of place

OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member
23rd August 2020
OGC Welcomes Microsoft to the OGC Community as a Principal Member

ABPmer audit confirms clear focus on marine safety at Ilfracombe Harbour
5th August 2020
ABPmer audit confirms clear focus on marine safety at Ilfracombe Harbour
Parrot, active participant in French Drone regulation
31st July 2020
Parrot, active participant in French Drone regulation
MGISS Helps Highways Sector Adopt New Highways England Standards
2nd July 2020
MGISS Helps Highways Sector Adopt New Highways England Standards
OGC and buildingSMART International publish discussion paper on integrating BIM and GIS
1st July 2020
OGC and buildingSMART International publish discussion paper on integrating BIM and GIS

Landmark welcomes Public Sector Geospatial Agreement
14th April 2020
Landmark welcomes Public Sector Geospatial Agreement
Bentley Systems’ SVP Alan Kiraly Elected to the Board of MIMOSA Bentley’s Ongoing Commitment
25th March 2020
Bentley Systems’ SVP Alan Kiraly Elected to the Board of MIMOSA Bentley’s Ongoing Commitment
Bentley Systems’ SVP Alan Kiraly Elected to the Board of MIMOSA
18th March 2020
Bentley Systems’ SVP Alan Kiraly Elected to the Board of MIMOSA

New report identifies key components of authoritative geospatial data
2nd March 2020
New report identifies key components of authoritative geospatial data
OGC Invites Developers to its Environmental Data Retrieval API Sprint
23rd February 2020
OGC Invites Developers to its Environmental Data Retrieval API Sprint


Utility Telecoms 2020 | 25 – 27 February 2020, Amsterdam
13th January 2020
Utility Telecoms 2020 | 25 – 27 February 2020, Amsterdam
OGC announces the creation of new GeoPose Standards Working Group
8th January 2020
OGC announces the creation of new GeoPose Standards Working Group
OGC Calls for Participation in its Next Major Innovation Testbed
29th December 2019
OGC Calls for Participation in its Next Major Innovation Testbed
Esri Enters Into Licensing Agreement with European Commission
29th December 2019
Esri Enters Into Licensing Agreement with European Commission
OGC announces virtualcitySYSTEMS as the winner of the 2019 OGC CityGML Challenge
18th December 2019
OGC announces virtualcitySYSTEMS as the winner of the 2019 OGC CityGML Challenge

DIN Innovators Award for Datacube Inventor Peter Baumann
25th November 2019
DIN Innovators Award for Datacube Inventor Peter Baumann
Linda van den Brink receives OGC’s 2019 Gardels Award
22nd November 2019
Linda van den Brink receives OGC’s 2019 Gardels Award
First of new OGC APIs approved as an OGC standard
12th November 2019
First of new OGC APIs approved as an OGC standard
USGS Releases New Lidar Base Specification
12th November 2019
USGS Releases New Lidar Base Specification
UK BIM Framework publish two new documents
4th November 2019
UK BIM Framework publish two new documents
OGC invites you to its Augmented Reality Summit in Toulouse, France
25th October 2019
OGC invites you to its Augmented Reality Summit in Toulouse, France
Bentley Systems Announces Support of IFC for Digital Twins
24th October 2019
Bentley Systems Announces Support of IFC for Digital Twins