Open Geospatial Consortium

We're pleased to announce that Geocento has joined the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) as an Explorer Member. Geocento specialises in the design, management, and operations of virtual Earth observation constellations, bringing together independent satellite operators to deliver EO products and services through a single, coherent framework. Making this work across multiple independent operators requires a shared foundation of standards and interoperability, and Geocento sees collaboration within the OGC community as an important part of developing and strengthening that foundation across the Earth observation sector.  As Kim Partington, CEO of Geocento, shared:  “Standards and interoperability are key to the successful design and operation of virtual earth observation constellations. As such, it was clear to us that the OGC would be key to developing true synergy between independent satellite operators and we look forward to working on this with both the OGC and members” We welcome Geocento to the OGC community and look forward to working together. Please join us in Helsinki, where we will be exploring the future of virtual constellations. Don’t miss the chance to connect with Geocento and the rest of the community! #OpenStandards #Interoperability #EarthObservation #VirtualConstellation

Our Meet the Partners video series continues, in this episode Petros Siegkas from Cyprus University of Technology! Through the collaboration of partners from across Europe, HERITALISE is helping build the foundations for the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH), supporting new ways to access, study and interact with cultural heritage in the digital era. 👉 Watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/dNnvx6EB ✨ Partners: IDP Ingeniería, Medio ambiente y Arquitectura, Tekniker, Consorzio delle Residenze Reali Sabaude, Fundación Santa María la Real del Patrimonio Histórico, Politecnico di Torino, Comet Global Innovation, Building Digital Twin Association, Cyprus University of Technology, Open Geospatial Consortium , Europeana, Heritage Malta, European Museum Academy, European Innovation Marketplace, Timespan, West Highland Museum, University of St Andrews Centro Conservazione Restauro "La Venaria Reale" #EchoesEccch #CAA2025 #HeritageInnovation #ECCCH #AUTOMATA #TEXTaiLES #HERITALISE #ECHOES #CulturalHeritageCloud #DigitalHeritage #ResearchInnovation #HorizonEurope #OpenScience #HeritageResearch #Collaboration #ECHOESProject #3Ddigitisation #CulturalHeritageCloud

Build and Test What’s Next in Geospatial. Join us May 11–13 in London (or remotely) for the OGC Builder Days Code Sprint. Over three days at Geovation, developers, standards editors, and implementers will work side by side—writing code, testing interoperability, and advancing work that moves into production. What you’ll work on * Advancing the GEOINT Imagery Media for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (GIMI) standard * OGC APIs and Integrity, Provenance, and Trust (IPT) topics * A mentored track with guided sessions for those getting started or looking to go deeper How it works * In person: Geovation, London (limited seats) * Remote: Full participation via Discord and Microsoft Teams * Pre-sprint webinar: April 22 Supported by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and hosted by Geovation. If you’re working on geospatial systems and want them to actually interoperate, this is where that work moves forward. 👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/ggg-BxZD #OGC #Geospatial #Interoperability #OGCAPIs #GIMI #GeoAI #codesprint

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 1️⃣ Manufacturing and geospatial share the same core problems: Heterogeneous data, interfaces, and semantics across organizations. High-stakes decisions (factories, floods, infrastructure) on data whose provenance and integrity are often unclear. It felt like looking at two domains with one interoperability problem. 2️⃣ AI agents are only as good as their guardrails From shop‑floor agents to geospatial agents, everyone is moving from chatbots to goal‑driven, tool‑using systems. Without strong guardrails (security patterns, validation protocols, AI “bills of materials”), agents happily produce costly, “plausible fiction” at scale. 3️⃣ Open, machine‑interpretable standards are becoming the real AI enabler Both Asset Administration Shells and geospatial standards are shifting from big PDFs to modular, machine‑readable building blocks. That shift is essential if we want agents that can safely navigate data spaces across domains, not just within a single stack. My main takeaway: manufacturing, geospatial, and open source are converging on the same answer—open standards, strong guardrails, and shared infrastructure. The question is not if we collaborate across domains, but how fast. And yes, we need to work on the SBOM for data. That's for sure. What’s one thing your domain could immediately reuse from another (manufacturing, geospatial, open source) instead of reinventing it? Thanks a lot, Thomas Usländer, for organizing this informative day at the Open Chain and Friends conference. https://lnkd.in/djDrfCcQ! #OGC #Geospatial #Manufacturing #SBOM

Build and Test What’s Next in Geospatial   Join us May 11–13 in London (or remotely) for the OGC Builder Days Code Sprint.   Over three days at Geovation, developers, standards editors, and implementers will work side by side—writing code, testing interoperability, and advancing work that moves into production.   What you’ll work on   * Advancing the GEOINT Imagery Media for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (GIMI) standard * OGC APIs and Integrity, Provenance, and Trust (IPT) topics * A mentored track with guided sessions for those getting started or looking to go deeper   How it works   * In person: Geovation, London (limited seats) * Remote: Full participation via Discord and Microsoft Teams * Pre-sprint webinar: April 22    Supported by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and hosted by Geovation.   If you’re working on geospatial systems and want them to actually interoperate, this is where that work moves forward.   👉 Register: https://lnkd.in/ggg-BxZD   #OGC #Geospatial #Interoperability #OGCAPIs #GIMI #GeoAI

Most geospatial challenges don’t arise from a lack of data. They arise when data doesn’t align across systems, organizations, and boundaries. Across cities and countries, spatial data is often created independently, making it difficult to combine, exchange, and use effectively. This blog by Alan Leidner explores how that shared challenge led to the development of the MUDDI Model, and what it reveals about how geospatial standards emerge, evolve, and scale in practice. 👉 Read the blog: https://lnkd.in/gENmFR7v #MUDDI #UndergroundInfrastructure #SubsurfaceData #GeospatialStandards #Interoperability #SpatialData #GIS #IndividualMembership #OGC

3𝗗 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹: 𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 Conversations at Open Geospatial Consortium Member Meetings, go beyond standards. Here is one great example of the valuable discussions that happen at the meetings - where real experts come together, who are working at the intersection of tech, policy, procurement, governance, standards and innovation. During the recent Member Meeting held in Philadelphia, a senior expert from a national mapping agency raised a set of grounded concerns around 3D city models—particularly around real use cases, governance, and the long-term challenge of keeping these systems up to date. That perspective stayed with me, and prompted me to reflect further on how we, as a community, are approaching 3D geospatial today. The momentum behind 3D city models and digital twins is undeniable. Yet, a critical question is emerging across institutions: 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 3𝘿 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙—𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚? Creating a 3D model is an impressive technical challenge, but maintaining it is a massive institutional one. Unlike 2D systems, 3D environments require the constant integration of LiDAR, imagery, and BIM, handling varying levels of detail, and continuous real-world updates. This introduces a significant "𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙭"—a recurring cost that is often higher than the initial investment, said the expert. The most mature and successful implementations aren’t treating 3D as a replacement for 2D. Instead, they are adopting a more strategic, layered approach: • 2𝘿 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙: It handles authoritative data, indexing, and cadastre. • 3𝘿 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: It enables scenario testing, complex visualizations, and environmental analysis. 3D enables entirely different types of questions to be asked. It adds meaningful, and in some cases necessary, value in specific domains such as urban planning, environmental simulations, and defence. However, the real challenge isn’t technological—it’s deciding, with discipline, where that value truly exists. For any leader evaluating a 3D initiative, the more useful question is: "𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 3𝘿 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚?" - If yes, invest selectively. - If no, strengthen your 2D systems. 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: How is your organization balancing the high lifecycle costs of 3D digital twins with actual, use-case-driven decision-making? #GeospatialData #3D #DigitalTwins

Earlier this month, we presented at the Open Geospatial Consortium members meeting in Philadelphia on our work for developing open methods for creating Geo-GraphRAGs for bringing geospatial awareness of networks of geographical features to Large Language Model Agents. By collaborating with the OGC on the AI-DGGS pilot, we discovered how modeling aggregate and statistical data using DGGS strongly complements spatial knowledge graphs. We would like to thank Harsha Vardhan Madiraju for his comprehensive review of our presentation, and we are looking forward to more productive collaborations with the OGC! #Geo-GraphRAG #GeoAI