Open Geospatial Consortium
Open Geospatial Consortium logo | |
| Abbreviation | OGC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1994 |
| Type | Standards organization |
| Coordinates | 38°53′26″N 77°05′14″W / 38.890646°N 77.087227°W |
| Services | Standards, Innovation, Advisory |
| Membership | 470+ member organizations |
Chief Executive Officer | Peter Rabley |
Chief Operating Officer | Christy Monaco |
Chief Standards Officer | Scott Simmons |
Chief Technology Officer | Ingo Simonis |
| Ed Parsons (Chair), Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse (Vice Chair), Deb Davis, Jeff Harris, Patty Mims, Kumar Navulur, Faraz Ravi, Prashant Shukle, Velu Sinha, Frank Suykens, Javier de la Torre, Rob van de Velde | |
| Subsidiaries | OGC-Europe |
| Website | https://www.ogc.org |
Formerly called | Open GIS Consortium |
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international voluntary consensus standards organization that develops and maintains international standards for geospatial content and location-based services, sensor web, Internet of Things, GIS data processing and data sharing. The OGC was incorporated as a not for profit in 1994. At that time, the official name was the OpenGIS Consortium. It is a U.S.-registered 501c(6) non-profit with offices in Belgium and the U.K. Commercial, government, nonprofit, universities, and research organizations from around the world participate in a consensus process encouraging development, maintenance, and implementation of open standards.