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Thought that
this might be of interest to the group. The OGC runs interoperability
initiatives to 1.) test existing specifications in new application domains and
2.) provide a rapid pace engineering process for capturing requirements for a
given area of geospatial interoperability and then using those requirements to
quickly define, build, and test new interface
specifications.
Carl
Reed
EM GIS SC Chair
PRESS
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information about this
announcement, contact:
Mark Reichardt
Executive Director, Outreach and
Community Adoption
Open GIS Consortium, Inc
tel:
+1-301-840-1361
mreichardt@opengis.org
OGC Seeks Sponsors for Emergency Mapping Symbology
Initiative
Wayland, MA, USA, October 3, 2003- The Open GIS Consortium,
Inc. (OGC)
is issuing a Call for Sponsors for an Emergency Mapping Symbology
(EMS)
Initiative. This call seeks interested Sponsors to provide input
on
technology requirements and concepts to address interoperability
needs
for emergency mapping and homeland security. The EMS Initiative
will
mature OGC's specification framework for interoperable
geographic
symbolization while simultaneously testing emerging standard map
symbol
sets for emergency response and homeland security developed
by
national-level mapping organizations.
The development of standards
for emergency mapping will strengthen
coordination, communication and
interoperability. These results enhance
the ability of planners and emergency
managers to better understand
mapped information at a glance during crucial
decision-making moments.
From an operational perspective, standardized
emergency mapping symbol
sets implemented over standard-based web mapping
architectures will
support the quick and easy development of multi-source
common operating
pictures, giving users a vital shared view of the emergency
at hand.
Systems generating common operating pictures using
standards-based
software will access spatial and related content from many
sources and
symbolize them in a common consistent manner, independent of
the
underlying feature classification schemes, data structures or data
models.
Through sponsorship of the EMS Initiative, organizations will be
invited
to contribute resources and help refine the architecture and
testing
requirements for the project. These requirements will be used to
develop
an OGC Request for Quotation/Call for Participation. As such,
sponsors
of this initiative will establish goals and objectives for
the
initiative and have significant input on specifying the requirements
for
the interoperable technology testing and development process.
If
your organization is interested in driving the evolution of
geospatial
interoperability and emergency mapping standards by
sponsoring and/or
participating in the Emergency Mapping Symbology (EMS)
Initiative please
contact Mr. Jeff Harrison, OGC Executive Director,
Program Development, by
telephone at (703) 628-8655, or by e-mail at
jharrison@opengis.org
<mailto:jharrison@opengis.org>.
The EMS Initiative is part of the next phase of OGC's
Critical
Infrastructure Protection Initiative (CIPI), an OGC
Interoperability
Initiative designed to test the application of interoperable
technology
to meet critical infrastructure and homeland security
detection,
prevention, planning, response, and recovery challenges.
More
information on CIPI is available at http://ip.opengis.org/cip/.
OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 255
companies,
government agencies and universities participating in a
consensus
process to develop publicly available interface specifications.
OpenGIS�
Specifications support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable"
the
Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.
The
specifications empower technology developers to make complex
spatial
information and services accessible and useful with all kinds
of
applications. Visit the OGC website at www.opengis.org
<http://www.opengis.org>.
OpenGIS� is a registered trademark of Open GIS Consortium,
Inc.
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