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GSDI-6GSDI-6Developing SDI’s Session: Global Developing SDI’s Session: Global

PerspectivesPerspectives

Advancing GSDI and the Objectives of Advancing GSDI and the Objectives of Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development

September 2002Mark Reichardt

Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption

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What is the OGC?What is the OGC?

• The Open GIS Consortium (OGC)

– Not-for-profit, international consortium

– 220+ industry, government, NGO and university members

• Specification Development Program -similar to other Industry consortia (W3C, OMG, etc.).

• Interoperability Program (IP) - a global, innovative, hands-on engineering and testing program designed to accelerate interface development and bring interoperability to the market.

• Outreach and Community Adoption Program – education and training, encourage take up of OGC interfaces, business development,

OGC VisionOGC Vision

A world in which A world in which everyone benefits everyone benefits

fromfromgeographic geographic

information and information and services made services made

available available across any network, across any network,

application, or application, or platform.platform.

OGC MissionOGC Mission

Our core mission is to Our core mission is to deliverdeliver

spatial interface spatial interface specificationsspecifications

that are openly that are openly available for global available for global

use.use.

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A breakthrough – A New Interface A breakthrough – A New Interface Development and Specifications ProcessDevelopment and Specifications Process

Initially..

• OGC and its membership applied a traditional approach for development of standardized interface specifications.

Today..

• Rapid industry prototyping is accelerating specification development and implementation of open systems to meet user requirements• Prototypes result in:

candidate specifications product implementations demonstrated capability

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Where to Find OGC SpecificationsWhere to Find OGC Specifications- - www.opengis.orgwww.opengis.org - -

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Software Implementing / Conforming to OGC Software Implementing / Conforming to OGC SpecificationsSpecifications

Click on “Implementing Products” at www.opengis.org, and ask your

Providers!

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Examples of OpenGISExamples of OpenGIS®® in Operation in Operation

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Other Implementations Using OpenGISOther Implementations Using OpenGIS®®

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GISD Initial GISD Initial Capability PilotCapability Pilot

(GISD-ICP)(GISD-ICP)

Sam Bacharach

Open GIS Consortium, Inc.

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Sponsors and OGC PartnersSponsors and OGC Partners• Sponsors

– US Department of State– US Agency for International Development– US Federal Geographic Data Committee– Natural Resources Canada

• Partners– Advanced Technology Solutions (USA)– CubeWerx, Inc. (Canada)– ESRI (USA)– Federal Graphic Data Committee (USA)– Intergraph (USA)– Ionic Software (Belgium)– Laser Scan, Inc. (USA)

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GoalsGoals

• Further the value of GI to SD by building / improving an interoperable infrastructure framework on the African continent– Form a public and private partnership to focus

both sectors on the issues– Create a working, expandable system based on

Standards Based Commercial Off the Shelf Software (SCOTS)

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MethodMethod

• Engage the Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC), to rally its 230 members of the industry around the cause– OGC is not-for-profit industry trade association

• Build a framework of existing data resources and enable the real-time sharing and use of those data– Uses “interfaces” designed by OGC– Uses “software” from industry, government, shareware,

open source worlds

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Before OGC InterfacesBefore OGC Interfaces

Vendor D(Fine elevation)

Vendor B(Inland Water)

Vendor C(Coarse elevation

with ocean)

Vendor A(Coastlines)

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With OGC InterfacesWith OGC Interfaces

Seconds to Minutes,insteadof days

Up to datedata

Get exactly what you want, not an entire continent

Vendorneutral

Formatneutral

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The ChallengesThe Challenges

• How do I find and learn to trust geospatial data from other sources?

• How do I minimize the cost of using those data?

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Global Spatial Data Infrastructure CatalogGlobal Spatial Data Infrastructure Catalog

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Full Information about each Data SetFull Information about each Data Set

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Our Phase One

AfricanPartners:

More to come in

the future

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Our Phase One Foundation Partners:Our Phase One Foundation Partners:

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Image Mosaicfrom Belgium

Boundariesfrom Mali

Tanzania datafrom USA

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DEPHA datafrom Nairobi

Relief and roadsfrom USA

Tanzania Districtsfrom USA

Tanzania Land Coverfrom Dar es Salaam

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Tanzania Districtsfrom USA

Tanzania Land Coverfrom Dar es Salaam

Cassava Cultivationfrom Cali, Colombia

NASA Mosaicfrom USA

Backdrop fromthis local computer

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DEPHA datafrom Nairobi

Boundary dataFrom USA

Tanzania Datafrom USA

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CEOS LandsatMosaic from USA

Roads fromUSA

Boundariesfrom USA

SADC Landcoverfrom Pretoria

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Shaded relieffrom Canada

Cassava datafrom Colombia

Tanzania Datafrom Dar es Salaam

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Implications and Next StepsImplications and Next Steps

• GISD-Initial Capability Pilot has helped to encourage:– Improved interoperability for existing

infrastructure – Improved readiness of African partners in

SDI– Reinforcement GSDI best practices– Improved ability to discover, access and

integrate geospatial data for sustainable development and other issues

Visiting GISD-ICP Partners, June OGC Meetings, London

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Implications and Next StepsImplications and Next Steps

• Focus on communicating the results and capabilities of this initiative to the broader community– Operationally available– Portal accessible via www.opengis.org/gisd by early

September

• What GSDI (we) can do:– Work to build out of GISD-ICP– Encourage build out in other geographic areas, other

domains– Continue dialog on interoperability issues and needs in

the OGC process

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Points of ContactPoints of Contact

Sam Bacharach

Program Manager

Sam@opengis.org

Mark Reichardt

Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption

Mreichardt@opengis.org

Louis Hecht

Chair, OGC Europe

Lhecht@opengis.org

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