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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dear OSGeo community,<br>
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the recently published Call for Participation in the OGC Testbed
13 might be of interest for several of you on this list. <br>
Please find more details below </font><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">or at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/154">http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/154</a></font> <br>
<div class="">Responses for the CFP are due by 17 February 2017.<br>
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Bye and greetings,<br>
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Athina<br>
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Athina Trakas<br>
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<h2><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">OGC Calls for
Participation in Major Innovation Testbed (Testbed 13)</span></strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;">Contact: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@opengeospatial.org">info@opengeospatial.org</a> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;">25 January 2017: The Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites interested organizations
to respond to the just released Call for Participation (CFP)
in the OGC Testbed 13 Interoperability Testbed.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Organizations selected
to participate in Testbed 13 will develop prototype solutions
based on the sponsors’ use cases, requirements and scenarios.
These are described in detail in the CFP. Participants’
prototype solutions will implement existing OGC standards as
well as new prototype interface and encoding specifications
introduced or developed in Testbed 13. Prototype
specifications may ultimately become official, member approved
OGC standards, revisions to existing OGC standards, or best
practices for using OGC standards.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Testbed 13
requirements, use cases, and cost-sharing funding are provided
testbed Sponsors, which include:</span></p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Airbus Defence and
Space</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">CGI IT UK Limited</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Defence Science
& Technology Laboratory (Dstl)</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">DigitalGlobe, Inc.</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">European Space
Agency (ESA)</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">FAA System
Operations Airspace and AIM Office</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Natural Resources
Canada</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Geonovum</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Ordnance Survey,
Great Britain</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">US Geological
Survey (USGS)</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">US National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">US National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)</span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr"> </p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">The sponsors’
requirements have been organized into the following technical
threads:</span></p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Dynamic Source
Integration</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Earth Observation
Clouds</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Cross Community
Interoperability</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Field Operations</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Streaming & 3D
Data</span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr">
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Compliance Testing</span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">OGC testbeds are part
of OGC's Interoperability Program, a global, hands-on and
collaborative prototyping program designed to rapidly develop,
test, innovate and deliver proven candidate standards into
OGC's standards program where they are formalized for public
release. In OGC's Interoperability Initiatives, international
teams of technology providers work together to solve specific
geoprocessing interoperability problems posed by the
Initiative Sponsors. OGC Interoperability Initiatives include
testbeds, pilot projects, interoperability experiments and
interoperability support services – all designed to encourage
rapid development and mobilization of OGC standards</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">This leading-edge
standards work has enormous potential and value for testbed
stakeholders – both technology users and technology providers.
Shared investment in spatial standard prototype solutions
brings improved sharing and integration of spatial
information, which has widespread and longstanding value for
the Testbed sponsors and for society at large. Technology
providers gain market exposure, market intelligence, and a
chance to quickly take advantage of the business opportunities
that arise with the introduction of new standards and
associated technical capabilities.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Anyone interested in
learning more about this opportunity should contact Scott
Serich, Director Interoperability Programs (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:techdesk@opengeospatial.org">techdesk@opengeospatial.org</a>).
See <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?id=fR4CAhlXBlQaWwZcCg">www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/programs/ip</a>
for more information about the Interoperability Program in
which OGC testbeds, pilot projects and interoperability
experiments are organized, planned, and managed.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">Further information
regarding Testbed 13 is available at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?id=fR4DBlceA1RWHwhTCwA">www.opengeospatial.org/projects/initiatives/testbed13</a>.
The CFP is available at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?id=fR4DA1YeA1RWHwhTCwA">www.opengeospatial.org/standards/requests/154</a>.
Responses for the CFP are due by 17 February 2017.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"> </p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>About the OGC</strong></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:14px;">The OGC is an
international consortium of more than 525 companies,
government agencies, research organizations, and universities
participating in a consensus process to develop publicly
available geospatial standards. OGC standards support
interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless
and location based services, and mainstream IT. OGC standards
empower technology developers to make geospatial information
and services accessible and useful with any application that
needs to be geospatially enabled. Visit the OGC website at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?id=fR4GBBlXBlQaWwZcCg">www.opengeospatial.org</a>.</span></p>
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