[OSGeo-Standards] FYI: New OGC Standards Activity: Candidate GeoPackage Standard

[Carl Reed]

The following standards work is based on OGC test bed activities and related 
projects for packaging geospatial content for use in a mobile environment in 
which disconnected devices are the norm, such as in emergency response after 
a natural disaster.

Today the OGC® announced the formation of a new OGC® Technical Committee 
Standards Working Group (SWG) to advance the candidate OGC GeoPackage 
Standard.

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2012/oct/25/news3.html

OGC members are proposing an open, non-proprietary, platform-independent 
GeoPackage container for distribution and direct use of all kinds of 
geospatial data. The GeoPackage container and related API will increase the 
cross-platform interoperability of geospatial applications and web services 
in the mobile world. Standard APIs for access and management of GeoPackage 
data will provide consistent query and update results across such 
applications and services.

Regards

Carl Reed, PhD
CTO and Executive Director Standards Program
Open Geospatial Consortium
www.opengeospatial.org

The OGC: Making Location Count!

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