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<H2 class=discussion-title>OGC Seeking comment on proposed terrain content model
standards activity </H2>
<P class=discussion-body>The OGC requests comments on the draft charter for an
OGC Common DataBase Standards Working Group. This Standards Working Group (SWG)
is being formed to develop and propose one or more candidate standards for a
common terrain database model and encoding useful for both run time synthetic
environment generation and terrain database repositories for modeling and
simulation.<BR><BR>This SWG will begin work by examining and considering the
existing Common DataBase (CDB) Specification Version 3.2 that is currently
maintained as a de-facto industry standard by CAE Inc. The convener and charter
members believe that the existing CDB specification is a combination of a data
model, an encoding specification, and engineering practices / tutorials tailored
for implementers of CDB. An early deliverable of the SWG will be a
recommendation of which specific OGC standards products and documents are
appropriate for conversion of the existing specification to fit more closely
within the architecture of OGC standards and practices.<BR><BR>The proposed OGC
Common DataBase SWG charter can be downloaded from <A
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.<BR><BR>If you have any suggestions or comments, please send them to
charter-requests@opengeospatial.org<BR><BR>This is a 30 day review period. The
review and comment period will end 29 March 2015.</P>
<P class=discussion-body>Thanks!</P></DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: #000000">Carl
Reed, PhD<BR>Standards Program support<BR>Open Geospatial
Consortium<BR>www.opengeospatial.org<BR><BR>The OGC: Making Location
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