[OSGeo-Standards] Formation of new Coordinate Reference System Well Known Text Standards Working Group (SWG)

[Carl Reed]

Dear OSGeo community -

A new OGC Standards Working Group is being formed: Coordinate Reference System Well Known Text (CRS WKT). Please note that this is a joint project between ISO TC 211 and the OGC. Therefore, TC 211 Members will also be participating in the work of this SWG.

>From the charter:

The purpose of this Standards Working Group is to progress the Well Known Text (WKT) representation of Coordinate Reference System (CRS) definitions to the state of an adopted OGC standard and an identical ISO International Standard. This will be achieved by processing comments received during the public comment period and ensuring that the standard is consistent with the OGC and ISO TC211 business plans. The work will be conducted jointly with ISO TC211. This SWG will deliver a modular standard for the self-contained and compact description of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Operations through simple Well Known Text strings. The implementation standard delivered will be consistent with OGC Abstract Specification Topic 2 (document 08-015r2), which is also ISO 19111:2007.

The charter was presented and discussed at the Seoul meetings. The charter has been available on pending documents for review and comments since December 3. The latest draft of the candidate standard was posted December 23. A more complete description of the work can be viewed at:

http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/crswktswg

If you are interesting in participating in this activity and are not an OGC member, please let me know.

Thanks and regards

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

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