Technical Papers
Technical Papers are OGC member-approved publications released to the Public that present a position on one or more technical considerations. They often include a high-level explanation of a standards-based architecture or framework of a solution. Technical Papers explain the results or conclusions of research and explore their applicability to an operational environment. A Technical Paper is not an official position of the OGC.
| Document Title (click to view/download) | Publication Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 Advancing the Interoperability of Geospatial Intelligence Tradecraft with 3D Modeling, Simulation, and Game Engines |
2021 | ||
| The objectives of this MS&G
Technical Paper are focused on identifying technology trends
that are influencing the convergence of GEOINT and M&S
tradecraft. The purpose is to advance ideas and techniques,
such as reality modeling of 3D environments, which increase
the knowledge-base and ...Click to continue reading | |||
 OGC Benefits of Representing Spatial Data Using Semantic and Graph Technologies |
2020 | ||
| This paper does four things. Firstly, it describes the benefits of representing geospatial data using semantics, graph, and web technologies. Secondly, it gives an overview of the current capabilities of the GeoSPARQL standard, showing that many benefits of semantic and graph technologies are alread ...Click to continue reading | |||
| Geospatial Data Science |
2020 | ||
| This OGC White Paper describes Geospatial Data Science based on the Location Powers: Data Science Summit of November 2019. The white paper provides a description of the presentations and discussions of the summit along with recommendations for OGC activities to advance the field of Geospatial Data S ...Click to continue reading | |||
| Health Spatial Data Infrastructure: Application Areas, Recommendations, and Architecture |
2020 | ||
| This Health Spatial Data Infrastructure white paper provides a discussion about the collection, exchange, integration, analysis, and visualization of health and non-health data to support health applications. Applications that address health issues at global and population level scale as well as at ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC White Paper on Land Administration |
2019 | ||
| This white paper provides an overview of the land administration domain and proposes actions needed for design and develop implementation standards this domain. A close cooperation between the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and ISO is expected to accelerate those developments.
A huge task is wa ...Click to continue reading | |||
| The Role of Geospatial in Edge-Fog-Cloud Computing - An OGC White Paper |
2018 | ||
| “The cloud is dead – long live the cloud!” so begins an IEC White paper on Edge Intelligence.[1] The IEC White Paper continues that “Driven by the internet of things (IoT), a new computing model – edge-cloud computing – is currently evolving, which involves extending data processing to ...Click to continue reading | |||
| Big Geospatial Data – an OGC White Paper |
2017 | ||
| This white paper is a survey of Big Geospatial Data with these main themes:
Geospatial data is increasing in volume and variety;
New Big Data computing techniques are being applied to geospatial data;
Geospatial Big Data techniques benefit many applications; and
Open standards are need ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC® Open Geospatial APIs - White Paper |
2017 | ||
| OGC defines interfaces that enable interoperability of geospatial applications. API’s are a popular method to implement interfaces for accessing spatial data. This White Paper provides a discussion of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to support discussion of possible actions in the Open G ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Compliance Overview - Guide for Software Acquisition |
2015 | ||
| The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) provides international standards that are implemented worldwide in thousands of applications that use location information. To reduce the risk of applications not implementing a standard correctly, the OGC provides a compliance process for testing and certifyin ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Information Technology Standards for Sustainable Development |
2015 | ||
| Sustainable development, "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs,1
" will be accomplished by
balancing social, economic and environmental objectives. In this paper the authors
explain that rigorous standards for c ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Information Technology Standards for Sustainable Development |
2015 | ||
| Sustainable development, "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, " will be accomplished by balancing social, economic and environmental objectives. In this paper the authors explain that rigorous standards for commu ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Smart Cities Spatial Information Framework |
2015 | ||
| This White Paper supports development of a Smart Cities Spatial Information Framework
based on these themes:
- Smart Cities are high-density generators of innovation and information.
- Location information is a major enabler of Smart City technology benefits.
- Benefits of smart technology must ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Smart Cities Spatial Information Framework |
2015 | ||
| This White Paper supports development of a Smart Cities Spatial Information Framework
based on these themes:
K Smart Cities are high-density generators of innovation and information.
K Location information is a major enabler of Smart City technology benefits.
K Benefits of smart technology must ...Click to continue reading | |||
| Cyberarchitecture for Geosciences White Paper |
2014 | ||
| The National Science Foundation (NSF) is developing "EarthCube” - Towards a National Data Infrastructure for Earth System Science . In a new partnership between GEO and the NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure, NSF seeks transformative concepts and approaches to create a sustained, integrated d ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Sensor Web Enablement: Overview and High Level Architecture |
2013 | ||
| A sensor network is a computer accessible network of many, spatially distributed devices using sensors to monitor conditions at different locations, such as temperature, sound, vibration, pressure, motion or pollutants[1]. A Sensor Web refers to web accessible sensor networks and archived sensor dat ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC® Sensor Web Enablement: Overview And High Level Architecture |
2013 | ||
| This OGC White Paper provides a high-level overview of and architecture for the Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) standards activities that focus on sensors, sensor networks, and a concept called the
“Sensor Web”. This OGC focus area is known as Sensor Web Enablement (SWE). | |||
| Geospatial Business Intelligence (GeoBI) |
2012 | ||
| BI is an umbrella term for a major component of IT infrastructure. It encompasses Data
Warehouses, Business Analytics, Dashboards and Scorecards. This IT infrastructure is associated
with C-level decision-making in an organization. These decision-making tools have typically
included location as a ...Click to continue reading | |||
| Architecture of an Access Management Federation for Spatial Data and Services in Germany |
2012 | ||
| An Access Management Federation (AMF) is a network of organizations that trust each other for the
means of sharing protected resources among each other. Worldwide, many academic AMFs are
available for the purpose of sharing information and services between academic institutions such
as Universiti ...Click to continue reading | |||
| The Open Geospatial Consortium and EarthCube |
2011 | ||
| EarthCube aims to create an integrated system to access, analyze and share information that is
used by the entire geosciences community. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an
organization of which more than four hundred companies and agencies are members, whose
purpose is to create open sour ...Click to continue reading | |||
| Open Source and Open Standards |
2011 | ||
| This article is a White Paper jointly published by OGC and OSGeo. It was approved as an official joint OSGeo and OGC White Paper by the OSGeo Board of Directors in their 2011-05-05 Board meeting.
The text was collaboratively edited, reviewed and finalized by more than a a dozen active OSGeo and OG ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Standards and Cloud Computing |
2011 | ||
| This OGC White Paper discusses cloud computing from the perspective of OGC’s
geospatial standards development activities and standards baseline. The paper begins
with a discussion of what the cloud and cloud computing are. Unfortunately, there is still
considerable misunderstanding in the geosp ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Compliance Testing White Paper |
2010 | ||
| This white paper describes the OGC Compliance Testing Program. It provides
information about:
• The need for compliance testing to enable interoperability
• How to obtain compliance certification
• The difference between implementing and being certified
• How compliance benefits provide ...Click to continue reading | |||
| OGC Identifiers - the case for http URIs |
2010 | ||
| The OGC provides a large number of resources to support the construction of spatial
data infrastructures, including documents, specifications, schemas and concept
definitions. When deployed, the infrastructures require persistent reference to these
resources, enabled by persistent identifiers. Th ...Click to continue reading | |||
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