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3D GeoVolumes SWG (3DGeoVol SWG)

The 3D GeoVolumes SWG seeks to provide an API to integrate various approaches to the access and transfer 3D geospatial content over the internet (e.g. 3D Tiles, I3S, glTF, CDB, CityGML) into a single, open standards-based solution.

3D Portrayal SWG (3DP SWG)

The 3D Portrayal Service (3DPS) is an OGC service implementation Standard targeting the delivery of 3D portrayal in an interoperable fashion. When the client and service(s) involved share a common set of capabilities, it becomes possible to view and analyze 3D geoinformation from heterogeneous sources in a combined manner.

Agriculture Information Model SWG (AIM.SWG)

The Agriculture Information Model SWG will develop, publish and maintain an Agriculture Information Model (AIM) to support interoperability of information in the Agriculture Domain, with emphasis on the re-use of generic OGC standards as appropriate.

Analysis Ready Data SWG (ARD SWG)

The Analysis Ready Data (ARD) SWG is chartered to develop a multi-part standard on geospatial Analysis Ready Data.

CDB SWG (CDB SWG)

The CDB Standard defines an open format for the storage, access, and modification of a synthetic environment database. A synthetic environment is a computer simulation that represents activities at a high level of realism, from simulation of theaters of war to factories and manufacturing processes.

CityGML SWG (CityGML SWG)

CityGML is an open data model and XML-based format for the storage and exchange of virtual 3D city models. It is an application schema for the Geography Markup Language version 3.1.1 (GML3), the extendible international standard for spatial data exchange issued by the OGC and the ISO / TC211.

Connected Systems SWG (CONSYS SWG)

The Connected Systems SWG will focus on modernization of the SensorML and related Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) Standards.

Coverages SWG (CoveragesSWG)

Coverages, as defined in Abstract Topic 6 and Coverage Implementation Schema (CIS), have proven valuable as a unified, comprehensive representation of spatio-temporal grids, point clouds, and meshes. In particular, coverages serve to model “datacubes”.

CRS SWG (CRS SWG)

A Coordinate Reference System (CRS) is a coordinate-based local, regional, or global system used to locate geographical entities. A spatial reference system defines a specific map projection, as well as transformations between different spatial reference systems.

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Features and Geometries JSON SWG (FeatGeoJSON SWG)

The OGC Features and Geometries JSON SWG is chartered to develop a JSON encoding for geospatial feature data. This encoding is intended to build upon the foundational OGC standards (such as Simple Features), be inclusive of other geospatial JSON encodings (such as GeoJSON), and support content delivery per the OGC

Features API SWG (FeatAPI SWG)

The purpose of the OGC Features API SWG is to develop new and maintain existing parts of the OGC API Features multipart Standard, develop corrigenda for the WFS 2.0 and FES 2.0 Standards, and review draft Engineering Reports from the OGC Innovation Program related to OGC API Features.

OGC API – Common SWG (OGC API-Common)

The purpose of this SWG is to develop a new Common core Standard for the OGC API suite of Standards as well as to manage any changes required for the OWS Common Standard.

OGC API – Joins SWG (TJS)

The purpose of the TJS SWG is to update and maintain the OpenGIS Georeferenced Table Joining Service Implementation Standard [OGC 10-070r2]. Updates will consider Change Requests (CRs) to the current standard as well as requirements identified by the SWG.

OGC API – Maps SWG (OGC API – Maps)

The OGC-API Maps SWG will develop and document a Maps API candidate standard that will provide a web based, common, and consistent interface to services that aligns with the current architecture of the Web and the Spatial Data on the Web Best Practices ( https://www.w3.org/TR/sdw-bp/ ).

OGC API – Processes SWG (OAPIProc SWG)

The OGC API – Processes Standard will enable the execution of computing processes and the retrieval of metadata describing their purpose and functionality. Typically, these processes combine raster, vector, and/or coverage data with well-defined algorithms to produce new raster, vector, and/or coverage information.

OGC API – Records SWG (API Records SWG)

OGC API – Records provides discovery and access to metadata about geospatial data and services. OGC API standards define modular API building blocks to spatially enable Web APIs in a consistent way. OpenAPI is used to define the reusable API building blocks.

OGC API – Styles SWG (Styles API SWG)

The OGC API – Styles Standard will describe the interface and exchange of styling parameters and instructions. The construction of symbology components of styles is addressed in OGC Symbol Encoding Conceptual Model: Core Part and multiple OGC and other style encoding standards.

OGC API – Tiles SWG (OAPITileSWG)

The OGC API – Tiles draft Standard references the OGC Two Dimensional Tile Matrix Set (TMS) standard. The TMS standard defines the rules and requirements for a tile matrix set as a way to index space based on a set of regular grids defining a domain (tile matrix) for a

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