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In the Spotlight

Featured news, events, and community updates.

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Announcement

OGC Connect Cape Town, October 12 – 15, 2026, Cape Town, South Africa

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Announcement

OGC Welcomes Friso Penninga to Its Board of Directors

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OGC Releases the Features and Geometries JSON (JSON-FG) Standard

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At OGC, we serve as a trusted convening space where governments, industries, research institutions, and the geospatial community collaborate to advance open standards, strengthen interoperability, and accelerate innovation.

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Member experiences that highlight the value of open standards, shared learning, and global partnership.

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OGC is the global home for open geospatial standards, and more.
We convene a worldwide community to drive interoperability through standards, code sprints,
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Standards

OGC Standards provide the trusted, open foundation that allows geospatial data, services, and systems to work together reliably across technologies, organizations, and borders.

Research

OGC Research brings members together to explore emerging geospatial technologies and address real‑world challenges through collaborative testbeds, pilots, and applied experimentation.

Compliance

OGC Compliance ensures that products and services meet rigorous, industry‑accepted standards so they work seamlessly within the global geospatial ecosystem.

Industries We Serve

OGC supports a wide range of industries with open standards that enable seamless, interoperable geospatial data and solutions.

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Agora is where the OGC community connects and works together. It keeps members informed, connected, and involved, with easy access to resources, discussions, and collaboration spaces from anywhere, including on mobile.

Through Agora, members engage with peers across government, industry, and research, contribute to solving shared geospatial challenges, and stay close to the work shaping standards and interoperability.

Joining OGC gives you access to Agora—and to the global community behind it!