Recently, The members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) adopted version 1.0.0 of the OpenGIS® CityGML Encoding Standard as an official OGC Standard. According to OIGC, CityGML is an open data model framework and XML-based encoding standard for the storage and exchange of virtual 3D urban models. Also, CityGML is an application schema of […]

Live Presentation Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 2PM - 3PM EDT/11AM - 12:00 PM PDT
Seventh in RFG’s Teleconference Series: Emergency Planning and Disaster Preparedness: The Critical Role of Geospatial Information
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Is your business planning for disasters, but doing so solely within the vacuum of its own domain? Do you or your colleagues interact with the public […]

The Oct. 4 meeting featured a panel of “experiences” as well as a fascinating keynote from Doug Eberhard, CTO of construction firm Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB). PB manages very large projects including the World Trade Center site rebuilding, the Los Angeles International Airport master plan, and Seattle’s Alaska Way Viaduct. Mr. Eberhard stressed how the construction […]

The Geo Factor attended the OGC Interoperability Day yesterday in Tysons Corner, VA. The 320-member OGC develops and promotes location-based services (LBS) and geospatial standards through a consensus process. The morning session involved a multi-vendor (and a government agency) demonstration illustrating the tremendous potential of geospatial data sharing. The scenario was planning for an Olympics […]