1Spatial resumes OGC TC level membership

Cambridge, UK, 6^th January 2012 - 1Spatial is pleased to announce that after a lapse of eight years, the company has resumed its Technical Committee (TC) level of membership.

1Spatial originally joined OGC in 1996. Jointly, with GE Smallworld, the company hosted the first TC event outside North America in August 1997. It was also the first at which specifications were approved and adopted (Simple Features). The press release on this event remains on the OGC website to this day, see: http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/227.

1Spatial continued to participate at the TC level for nearly a decade and Dr Paul Watson made a significant contribution to the topology definition contained in GML. Although dropping out from the TC level, 1Spatial has continued to contribute to OGC activities and has been active in the Data Quality Working Group, co-chaired by Dr Matt Beare. Participation in these activities has contributed to 1Spatial having a unique set of capabilities in data quality assessment for sharing. It recently launched a ‘Software as a Service’ data validation tool, Socium that checks spatial data against OGC Valid and Simple Features.

OGC interest in the use of location as an enabler in Business Intelligence saw the creation of a GeoBI working group at the recent Brussels TC in November coincided with 1Spatial’s interests in this area.  Dr Mike Sanderson offered to chair the newly formed GeoBI working group.

Dr Mike Sanderson of 1Spatial said:

“The level of OGC activity has increased in recent years as organisations have sought to utilise spatial data in enterprise decision-making. The need for standards to ensure that location data can play an effective role in executive decisions is something I have been passionate about for a long time. It was appropriate that we regained our TC status to play a leading role in framing these standards.

We are looking forward to integrating Socium in the near future with the existing robust OGC Testing Infrastructure tools. Working together as a community, developing testing tools for data quality and software is key to advancing the aspirations behind Rio Principle 10, which recognises the right of individuals to have appropriate access to information and the open data initiatives across the EU.”

For more information about the OGC, visit www.opengeospatial.org

About 1Spatial

1Spatial is an industry leader in the provision of intelligent data quality and integration solutions for organisations worldwide that need to trust their location-based information.  For more than 40 years, 1Spatial has been providing solutions and services to public and private sector organisations who handle high-volumes of business critical data.  By automating the transformation of complex and distributed data into accurate and valuable information, organisations can improve operational efficiently, reduce costs, manage compliance and improve decision making.   These solutions are delivered through its own sales and services team with headquarters in Cambridge, UK.  For more information, visit www.1spatial.com 

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