18 January 2022 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Board of Directors announces that it has elected Prashant Shukle as its new Vice Chair. “As a global Consortium, we have substantially benefited from Prashant’s expertise […]
President Biden has nominated Frank Whitworth to be the next director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Frank Whitworth is a US Navy Vice Adm and if he’s confirmed by the Senate, he’ll be the […]
Day Two of GeoIgnite had a very special event: a fireside chat with Dr. Steve Liang, Founder and CTO of SensorUp, and Dr. Nadine Alameh, the CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium. These two, who […]
New Wyoming Mapping Project Helps Identify Important Habitats for Protection A new mapping project by the Wyoming Game and Fish department identifies all of the priority habitats in the state. Using GIS to identify and […]
GeoIgnite is Canada’s National Geospatial conference hosted by GoGeomatics Canada. GeoIgnite was held online using Zoom July 22nd to 24th, 2020. This event showcased Canadian geospatial community and leaders of Canada’s location technology sector. The conference […]
FDNY geospatial mapping used to reach opioid overdose cases Nurses and nursing students are using local, real-time maps of opioid overdoses to guide their work in community health settings. The Fire Department of New York […]
GeoIgnite is thrilled to announce the newest plenary speaker to enhance our agenda June 18th: Nadine Alameh, Chief Executive Officer of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Nadine is a major leader in international geospatial interoperability […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking additional sponsors to support the OGC DisastersPilot. Current sponsors include Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), participants of member agencies, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Disasters Pilot […]