[georss] Please review OGC marketing flyer that references GeoRSS

Thu Jun 8 11:58:16 EDT 2006

All -

The following is from page 1 for an OGC flyer that will be distributed at Where 2.0. This is a marketing piece. Before we duplicate, I would like to make sure this group has a chance to check it over and make any comments. Also, please check the list of georss active participants. If you would like your name removed, please let me know. If you want your name added, please let me know. 

Thanks

Carl

Presentation of information

The key to providing value to customers is creating powerful visual products.  In the case of geographic data, the most compelling graphic is the map.  Think of Google or Mapquest maps with your data instead of a generic street map.  Imagine the ability to put any geographically tagged asset on a map, and juxtapose it with demographics, sales patterns, or urban development trends.  The architecture for accomplishing these goals is well-defined within the OGC framework, using standards such as the Web Map Service for requesting maps, and the Web Context document format for sharing "map bookmarks."

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The OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 310 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications. OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT. The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications. 

For More Information

To find out more about OGC's activities in the support of GeoRSS contact:

Raj Singh . (617) 642-9372 . raj at opengeospatial.org

Louis Hecht . (301) 654 0698 . lhecht at opengeospatial.org

Carl Reed . (970) 419 8755 . creed at opengeospatial.org

To discover what OGC is and has to offer please visit:

OGC Members: http://www.opengeospatial.org/about/?page=members&view=Name

OGC Standards: 

http://www.opengeospatial.org/specs/?page=specs

Products Using OGC Standards: http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=products

OGC Membership Information: http://www.opengeospatial.org/about/?page=join

Open Geospatial Consortium Addresses the Mass-Market

<OGC LOGO HERE>

Invitation

If you take a leadership role in consumer Web service development and mainstream IT services and your organization's business strategy includes geospatial functionality, then you should consider membership in the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).

You might join to advance and shape the outcome of GeoRSS (more on that below) for defining consumer service applications and mainstream IT. Or, you might join others to create standards that drop development costs and reduce time to market. Joining OGC makes good business sense and provides you with a capability to align an important standards effort with your own technology and business development strategies.

Making Location on the Web Accessible to All - GeoRSS

GeoRSS (www.georss.org) is a simple encoding for geo-enabling, or tagging, "really simple syndication" (RSS) feeds with location information.  It provides a way to incorporate how "where" is encoded with enough simplicity and descriptive power to satisfy most needs to describe the location of Web content. GeoRSS extends the original W3C Geo by adding support for lines and polygons, and other attributes by integrating OGC's standard encoding, Geography Markup Language (GML). 

GeoRSS was developed by an informal group of interested parties including Raj Singh, Josh Lieberman and Allan Doyle with help from Mikel Maron, Chris Goad, Andrew Turner, Ron Lake, Carl Reed and input from Tom Kralidis, Mike Liebhold, Pat Cappelaere, Sean Gillies, Schuyler Erle and others. GeoRSS is now being formally presented to the OGC membership. 

Carl Reed, PhD
CTO and Executive Director Specification Program
OGC

The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically

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