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SpatialNews Press Release
OGC Launches The Open Location Services Initiative
Arlington, VA, February 1, 2001 — Open GIS Consortium (OGC) held a Sponsors
meeting January 30 to announce the launch of the first test bed of the Open
Location Services (OpenLS) Initiative. IT and wireless industry leaders
Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Webraska, Yeoman, Intergraph, ESRI, CTIA, In-Q-Tel,
MapInfo, Autodesk, Siemens and Hutchison 3G participated.
The meeting was held to confirm sponsorship interest in the OpenLSä
Initiative and to solicit feedback regarding the next steps, including the
upcoming release of the Request for Quotation document and the first test
bed.
The OpenLS Initiative, led by OGC, one of the world’s leading software
consortia is devoted to the development of interface specifications that
facilitate the use of “spatial” or “location” information in
Internet-enabled mobile environments.
With the OpenLS Initiative, OGC will deliver open specification interfaces
for interoperable location-based application services and client
applications by using its collaborative, rapid-paced, hands-on engineering
program. Many industry analysts believe that open standards will be a
catalyst in the growth of the nascent location services industry and will
greatly facilitate the efforts of both buyers and providers of interoperable
location-based applications and services.
OGC introduced plans for harmonizing OpenLS specifications with other
industry forums and standards organizations such as the Location
Interoperability Forum (LIF). Several OGC OpenLS harmonization liaison
efforts already underway drew support and positive feedback from the
industry participants.
Louis Hecht, Vice President of Business Development at OGC said, “We were
pleased with the enthusiastic response that we received during today’s
meeting. OpenLS is now firmly positioned and ready to build the test bed.
Based on the positive results of Sponsors’ meeting, we will immediately
implement the next step, the development of the Request for Quotation.”
To become a sponsor, or for additional information about the OpenLS
Initiative, visit http://www.openls.org
OGC, an international consortium of more than 200 corporations, agencies and
universities, coordinates collaborative development of the OpenGIS®
Specification and collaborative business development to support full
integration of geospatial data and geoprocessing resources into mainstream
computing. Visit http://www.opengis.org.
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