[OGC Press Release] OGC's David Schell Receives GeoTech Media Visionary Achievement Award

[OGC Press Release]

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information about this announcement, contact:

Sam Bacharach
Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption
Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc
tel: +1-703-352-3938
sbacharach at opengeospatial.org

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July 19, 2007. Wayland, MA. The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.
(OGC®) announced that David Schell, the OGC's founder, CEO and
Chairman, has received GeoTec Media's first Visionary Achievement
Award. This award is given by GeoTec Media to an individual for
dedication to the technical advancement and widespread use of
geospatial technology.

GeoTec Media announced the winners of its Geospatial Leadership Awards
in May at its annual GeoTec Event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This
new awards program was created to identify and recognize individuals
and organizations for both vision and achievement in the geospatial
industry. The Visionary Achievement Award is awarded to a single
individual. Recipients of the other Geospatial Leadership Awards were
companies and agencies.

In the selection process, subscribers to GeoWorld magazine and
GeoReport e-newsletter and visitors to GeoPlace.com cast votes for
their top candidates in each award category.

"David Schell was a logical choice for this award," said
Matt Ball, GeoWorld editor and show manager for the GeoTec Event.
"While the Visionary Achievement Award is new, we previously
awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award with recipients that have
included Roger Tomlinson and Ian McHarg. David's contributions
toward advancing geospatial technology rank right in line with
previous winners, and his continued good work is one of the reasons we
decided not to limit the award to his lifetime to date."

GeoTec Media has been providing guidance for geospatial industry
practitioners and a voice for vendors for 21 years as the publisher of
GeoWorld magazine, the developer of the Web portal GeoPlace.com, the
distributor of the weekly "GeoReport" e-newsletter, and the
organizer of the annual GeoTec Event tradeshow and conference.

The OGC® is an international industry consortium of more than 335
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. Visit the OGC website at http://www.opengeospatial.org.