[OGC Press Release] The OGC Announces Geospatial Data Quality Survey

[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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October 17, 2007. Wayland, MA. The OGC® Technical Committee's
Spatial Data Quality Working Group (WG) has been gathering information
and requirements from OGC members for the past year and has now begun
primary research on spatial data quality measures. Their survey on
spatial data quality went live on Monday, October 15, targeting
thousands of geospatial data suppliers and users from around the
world.

The group seeks to develop an interoperable framework or model for OGC
Quality Assurance Web Services that will enable improved access and
sharing of high quality geospatial information. To achieve this goal
it is necessary to learn what organizations mean when using the term
"spatial data quality". The working group hopes this survey
will provide a solid foundation for developing relevant terms of
measure and a powerful spatial data quality model.

Graham Stickler of 1Spatial, co-chair of the Working Group, commented,
"From the very beginning we recognized that the various
participants in the geospatial data supply chain may have different
requirements when it comes to data quality. We encourage all
geospatial users to participate in this survey and build momentum in
this increasingly important area of the geospatial industry."

"We are very excited about the potential for this survey,"
stated Blue Marble President Patrick Cunningham, the other co-chair.
"Between the OGC membership, Blue Marble and 1Spatial customers
and other geospatial users we feel that we have a good chance of
gathering some very useful data."

The survey is available at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2ffWZCQbm2ugKS_2fW8A0MWIQ_3d_3d. 
Results will remain anonymous, and personal information will not be
shared with any third party.

The OGC® is an international industry consortium of more than 350
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.