Re: [emergency] FYI: OGC Seeks Sponsors for Emergency MappingSymbology Initiative

["R. Allen Wyke" <emtc@nc.rr.com>]

Interesting....especially since it has been talked about within our
group almost since day 1.

That aside, is there any chance this an be the result of a collaboration
between the OGC and the EM TC? A joint effort? Seems like a logical
thing, considering you then have the GIS people and the EM people from
their respective groups working together. Could be a huge win for both
committees.

Thoughts?

On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 16:43, Carl Reed wrote:
> Thought that this might be of interest to the group. The OGC runs
> interoperability initiatives to 1.) test existing specifications in
> new application domains and 2.) provide a rapid pace engineering
> process for capturing requirements for a given area of geospatial
> interoperability and then using those requirements to quickly define,
> build, and test new interface specifications.
>  
> Carl Reed
> EM GIS SC Chair
>  
> PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
> For information about this announcement, contact:
> 
> Mark Reichardt
> Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption
> Open GIS Consortium, Inc
> tel: +1-301-840-1361
> mreichardt@opengis.org
> 
> OGC Seeks Sponsors for Emergency Mapping Symbology Initiative
> 
> Wayland, MA, USA, October 3, 2003- The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC)
> is issuing a Call for Sponsors for an Emergency Mapping Symbology
> (EMS)
> Initiative. This call seeks interested Sponsors to provide input on
> technology requirements and concepts to address interoperability needs
> for emergency mapping and homeland security. The EMS Initiative will
> mature OGC's specification framework for interoperable geographic
> symbolization while simultaneously testing emerging standard map
> symbol
> sets for emergency response and homeland security developed by
> national-level mapping organizations.
> 
> The development of standards for emergency mapping will strengthen
> coordination, communication and interoperability. These results
> enhance
> the ability of planners and emergency managers to better understand
> mapped information at a glance during crucial decision-making moments.
>  From an operational perspective, standardized emergency mapping
> symbol
> sets implemented over standard-based web mapping architectures will
> support the quick and easy development of multi-source common
> operating
> pictures, giving users a vital shared view of the emergency at hand.
> Systems generating common operating pictures using standards-based
> software will access spatial and related content from many sources and
> symbolize them in a common consistent manner, independent of the
> underlying feature classification schemes, data structures or data
> models.
> 
> Through sponsorship of the EMS Initiative, organizations will be
> invited
> to contribute resources and help refine the architecture and testing
> requirements for the project. These requirements will be used to
> develop
> an OGC Request for Quotation/Call for Participation. As such, sponsors
> of this initiative will establish goals and objectives for the
> initiative and have significant input on specifying the requirements
> for
> the interoperable technology testing and development process.
> 
> If your organization is interested in driving the evolution of
> geospatial interoperability and emergency mapping standards by
> sponsoring and/or participating in the Emergency Mapping Symbology
> (EMS)
> Initiative please contact Mr. Jeff Harrison, OGC Executive Director,
> Program Development, by telephone at (703) 628-8655, or by e-mail at
> jharrison@opengis.org <mailto:jharrison@opengis.org>.
> 
> The EMS Initiative is part of the next phase of OGC's Critical
> Infrastructure Protection Initiative (CIPI), an OGC Interoperability
> Initiative designed to test the application of interoperable
> technology
> to meet critical infrastructure and homeland security detection,
> prevention, planning, response, and recovery challenges. More
> information on CIPI is available at http://ip.opengis.org/cip/.
> 
> OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 255
> companies,
> government agencies and universities participating in a consensus
> process to develop publicly available interface specifications.
> OpenGISŪ
> 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 www.opengis.org
> <http://www.opengis.org>.
> 
> OpenGISŪ is a registered trademark of Open GIS Consortium, Inc.
> 
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R. Allen Wyke
Chair, Emergency Management TC
emtc@nc.rr.com
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency