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OGC Interoperability Day Summary
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The GeoFactor blog reports on last week's Open Geospatial Interoperability Day, part 1 and part 2. From the blog: "While there are some ongoing discussions on and changes upcoming to some of the OGC standards, the industry has clearly arrived regarding at least the major technical issues of geospatial data sharing. [...] Standards are great but they must be transparent to end users. Vendors are working to provide that transparency."
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* Facilitate and provide education and outreach so the research brings societal benefits and improvements in government services.
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