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Your Source for Geospatial Technology Wednesday | June 04, 2008

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The Open Geospatial Consortium: Fostering a Climate for
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The OGC is best known for creating standards, but one of its great contributions is as a forum for collaboration. In this article, John Olesak of Northrop Grumman Information Technology TASC highlights how organizations come together and enhance efforts including national spatial data infrastructures and the global spatial data infrastructure. He explains that "collaborative environments are difficult to achieve and maintain over time. OGC has a proven track record of keeping a balance between a structured steady course and the rapid adaptation and assimilation of new ideas."


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ESRI's ArcGIS Podcast Series (#3): What's New in ArcPad 7.1
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