The Canada Forum on Geospatial Standards 107th OGC Technical Committee Fort Collins, Colorado USA Forum Convenors 6 June 2018 Copyright © 2018 Open Geospatial Consortium

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Copyright © 2018 Open Geospatial Consortium Draft Agenda Introduction Q&A about the forum/ charter (expectations, contributions) Forum Organization Co-chair volunteers and appointment (important!) Formal launch opportunities - CCOG Meeting, Yukon, August ? In person forum meetings:  bi-annually (June and December)?  Remote meetings (monthly)? Open Discussion Next Steps Copyright © 2018 Open Geospatial Consortium

What is an OGC Forum ? Member led and managed, approved by the global OGC community Open to non-members (including foreign organisations doing business in Canada) Provides OGC infrastructure and staff support to support regional/country based activities The goals and objectives of OGC's regional organizations vary based on regional/country based requirements Examples; Assist in capacity building in the region/country Promote policies, cooperative business development initiatives and public/private partnerships that support the use of OGC standards. Coordinate participation in the OGC, Seek to promote OGC membership, MSC data and products are geospatial Public warnings and public forecasts Numerical weather prediction models Weather observations Satellite imagery Image source: https://wutqfm.com/fire-herkimer-leaves-homeless/

OGC Provided Resources Approved, April 18th Public Wiki Plus OGC Staff Support of Forum Activities OGC Portal Project Sign up for the Forum Mailing list! https://lists.opengeospatial.org/mailman/listinfo/canada.forum

Copyright © 2018 Open Geospatial Consortium Charter Members Internal Services Department - Geographic Information Services (Province of Nova Scotia) NewfoundView Global Grid Systems (formerly PYXIS Innovation) SensorUP Teledyne CARIS Tesera Systems Inc. University of Calgary AE Inc. CAE Computer Research Institute of Montreal (CRIM) Compusult Ltd. Cubewerx Inc. Ecere Corp. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Esri Canada Ltd. Fisheries and Marine Institute (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Mount Royal University Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Copyright © 2018 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGC Forums Asia Australia and New Zealand Canada China Europe France Iberian and Latin-American India Korea Middle East and North Africa Nordic North American UK & Ireland WMO The WMO Information System (WIS) is WMO’s modern strategy in managing and moving weather, water and climate information Single global infrastructure for WMO data management functions atop WMO Global Telecommunication System (GTS) Integrated approach: Collection and dissemination Discovery, access and retrieval Image sources: WMO: http://woudc.org/home.php WIS background: https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/bulletin/users-are- winners-wmo-information-system-comes-of-age

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Example Activities – China Forum Next Meeting, September 2018

Canada - Mission Objectives/Key Activities Provide a forum for the collaboration of geospatial solution providers and users on all key components ( people/expertise, standards, technologies, operational policies, and governance) of Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) with a focus on the standards pillar. Define a set of priority issues that will inform innovative development in Canada through a collective voice. Increase awareness of the benefits of using geospatial standards across all sectors, especially new and emerging sectors and markets that require more outreach and education on the value of standards. Define value chains in various thematic domains (e.g. Survey and Mapping, Environmental Monitoring, Agriculture, Maritime, Energy and Utilities) and explore means of better connecting multiple value chains to reduce duplications, increase efficiency and improve the return on investment, Grow Canadian geomatics expertise and contribute to Canada’s future geospatial capacities, Empower Canadian remote communities through online collaborations.

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The OGC Canada Summit, June, 2017 Discussion Ideas Work plan and Project ideas Forum outreach to non traditional sectors CGDI pilot Disaster CDS and pilot S-121 Maritime limits and boundary pilot/ Marine CDS Catalogue integration (open data and geospatial data Geodata interoperability and harmonization in transport: a case study of open transport net Article on Geomatics Canada? The OGC Canada Summit, June, 2017 Copyright © 2018 Open Geospatial Consortium

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