# Presentation: 205904

## Benefits of Spatial Interoperability Forum on Risk Management and Assessments of Natural Hazards

- February 5, 2001
- Mark Reichardt
- _[mark@opengis.org](mailto:mark@opengis.org)_
- (301) 840-1361

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## Our Vision & Mission

**Our Vision:**
- The complete integration of geospatial data and geoprocessing resources into mainstream computing.
**Our Mission:**
- Develop interface specifications that facilitate the use of spatial or location based information and services across networks, platforms, and brands.
- Enable developers and integrators to agree at the interface, so they can focus more on workable component solutions.
- Encourage fielding of Standards-based Commercial off the Shelf products and services to consumers at reasonable cost.

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## Our Approach

***Global, Non-profit, Consensus-based process:*** Over _[200 members ](file:///../Web%20Pages/Members%20Listed%20By%20Type.htm)_from industry, government, academia collaborate to develop interface specifications that make geospatial data and processes a integral part of the IT enterprise
***Specification Program:***  Develop implementation level spatial technology specifications for open access and use
- 20+ interfaces approved or in candidate status
- Geography Markup Language de facto industry standard
***Interoperability Program:***  Innovative, hands on engineering and test environment designed to deliver proven standards for finalization through the specifications program
***Standards Community Partnerships:***  OGC coordinates with international and commercial standards organizations to focus the agenda for spatial technology interoperability

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## The Trend to a 3-Tier Architecture

- Clients

- Front end APIs

- Middleware
- (components)

- Backend APIs

- Servers, Services

**Middleware**
**Componentization**

**C. 1995**

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**Notes:**
True interoperability had not been achieved by the middle 1990’s.  Although vendors componentized their middleware to allow choice within a brand, true interoperability was not a reality.

## Interoperable Components Borne in “Coopetition”

- Interoperable Components Borne in “Coopetition”

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**Notes:**
The OGC concensus process involves collaboration between our member organizations to agree on a common interface for various types of functionality.  For instance, two vendors may both offer coordinate transformation capability in their products. However, because of their unique internal componentization these capabilities cannot be shared.  Once the common interface is agreed to and documented, a function becomes addressable by any other software function that understands the interface.  Over time, the proprietary componentization models can move to a Standards-based Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (SCOTS) model that leads to greater consumer choice, improved life cycle maintenance, and improved ability to rapidly apply new technologies as they become available.

OGC fosters a unique environment of cooperation by members on interface development.  At the same time, our processes protect vendor intellectual property that is the core of their software functionality and market share. Thus, we have coined the phrase “co-opetition” to describe our specifications and interoperability programs. 

## Examples of Service Development

**Client**

**Browse**
**Client**

**Service**
**Registry**

**Catalog**
**Service**

**Data**
**Server**

**Map**
**Server**

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**Notes:**
Here is an example of what the new Service application environment looks like – many services that interoperate because the interfaces has been agreed to and documented for implementation by developers and integrators.  

## Technology Keys

- Maximize requirements, minimize time to market
- Pre-procurement Cycle
- Technology Insertion – test beds & pilots to leverage interface development
- Interoperability defined through industry interface standards
- Yields ”Plug and Play” components
- Procurement Cycle
- Functional Requirements based
- Procurements require use of internationally and commercially accepted interoperability standards
- Lower Life Cycle Costs

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## OGC Specification and Interoperability Programs

**Coordination**
**Function**

**OGC**
**Specification **
**Development**
**Program**

***OGC operates in coordination with other***
***Specifications bodies and International ***
***Standards bodies***

**Technology**
**Infusion**

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## Federal Geodata Portals on the Web

- How can I apply the data from multiple sources
- in my application?

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## Open Web Services Vision

- Reduce deployment costs by reusing information from other communities
- Tools to provide custom information to users.

**    **Easier access to multiple online info sources and services
-   Use and reuse different vendor solutions.

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## Removing ObstaclesOGC Testbeds and Pilot Programs

- Collaborative, multi-vendor,iterative ‘testbeds’ and “pilots” are used to yield open specifications, services and end-to-end solutions
- Rapid – cycle time of 4 to 6 months
- Interoperability Program brings _Sponsors_ and _Participants_ together
- Are business and use-case based

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## Interoperability Program 2000 Results

- Accessibility to Critical Information
- Updated Web Map Server
- Symbology Control by the Client
- New Web Feature Server
- New Web Coverage Server (Imagery)
- GML and Imagery Markup Annotation Language based extensions of XML
- Updated Catalog Server
- Integration of Access Control Security
- Geospatial Fusion Operators
- Geoparse
- Geolink
- Gazetter

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## Geospatial Fusion Services

- OGC based applications can be employed on intelligence problems.
- Cooperating analysts discover, access, register, correlate, analyze, and store related multi-source information.
- Information _captured and shared_ in Location Organizer Folders (LOFs)
- Geo-organized, geo-connected collections of information
- Collaborative intelligence knowledge building

- Open specifications for interoperability are the enabling technology

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## IP 2001 Initiatives

- Web Mapping, Phase 3 (WMT-3)
**Security Services:  Public Key Infrastructure (in concert with government PKI system), Virtual Private Networks**
-  3D and Time
- Data model extensions for
- topology
- 3D
- temporal

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## Work Item Descriptions: IP 2001 (2)

- Inter-Community Enablement, Phase 1 (ICE-1)
- Focus on sharing different data types across communities
- Geoanalysis & Decision Support, Phase 1 (GDS-1)
- Open Location Services Testbed
- Enabling spatial solutions on wireless devices

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## Applications that enable devices to exploit their location or mobility, or the location or mobility of other devices in real time

Services that use location based information and location models:
Maps, routes, positions, demographics, transactions, service points, sites, events, assets,  directories

Location Services should be
Web-enabled ... available to anyone, anywhere, anytime, on any device
Integral to the enterprise environments
Efficient and easy-to-use

Location Services Applications include:
Just-in-time & location
Know your (business), neighbor, customer,...
Find a customer, place, asset...
Coordinate activities
Plan growth
Delivery & travel services
Organize by location and time
Location sensitive alerts and transactions
Privacy and Security is user invoked

**Services that use location based information and location models:**
- Maps, routes, positions, demographics, transactions, service points, sites, events, assets,  directories
**Location Services should be**
- Web-enabled ... _**available**_ to anyone, anywhere, anytime, on any device
- Integral to the enterprise environments
- Efficient and easy-to-use
**Location Services Applications include:**
- Just-in-time & location
- Know your (business), neighbor, customer,...
- Find a customer, place, asset...
- Coordinate activities
- Plan growth
- Delivery & travel services
- Organize by location and time
- Location sensitive alerts and transactions
- Privacy and Security is user invoked

**Open LS: Location Based Services **

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## Who is Implementing OGC Specifications?

- Cadcorp
- ESRI
- Ionic Software SA
- Cubewerx
- Compusult
- Blue Angel
- AutoDesk
- Galdos Systems
- Geodan ITIntergraph
- Laser Scan

- Lockheed Martin
- Microsoft
- Mapinfo
- Object FX
- Oracle
- PCI Geomatics (Canada)
- Polexis
- SICAD Geomatics
- Raytheon
- SAIC
- Social Change Online
- NASA, USGS, FGDC, FEMA
- USACE, USDA, NIMA
- And others

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## What OGC Brings to the Table:  Interfaces to Support Interoperable, Component-based Products

**Services **
**Metadata**

**S**
**E**
**R**
**V**
**I**
**C**
**E**
**S**

- Discovery
- Operators

- Fusion
- Operators

- Visualization
- Operators

- Profile Mgmt
- Operators

- Security
- Operators

**O**
**G**
**C**
**W**
**E**
**B**
**S**
**E**
**R**
**V**
**I**
**C**
**E**
**S**

**Geoservices Management System**

**R**
**E**
**G**
**I**
**S**
**T**
**R**
**Y**

**Information**
**Management**

**Visualization, Analysis, Modeling, Decision Support**

**Sources**

**Information**
**Responses**

**Web Pages, **
**Symbolized Graphics, **
**Data, **
**Geolinks,**
**Metadata,**
**Applications**

- Catalog
- Server

**XML**

**= Web Server**

- STATE

- NOAA

- SDI
- Gateways

- USGS

- Commercial
- Sources

- Value Add
- Operators

**Geospatial **
**Sources**

- Univ’s

- Web-Based Thin Clients
- & GIS Applications

## Interoperability and Natural Hazards Mgt

- Access and apply the information directly from the provider only when it is needed (significant maintenance shift)
- Improve functionality and reduce life cycle costs
- Componentization
-  increased market competition
- Make better use of federal, local, state and commercial sources of spatial data
- Immediate integration of data from many distributed sources
- Rapid identification of anomalies and overlap
- Find value in new sources of data for problem solving
- Identify redundant and wasteful spatial data collection
- Promote Interest pooling, multi-sector collaboration
- Save money, improve quality

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## What You Can Do

- Sponsor and participate in OGC interoperability initiatives
- Share cost with other community sponsors
- Have industry address your market needs for interoperability
- Include international and commercial standards and specification conformance requirements in procurements
- Call out OGC for spatial interoperability
- Serve your data via OGC-based server products
- Participate in the OGC Standards development and Special Interest Groups (Disaster Management SIG)

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## Questions

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