Redlands, CA – John Werle, President and CEO of PCI Geomatics Inc. (USA), has been elected by the OGC Interoperability Institute (OGCii™) Board of Directors to Chair the OGCii Board.
OGCii is an independent, not-for-profit research organisation chartered to promote and extend the use of interoperable geoprocessing in the research community, and dedicated to continued improvements in worldwide application of interoperable geoprocessing and spatial data. The complex research requirements that OGCii was founded to address include such urgent societal challenges as climate change, sustainable development, disaster mitigation and ecological modeling.
“I am extremely honoured to be elected to chair the OGCii Board and to have the opportunity to work with such a prestigious and influential group of individuals,” said John Werle, President and CEO of PCI Geomatics Inc. (USA). “The OGCii will demonstrate interoperability using open standards providing a pathway for cross enterprise sharing of spatial information. This data sharing will foster new applications and dramatically increase the value of spatial data.”
