Wayland, Massachusetts. At the recent Map World Forum trade show and conference in Hyderabad, India, India’s GIS Development communication network awarded the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC(R)) GIS Development’s “Professional Service to Geospatial Community Award”. The award is a handsome 10 inch wooden globe sculpted to depict layers of information.
The award was presented by M. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India. OGC president and CEO Mark Reichardt accepted the award on behalf of OGC members, staff and Board of Directors.
Reichardt and OGC Director Bob Moses held an OGC Global Advisory Council fact finding session with 15 prominent industry and government leaders. All of them liked the concept of the OGC’s new Global Advisory Council, and many are eager to participate in the process. A Steering Committee under the Global Advisory Council will be formed to help Indian OGC members create an OGC India Forum and to help with outreach to the Indian user community.
