OGC® Public Report Repository

OGC publishes many different types of public documents for use, review, and comment. These are not official positions and / or standards of the OGC, and they do not have the same level of OGC endorsement. 

OGC Testbed-20 

OGC Testbed-20 is a collaborative R&D initiative by the Open Geospatial Consortium to advance geospatial standards focusing on data integrity and trust, imagery for intelligence, Geospatial data cubes and High-performance computing formats focusing on Data Integrity and trust, high performance computing, Geodata Cubes and Imagery for Intelligence. 

Explores the implementation of Integrity, Provenance, and Trust (IPT) in distributed geospatial data systems. It documents the outcomes of the Testbed-20 initiative, which aimed to develop resilient data services that ensure data reliability, traceability, and authenticity across organizational boundaries. 

This report explores the integration of cloud-optimized geospatial data formats into High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments to enhance High-Performance Geospatial Computing (HPGC) workflows. 

OGC Testbed-19 

The OGC Testbed-19 initiative was a major research and development under the OGC Collaborative Solutions and Innovation (COSI) Program. It focused on advancing geospatial interoperability across a wide range of domains—from Earth to space—through rapid prototyping and experimentation. 

Explores how to extend the GeoTIFF standard to support geospatial referencing for non-terrestrial (extraterrestrial) imagery—such as images of planets, moons, or asteroids. 

Thie report explores transfer learning in geospatial and Earth Observation applications. It highlights experiments on reusing machine learning models across domains, locations, and data types, and recommends standards for improving model sharing, interoperability, and reuse using FAIR principles. 

The OGC Non-Terrestrial Geospatial Engineering Report explores how OGC standards can be extended to support geospatial applications beyond Earth—including planetary surfaces and interplanetary space. 

Explores improving Analysis Ready Data (ARD) for geospatial use. It evaluates ARD through real-world scenarios—urban change, synthetic data, datacube standards, and Arctic monitoring. Key recommendations include expanding ARD to non-satellite data, improving metadata, and supporting machine learning and FAIR data principles. 

Explores improving Analysis Ready Data (ARD) for geospatial use. It evaluates ARD through real-world scenarios—urban change, synthetic data, datacube standards, and Arctic monitoring. Key recommendations include expanding ARD to non-satellite data, improving metadata, and supporting machine learning and FAIR data principles 

This report presents the outcomes of OGC Testbed-19’s efforts to define and prototype a standardized, interoperable API for accessing and processing GeoDataCubes (GDCs) 

This report presents a draft specification for the OGC API — GeoDataCube (GDC), developed during OGC Testbed-19. It aims to standardize access and processing of geospatial data cubes in an interoperable way. 

This report explores the concept of Agile Reference Architecture (ARA) for geospatial systems, aiming to evolve current static architectures into dynamic, secure, and interoperable systems. It introduces the concept of Federated Agile Collaborating Trusted Systems (FACTS) to support trusted, autonomous, and adaptive geospatial data and service ecosystems.  

OGC GeoTech Interoperability Experiment 

The OGC GeoTech Interoperability Experiment (Geotech IE) aims to standardize and improve the sharing of geotechnical data using open geospatial and ISO standards.  The report explores how geotechnical data (like boreholes, soil tests, and geological models) can be standardized and shared using OGC and ISO standards. 

The OGC Federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Pilots 

The OGC Federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (FMSDI) initiative is a multi-phase project led by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to enhance how marine spatial data is shared, accessed, and used across borders and domains, to improve the maturity and interoperability of Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures (MSDIs) by applying open OGC, IHO and ISO standards and FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).  

PHASE I – Concept Development Study 

The Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Concept Development Study (MSDI-CDS) assessed the current state of data management and exchange technologies used in the marine domain. The marine domain describes all phenomena and activities that occur within, around, or are related to the space of earth s inland waters, seas and oceans.    

PHASE II – Towards a Federated Marine SDI

FMSDI Phase 2 aimed to demonstrate how federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures (MSDIs) can improve access to and interoperability of marine data across borders and domains, especially at the land/sea interface. 

PHASE III – Arctic Environment 

To demonstrate how open geospatial standards (from OGC, IHO, and others) can support interoperable, real-time decision-making in the Arctic, especially at the land/sea interface, where data integration is complex but critical 

PHASE IV – Global Awareness 

Focused on advancing the integration of land and marine geospatial data to support climate resilience, emergency response, and sustainable development in coastal and Arctic regions and demonstrate how open geospatial standards can support interoperable, real-time decision-making across the land-sea interface, especially in regions vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels. 

OGC Urban Digital Twins Interoperability Pilot 

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The OGC Urban Digital Twins Interoperability Pilot (UDTIP) is a collaborative initiative led by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to enhance the interoperability of geospatial data and services within Urban Digital Twins (UDTs)—virtual representations of urban environments used for planning, analysis, and decision-making. 

OGC Climate and Disasters Resilience Pilot (CRP) 

The OGC Climate and Disaster Resilience Pilot (CDRP) is a multi-phase initiative by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) aimed at enhancing global readiness for climate change and related disasters. See the Website for more details 

PHASE I 

Explored how open geospatial standards and technologies can transform raw climate data into actionable insights to support climate adaptation and resilience. The pilot demonstrated end-to-end workflows—from raw data to Analysis Ready Data (ARD), Decision Ready Indicators (DRI), and advanced visualizations—across use cases including drought, wildfire, heatwaves, and coastal impacts. 

PHASE II 

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CDRP.2 aims to improve global readiness for climate change and disasters by enhancing how raw data is transformed into actionable insights to  Use Generative AI to improve climate communication and decision-making, Advance wildfire risk modeling and insurance workflows, develop ontologies for emergency and disaster management and Improve FAIR data services (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). 

OGC Open Science Persistent Demonstrator 

The Open Science Persistent Demonstrator (OSPD) is a long-term, collaborative initiative led by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), in partnership with organizations like ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA. Its primary goal is to advance reproducible and interoperable Earth Science research by integrating and demonstrating open science principles across global communities 

 2024 Results

This report presents results from the joint initiative by OGC, ESA, and NASA to support open, reproducible Earth science research. It connects Earth Observation (EO) platforms using open standards to enable transparent, portable, and reusable scientific workflows 

For a full list of Publicly available reports please see this link. 

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