The Open Geospatial Consortium and AGISEE, the Association for Geospatial Information in South-East Europe announced that they have established a cooperative relationship to promote the importance of open standards in the development of spatial data infrastructures and raise the awareness of interoperability in South-East Europe.
The ultimate goals of the relationship are to create a group of people who will advance innovation and use of standards in the geospatial domain and to present the interest and requirements of this South-East Europe group to international standardisation efforts.
The two organizations encourage interested persons to join a new mailing list that has been created to:
1. Inform members of the mailing list about issues of standardisation in the geospatial domain and related domains;
2. Inform members about new standards developments, innovations and implementations;
3. Provide a forum for the exchange of information and experience.
Interested people are invited to register to the mailing list. The mailing list will be mainly in English to enable participation from all countries in the region, but posts in national languages such as Bulgarian are nevertheless welcome.
Interested people are also invited to a workshop on Spatial Data Infrastructures on 16 June 2010 in Nessebar, Bulgaria, as part of the International Conference for Cartography and GIS. The workshop aims at informing participants about: requirements for geographic information systems and spatial data infrastructures, the benefits of standards and involvement in standards processes, and practical examples that show what can be accomplished.
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