OGC and GITA Emerging Technology Summit IV

The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) is partnering with the Open Geospatial Consortium (MA, USA) to organise the next in a series of Emerging Technology Summits (ETS IV) focusing on information system interoperability standards, such as Building Information Models (BIM), to be held from 21-23 March 2007 in Washington, D.C.

Increasingly, public and private sector organisations all over the world are understanding the importance of information processing standards that speed up productivity in enterprises in the physical infrastructure, capital project, and building management industries. This ETS will focus on those standards and the benefits of BIM.

These benefits include:

• Lower costs and risks for designers and engineers;
• First responders being able to respond more quickly;
• Lower operating costs through efficient monitoring;
• Better views of facilities resulting in better decision-making;
• Realtors, appraisers, and bankers saving time and money;
• Lower costs for regulations compliance; and
• Reduced costs and risks for subcontractors.

“The convergence of AEC/CAD, geospatial, and 3-D technologies offers an enormous opportunity to boost productivity in the entire real property value chain,” Mark Reichardt, president of OGC said. “There are tens of thousands of potential users who could benefit from better integration of the diverse sources of information. Standardization is the only way this can happen.”

“OGC plays a huge role in pulling together everyone in the geospatial industry to share information and move into the next stage of open systems. This event will be a great forum to gain more perspective on the future of an open geospatial community,” said Bob Samborski, executive director, GITA.

Source: Open Geospatial Consortium