[Excerpts from May 9 OGC Press Release]
The Open GIS Consortium (OGC) announces OGC User Magazine, a free quarterly e-mail publication that highlights the use of OpenGIS® Specifications in building world class, interoperable solutions for spatial and related technologies. The first issue is currently online [see link below].

OGC User will provide detailed studies of how and why organizations are choosing to build their small to enterprise solutions around these specifications and the benefits and challenges they see. Adena Schutzberg, a 12-year veteran of the industry, will edit the publication.

In the first issue, Mark Reichardt, OGC's Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption, explained the reasoning behind the publication: "OGC has reached a point of critical mass where the work of our members is achieving broad application in the user community. User organizations are extending their existing systems via OpenGIS specifications, and are embracing products in the marketplace that implement our specifications. It's time to share these stories so that others can explore the benefits and possibilities that come with interoperability."

OGC is an international industry consortium of more than 250 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications.

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