SANY Sensors Anywhere

On November 13^-th 2009, Directions Magazine published an interview with David Schell explaining the role and organisation of the Open Geospatial Consortium, as well as its relation to e.g. Google and GEOSS. In this interview, David speciffically addresses two OGC working groups: Sensor Web Enablement and Geo Rights Management

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DM: Is anyone using the OGC Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) standards?

DS: Yes, the SWE standards are coming into wide use. NASA is using SWE in operational systems for tasking earth observation satellites. The US military is using SWE with drone aircraft and in naval operations. The European SANY program - Sensors Anywhere - is based on SWE. SANY is part of a major European space initiative called GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security). SWE is also part of another European space program, the European Space Agency's Heterogeneous Mission Accessibility project. SWE is important in the German-developed Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System, a watershed monitoring program in Germany as well as a Fire Information System in South Africa. It's part of a major program to provide better access to U.S. Hydrologic Data, and it's part of a very exciting international movement toward open standards in the world of ocean observation systems. And, there are many other examples.
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LINK: Listen the interview