OGC: from local to global and vice versa

The Italian FORUM of OGC and GAC (Global Advisory Council) of OGC may be considered as two aspects of the same approach: how to enlarge the benefit of understanding and using geospatial interoperability. Italian forum is gathering Italian members of OGC and has just been launched under the auspices of AMFM GIS Italia (www.amfm.it) in order to distribute knowledge and awareness about the OGC mission, the findings in standards and interoperability. GAC is chartered to become a significant, high-level and strategically motivated "forum" to represent OGC in global outreach activities and to act as a center for education and worldwide member recruitment. It is also intended to introduce diversity of ideas and a truly global perspective into the strategic thinking of OGC's board and membership.