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The JRC is the research centre of the European Commission. The European
Commission functions as the government of the European Union (EU). One of the
seven laboratories of the JRC governs the creation of the European geographie data
infrastructure (INSPIRE) and is located in Ispra, Italy.
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The JRC is the European Union's scientific and technical research
laboratory and is an integral part of the European Commission. The
JRC is a Directorate General, providing the scientific advice and
technical know-how to support EU policies.
Directorate-General and 7 JRC Institutes
United Kingdom; Directorate General in Brussels, Belgium
http://www.jrc.org
Open GIS Consortium, Incorporated (OGC)
Open GIS Consortium, lue.
The OGC is the worldwide leading consortium of GIS industries promoting the
interoperability of geographie information across platform, system, and country borders. The main field of current activity is the complete integration of the sources of
geographie information based on the Internet.
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The OGC is an international industry consortium of more then 230
companies, government agencies and universities participating in a
consensus process to develop publicly available geoprocessing
specifications. Open interfaces and protocols defined by Open GIS
Specifications support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the
Web, wireless and location based services, mainstream IT, and
empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.
More than 230 companies, government agencies and universities
USA
http://www.opengis.org