GISuser.com OGC seeks sponsors for a cooperative OGC – IHO Federated Marine SDI Demonstration Pilot March 10, 2021 By Editor New Pilot will demonstrate a multi-country, federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure for land/sea interface use-cases. 10 March 2021: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is seeking sponsors for a cooperative OGC – IHO Federated Marine SDI Demonstration Pilot. Responses are due by April 30, 2021. As recommended by the successful OGC-IHO MSDI Concept Development Study (CDS), and as evidenced by the success of the OGC-IHO collaboration in the OGC-IHO Maritime Limits and Boundaries Pilot, OGC is seeking sponsors to help initiate a full-scale Pilot to demonstrate a multi-country, federated Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) under land/sea interface use-cases. The Pilot will potentially focus on the Arctic, European Coastal Waters, and/or South East Asia, depending on sponsor requirements.