Mark E. Reichardt, President & CEO of Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Inc. announced the selection of President Mauro Salvemini as a founding member of OGC Global Advisory Council

The Global Advisory Council was chartered earlier this year to help better
inform the Board of Directors and the OGC membership of strategic issues and
opportunities for attention by the OGC process.  Critical to the success of
the Council process will be to establish representation from all regions of
the globe.  This will improve to Consortium's understanding and ability to
act on regional strategic needs and opportunities.