Olaf Østensen

Olaf Magnus Østensen (born 1950) is a Norwegian civil servant. He works in the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority, where he is Deputy Director for NGIS.

Østensen is a trained mathematician and graduated in 1977 graduate of the University of Oslo.

Østensen is particularly known for his work with the organization and accessibility of map information and have made a particular effort establishment of standards for online information. Internationally, he is head of the Committee of the International Organization for Standardization,^[1] which has the task to work out international standards for geographic information.^[2] Østensen has also been head of the Norwegian Standards Council,^[3] which has proposed standards that apply to audio and video content on public sites.

The Royal Norwegian Court announced on 17 November 2009 that the King had appointed Østensen as a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav for socially beneficial work. It was further informed that the decision to award him was based on "[..] Østensens pioneering work related to national standardization work and the development of access to public information."^[4]

References

1. ^ International Organization for Standardization, ISO
2. ^ ISO/TC 211 Geographic information/Geomatics
3. ^ http://www.standard.no/en/
4. ^ http://www.kongehuset.no/c34070/tildelinger.html?ar=&sok_navn=%F8stensen&sok_yrke=&sok_sted=&typer%5B%5D=stolavsorden&arkiv=1 www.kongehuset.no

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Name	Ostensen, Olaf
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Date of birth	1950
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