SOSI

SOSI, short for Samordnet Opplegg for Stedfestet Informasjon (literally "Coördinated Approach for Spatial Information", but more commonly expanded in English to Systematic Organization of Spatial Information) is the Norwegian national standard for geographical information.cite book|title=Spatial Data Quality|editor=Wenzhong Shi, Peter F. Fisher, and Michael F. Goodchild|chapter=Data Quality and Quality Management — Examples of Quality Evaluation Procedures and Quality Management in European National Mapping Agencies|author=Antti Jakobsson|pages=226|date=2004|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=0415258359]

The standard includes standardized definitions for geometry and topology, data quality, coördinate systems, and metadata.

The open standard was developed by the [http://www.statkart.no Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority] . It was first published in 1987 (version 1.0). It is continuously being revised and further developed. The long term development points towards international standards (ISO 19100). This work is being done by ISO/TC211, currently chaired by Olaf Østensen with the [http://www.statkart.no Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority] .

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Further reading

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References

* [http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=4700 GML 3.1 specification] (requires EULA to read)
* [http://www.dgeo.org/index.shtml Digital Earth: GeoWeb]
* [http://www.georss.org GeoRSS - Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS Feeds]
* [https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/index.php?artifact_id=8837 "Recommended XMLGML encoding of common CRS definitions"] , Open Geospatial Consortium
* [http://crs.opengis.org/crsportal "Demonstration of a Coordinate Reference System Registry"] , Open Geospatial Consortium
* [http://www.epsg-registry.org "Coordinate Reference System Registry of the OGP"] , - Supersedes above demonstration registry. OGP = Oil and Gas Producers Association.
* [http://wiki.codesynthesis.com/Schemas/GML C++ Data Binding for GML]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sosi2other/ sosi2kml utility]