Summarize the purpose and benefits of geospatial content standards.
Geospatial content Standards for digital data build upon centuries of work in map making and cartography. Since 1994, two organizations have been the primary drivers of these Standards: the Open Geospatial Consortium and ISO / TC 211 Geographic Information / Geomatics. This topic first defines the landscape of Standards development and its objectives. The authority of the Standards bodies is also explained. Finally, geospatial content Standards are divided into five categories, with examples provided for each: (1) feature data; (2) 3D geometry and streaming; (3) rasters and coverages; (4) datacubes, and (5) metadata.