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OGC

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Providers using this tag (21)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
ESRI ArcGISGISGeospatialMappingLocation1 API65.8Ordnance SurveyReal-EstateUnited KingdomLand RegistryGeospatial10 APIs57.9
Developing 7 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Maxar TechnologiesSatellite ImageryEarth ObservationGeospatialRemote Sensing7 APIs48.8Bureau of Land ManagementEnvironmentFederal-GovernmentLandResources6 APIs46.5USGS Water ServicesWaterStreamflowGroundwaterWater Quality1 API46.4British Columbia Data CatalogueOpen DataGovernmentCanadian GovernmentBritish Columbia1 API43.5DLREarth ObservationRemote SensingSatellite DataGeospatial1 API42.3Sentinel HubSatellite ImageryGeospatialRemote SensingEarth Observation1 API42.2PlanetSatellite ImageryEarth ObservationGeospatialRemote Sensing6 APIs40.8
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
MaxarEarth ObservationSatellite ImageryHigh ResolutionGeospatial1 API35.6Ellipsis DriveCompanyGeospatialSpatial DataGIS1 API30.6GeoInsightGeospatialDGGSDiscrete Global Grid SystemEarth Observation2 APIs28.8
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)OGC APIGeospatialGIS24 APIs21.6ZarticoCompanyTravelTourismDestination Marketing2 APIs17.9
Minimal 7 Almost no public developer surface
Environment and Climate Change CanadaGeospatialWMSGIS2 APIs7.8GeoCat bvGeospatialWMSWFS2 APIs7.8GeoSolutions di Giannecchini Simone & C. s.a.s.GeospatialWMSWFS2 APIs7.8Deutscher WetterdienstGeospatialWMSWFS1 API5.9Eurac ResearchGeospatialWMSWFS1 API5.9Flanders Marine InstituteGeospatialWMSWFS1 API5.9Spacebel s.a.GeospatialWMSWFS1 API5.9

APIs with this tag (43)

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Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps
ArcGIS Server OGC Web ServicesArcGIS Server publishes any map or feature service through the OGC interfaces - WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and KML...65.8Hexagon GeoCloud GraphQL APIThe federated GraphQL API behind Hexagon GeoCloud (formerly HxDR / Reality Cloud Studio) for uploading, pro...58.3
Developing 17 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Landmark Geodata Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)On-demand raster mapping tile service delivered against the Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Tile Service...51.2BLM GBP Hub Search API (OGC API - Records)The only OpenAPI the Bureau of Land Management serves. A 17-operation OGC API - Records catalog over BLM's ...46.5BLM National and State ArcGIS REST / OGC WMS ServicesBLM's own ArcGIS Server estate, operated on blm.gov infrastructure rather than a hosted platform: thirteen ...46.5MapTiler Maps APIThe Maps API from MapTiler — 8 operation(s) for maps.46.1BTS Geospatial Search API (NTAD)The search and catalog API behind Geospatial at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the home of the Na...46.0DataBC Public OGC Web Services (WMS/WFS)DataBC's public OGC endpoint serves the spatial half of the BC Data Catalogue: 895 queryable WMS 1.3.0 laye...43.5EOC Atmosphere Web Map Service (WMS)OGC Web Map Service providing atmospheric data visualization layers from DLR including Sentinel-5P TROPOMI ...42.3EOC Basemap Web Coverage Service (WCS)OGC Web Coverage Service for DLR basemap and reference datasets including the SRTM X-SAR global digital ele...42.3EOC Basemap Web Map Service (WMS)OGC Web Map Service providing basemap and core geospatial reference layers from DLR including global mosaic...42.3EOC Imagery Web Coverage Service (WCS)OGC Web Coverage Service providing direct download and extraction of coverage data for DLR Earth observatio...42.3EOC Imagery Web Map Service (WMS)OGC Web Map Service providing visualization layers for DLR Earth observation imagery products including opt...42.3EOC Land Web Map Service (WMS)OGC Web Map Service providing land cover and land use visualization layers from DLR research, including Wor...42.3EOWEB GeoPortal APIMulti-mission web portal API for interactive access to the DLR Earth observation data holdings including br...42.3Sentinel Hub OGC ServicesOGC-standard web services (WMS, WCS, WFS, WMTS) for integrating Sentinel Hub satellite imagery into GIS app...42.2TomTom WMS / WMTS APIThe WMS / WMTS API from TomTom — 3 operation(s) for wms / wmts.42.0USGS Water Data APIsThe USGS Water Data OGC API — an OGC API Features service declaring 18 conformance classes, including OGC A...42.0Planet Basemaps APIAccess and download Planet's global and regional basemap mosaics, list series and quads, and retrieve mosai...40.8
Thin 9 Limited public surface area
Maxar Streaming Basemap APIOGC service delivering Maxar Vivid basemap products and their metadata for cartographic and analytic use.35.6Maxar Streaming Imagery APIOGC-compliant WFS / WMS / WMTS streaming services for delivering online imagery strips into web mapping cli...35.6Maxar Vector Analytics APIVector deliveries of change monitoring outputs through OGC WMS / WMTS for downstream analytic and GIS consu...35.6Copernicus OGC API (WMS/WMTS/WFS/WCS)OGC-compliant web services providing seamless satellite data access through standard GIS applications. Expo...34.2PANGAEA Bathymetry WMSOGC-compliant Web Map Service providing bathymetric (ocean depth) map layers for integration into GIS softw...30.8Ellipsis Drive API v3The Ellipsis Drive API v3 provides programmatic access to manage, use, and integrate spatial data: accounts...30.6G-Portal Web APIOGC-compliant web services for searching and accessing JAXA Earth observation satellite products from missi...30.44M WFS APIThe 4M WFS API is an OGC Web Feature Service that streams 4M's validated subsurface utility data (line and ...28.0CER Assessments Map Service (Federal Geospatial Platform)The CER's Environmental and Socio-economic Assessments (ESA) layer, published through the Government of Can...27.3
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
Copernicus Marine CSW Catalogue APIThe Copernicus Marine Catalogue Service for the Web (CSW) provides OGC-compliant metadata discovery over th...25.4Copernicus Marine WMTS APIThe Copernicus Marine Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) is an OGC-compliant REST API for visualizing ocean data a...25.4Transport Canada Canadian Airports OGC WMSOGC Web Map Service 1.3.0 endpoint for the same Canadian Airports with Air Navigation Services layer. GetCa...24.2Global Wind Atlas Web Processing ServiceAn OGC Web Processing Service 1.0.0 serving Global Wind Atlas results. The GetCapabilities document names D...20.3
Minimal 11 Almost no public developer surface
Environment and Climate Change Canada OGC API - FeaturesA GeoServer-provided OGC API - Features endpoint on the same host. Probed anonymously on 2026-08-20: /colle...7.8Environment and Climate Change Canada OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)An OGC-standard GeoServer at geo.ec.gc.ca. Probed anonymously on 2026-08-20: the WMS 1.3.0 GetCapabilities ...7.8GeoCat bv OGC API - FeaturesA modern OGC API - Features endpoint alongside the classic OGC web services. Verified anonymously on 2026-0...7.8GeoCat bv OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)OGC-standard web services served from a GeoServer instance. Verified anonymously on 2026-08-20: a WMS 1.3.0...7.8GeoSolutions OGC API - FeaturesA modern OGC API - Features endpoint alongside the classic OGC web services. Verified anonymously on 2026-0...7.8GeoSolutions OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)OGC-standard web services served from a GeoServer instance. Verified anonymously on 2026-08-20: a WMS 1.3.0...7.8Malta Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) geoportalMalta's INSPIRE / geospatial stack exposing standard OGC services (GeoNetwork CSW, GeoServer WMS/WFS, ArcGI...6.9Deutscher Wetterdienst OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)OGC-standard web services served from a GeoServer instance. Verified anonymously on 2026-08-20: a WMS 1.3.0...5.9Eurac Research OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)OGC-standard web services served from a GeoServer instance. Verified anonymously on 2026-08-20: a WMS 1.3.0...5.9Flanders Marine Institute OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)OGC-standard web services served from a GeoServer instance. Verified anonymously on 2026-08-20: a WMS 1.3.0...5.9Spacebel s.a OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)OGC-standard web services served from a GeoServer instance. Verified anonymously on 2026-08-20: a WMS 1.3.0...5.9

Companies reaching this through an API (15)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “OGC” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

4M Analytics Bureau of Transportation Statistics Canada Energy Regulator Copernicus Marine data.gov.mt (Open Data Malta) European Space Agency (ESA) Hexagon JAXA Landmark Information Group MapTiler PANGAEA Technical University of Denmark TomTom Transport Canada U.S. Geological Survey

Score breakdown

Frequency
48.3
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.6
spread across providers
Quality lift
33.2
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
14.6
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

WMS 23 co-occurrences WFS 16 co-occurrences WMTS 10 co-occurrences GIS 18 co-occurrences STAC 8 co-occurrences WCS 5 co-occurrences Geospatial 35 co-occurrences Earth Observation 9 co-occurrences

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