Location information is becoming increasingly important for human activity and survival. Web maps are an essential method of communicating location to users, across millions of Web sites and billions of people worldwide, especially on mobile platforms. Maps are the main medium of communicating location to users, and the lack of direct support for maps in the Web platform is an obvious barrier to adoption and growth of the mobile Web, when compared to proprietary platforms.
The W3C/OGC Joint Workshop Series on Maps for the Web is now planned for September 2020. These will be online, distributed workshops, including video conference presentations, online discussion forums, and tracks focused on participant-led demo and collaboration. It will bring together people with an interest in the future of standards relating to maps and location, drawing upon the experience gained over the last two decades. The workshop series will look at the emerging standardisation opportunities relating to the importance of location to the Web platform, and what's needed to better support maps for users and authors of all abilities.
For more details on the workshops, see the Workshop Series overview.
Sponsoring this W3C/OGC Joint Workshop Series helps move the dialog forward.
To become a sponsor, contact Karen Myers at the W3C: karen@w3.org and copy in (Cc) Gobe Hobona at OGC ghobona@ogc.org.
Even an online workshop has costs. Paid software and networking services may be necessary to provide a good experience to all participants. We would also like to offer professional captioning of the videos. Staff time is needed to organize and moderate the event.
Most of the planning, coordination, agenda building, and writing outcome reports are done for no cost by W3C and OGC staff, as well as volunteers. But without sponsorships, W3C and OGC cannot hold such workshops.
If you see value in discussing the expected evolutions of Web technologies related to maps and geographic data, and believe it will help your business, sponsoring is the best way to ensure that this conversation happens, and that you are seen as a leader and a forward-looking enabler of the technical evolution of the Web.
W3C has general guidelines for our workshop sponsorship. For the W3C/OGC Joint Workshop Series on Maps for the Web, we have 3 levels of sponsorship: Platinum, Gold, and Silver.
W3C Members get a 25% discount on all sponsorship packages; costs listed reflect the W3C Member discount.
OGC Members also get a 25% discount on all sponsorship packages; costs listed also reflect the OGC Member discount.
All sponsorships offer the following considerations:
The deadline for becoming a sponsor is 31 August 2020.
Platinum sponsors are listed prominently as major sponsors of the workshop series.
The sponsor name and logo are featured on the website, mentioned in the videos, and listed in printed materials.
Gold sponsors are listed as sponsors of the workshop series.
The sponsor name and logo are included on the website, mentioned in the videos, and listed in printed materials.
Silver sponsors are listed as additional sponsors of the workshop series.
The sponsor name is listed on the website, mentioned in the videos, and listed in printed materials.