• ISO - International Organisation for Standardization - a network of the national standards institutes of 148 countries
• ISO/TC 211 Geographic Information/Geomatics - responsible for the ISO geographic information series of standards
• CEN - European Committee for Standardization - contributs to the objectives of the European Union and European Economic Area with voluntary technical standards
• OGC - Open Geospatial Consortium - a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services