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The Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JB GIS) is a coalition of leading international geospatial societies which can speak on behalf of the geospatial profession at international level, especially to the United Nations and other global stakeholders. Its second goal is to coordinate activities within the geospatial society and organisations

The USA Army Geospatial Center

The UN Programme on GGIM aims at playing a leading role in setting the agenda for the development of global geospatial information and to promote its use to address key global challenges. It provides a forum to liaise and coordinate among Member States, and between Member States and international organizations

Crisis Mappers leverage mobile & web-based applications, participatory maps & crowdsourced event data, aerial & satellite imagery, geospatial platforms, visual analytics, and computational & statistical models to power effective early warning for rapid response to complex humanitarian emergencies

An online magazine providing the latest news and views on how Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) are developing across the globe. The focus is on spatial information policy and strategy, legal and organisational issues, as well as pratical implementation challenges and successes. Further it acts as a clearing house for information on SDI-related standards, transnational legislation, open source and open data principles, and current debates on key issues as they arise, from key stakeholders in the geospatial world.

The OGC is an international industry consortium of 441 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards. OGC® Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services and mainstream IT. The standards empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications