This paper presents a twenty-year development and outcomes \ud
of ISO technical committee (TC) 211 – Geographic \ud
Information/Geomatics, which has developed around 66 \ud
ISO standards, technical reports and amendments (group \ud
with 191xx ISO number). Further development in the field \ud
of geoinformation affects the continuation, maintenance and \ud
updating of deliverables that is evident from the TC program \ud
for the coming years. The planned output will be a set of \ud
additional 24 new or revised ISO standards and technical \ud
specifications. The impact of open standards (OGC) in \ud
the domain of formal standardization is also outlined. \ud
Furthermore, the paper describes the renewed activities of \ud
CEN/TC 287 GI, which adopts ISO standards of TC 211 \ud
as European standards (EN). Also the role of SIST/TC GIG \ud
is presented that follows the activities of both the mentioned \ud
technical committees and adopts adequate Slovenian \ud
standards (SIST) and technical reports. Furthermore, the \ud
conclusions include some considerations about the obstacles \ud
and problems arising from the progress and non-acceptance \ud
of the mentioned standardization in Sloveni
