Comparing European and American spatial standards for Internet of Things

In a world that is propelling towards the concept of a “geospatial web” filled with the Internet of Things (IoT), spatial standards for location-based services become vital. IoT technology allows devices and products to interact and connect with our natural and built environments. The success of IoT rely on open spatial standards. In this paper we will discuss how important spatial standards are for IoT and why spatial standardization gaps still occur. We will cover the different categories for spatial localization algorithms, followed by examples of American companies that are trending with the spatial standards in IoT applications. We will then analyze how the United States and the European Union (EU) are involved with the development of spatial standards. The US and EU have quite different methods in achieving the same goal having open and transparent spatial standards.