RE: Agenda for tomorrows teleconference

All -

 

It has been a busy week of email discussion on a variety of topics!  
So, we will have a full agenda tomorrow for our 11:30 AM EST 
teleconference.

 

Possible agenda items:

 

1. Discussion of Dave Danko's 3 suggested approaches (See below) for 
enhancements to CAP for handling coordinate reference systems. Our 
recommendation would result in a change request proposal for a new work item 
after CAP 1.0 has been approved.

2. Discussion on RAINS in Oregon and whether we should seek collaboration 
with them (at some level)

3. Thoughts on CAP registries and what that means (like implications moving 
forward in terms of access to a CRS registry (there is one!)

4. Any other hot topic :-)

 

Cheers

Carl

 

 

> 1. allow people to use any coordinate reference system and make 
them
> identify the one they used. The problem is not everyone receiving 
the
> message will be using a GIS and may not be able to handle that  

> particular
> CRS. If they knew ahead of time what CRS will always 
be used they will  
> be
> prepared for it.
>
> 
Or
> 2. (as Carl mentions below -Recommended XML Encoding of
> CRS 
Definitions) have the people use whatever they want and include the
> 
whole description of the CRS - Then there is no miscommunication about  

> the
> definition of all the parameters in the CRS, trouble is, 
half the  
> people
> wouldn't know what to do with 
them.
>
> Or
>
> 3.  Make everyone use the same 
coordinate reference system - so there  
> is no mis-communication - 
users would know what to expect, that's what we've  
> done in this 
version of CAP. That's what the US military does/is trying to  
> do 
- after learning the hard way.