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[Rex Brooks]

Thanks Lew, Personally, I have worked on this with several groups, specifically attempting to put together a standards effort to develop an Open Floor Plan Display/Exchange (OFPD/X) which has limped along till now, so I am aware of these resources. However, I think that if you could think about taking on this area with an eye toward compiling the most important or significant available material, I will certainly include it in the ValueList Ontologies I'm compiling. I will be buried in RM for some time to come, then I'll be takingon the FEMA Resource Typing material, so if you could take on this domain, particularly CityGML, it would be really great. I actually came into Human-based standards from the old VRML Consortium, now the X3D Consortium, so I'm familiar with cartesian coordinate 3D systems. Thanks again, Rex On 3/8/2012 9:00 AM, Leinenweber, Lewis wrote: Rex and all, Sorry, I will not be able to attend the RIM meeting today. However, I thought I would share some thoughts about work that relates to your message below with respect to "... the evolving domain of the built-environment, e.g. interior spaces, and the transition/interface from Geospatial to Building-specific information." You might find it interesting to know that OGC has been working on to solve similar issues and to create standards to address the built-environment through their CityGML standards work. This effort has included collaboration with Architecture and Engineering community in 2005 and even earlier to integrate with the Building Information Model (BIM) standards that carries very detail information about the construction of buildings, down to the lowest level of details required for design and construction. This collaboration has been demonstrated whereby geographic information has been brought together with CAD model data to produce a detailed 3-dimensional view that transitions from geospatial 3-D (geographic locations and CityGML 3-D structures to building interiors. I can provide some additional information, resources and discussion to follow-up later if there is interest. Regards, Lew Leinenweber SE Solutions, Inc. 301.351.4485