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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks Frank, I think I've now also
found the doc you are probably reading:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/50347">https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/50347</a><br>
This includes the following description:<br>
<br>
<i>Mobile device users who require map/geospatial application
services and operate in disconnected or limited network
connectivity environments are challenged by not having open,
available geospatial data to support these applications. Further
challenging mobile device users are the limited storage
available and the likelihood that each map/geospatial
application will require its own potentially proprietary
geospatial data store. These separate application-specific data
stores may contain the same geospatial data, wasting the limited
storage available, and requiring custom applications for data
translation, replication, and synchronization to enable
different map/geospatial applications to share the same world
view. In addition, many existing geospatial data stores are
platform-specific, which means that users with different
platforms must translate data to share it.</i><i><br>
</i><i>An open, standards-based, application-independent,
platform-independent, self-describing, GeoPackage (GPKG) data
container, API and manifest are needed to overcome these
challenges and to effectively support multiple map/geospatial
applications such as fixed product distribution, local data
collection, and geospatially enabled analytics. This standard is
intended to facilitate widespread adoption and use of
GeoPackages as standard containers for “MyGeoData” by both COTS
and open-source software applications on enterprise production
platforms as well as mobile hand-held devices, given that mobile
hand held devices do not yet have the processing power or
battery life to effectively tackle difficult geospatial product
production and analysis tasks. An application that accesses a
GPKG will make use of the GPKG capabilities it requires; few if
any such applications will make use of all GPKG capabilities.</i><i><br>
</i><i>A future GeoPackage Web Service specification and
modifications to existing OGC Web Service (OWS) specifications
to use GeoPackages as exchange formats will allow OWS to support
provisioning of GeoPackages throughout an enterprise or
information community.</i><br>
<br>
On 26/10/2012 8:28 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CA+YzLBeJAFPSjD4-bESNycYJOoSV9B6FM8Q=Ps_4HUjMKwix=w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Cameron,
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<div>For what it's worth, from a very brief review it seems like
GeoPackages are data packages containing primarily
SQLite/Spatialite databases for vectors and MBTiles format for
raster/map tiles. I don't initially see it having any
relationship to software packaging. </div>
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<div>I'm going to poke around a bit and try to establish if any
work in GDAL would help with compatability. It might be
interesting to package some of the OSGeo Live dataset(s) as
GeoPackages at some point. </div>
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<div>(I must stress my vague understanding is based on a very
cursory review of OGC docs, email, etc)</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Frank<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 2:19 PM,
Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Carl,<br>
It is possible that contributors to the OSGeo-Live project
[1] might have something of value to contribute toward this
GeoPackage standard.<br>
<br>
OSGeo-Live packages provides installer scripts for 50+
geospatial open source applications, and data sources, such
that they can be installed on linux distribution, and run
offline.<br>
<br>
It is possible that this OSGeo-Live build process could be
tailored for the specific requirements of the GeoPackaging
community.<br>
<br>
[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://live.osgeo.org"
target="_blank">http://live.osgeo.org</a><br>
<br>
A description of the build process:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/memoirs-of-cat-herder-coordinating.html"
target="_blank">http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/memoirs-of-cat-herder-coordinating.html</a>
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<br>
On 26/10/2012 5:08 AM, Carl Reed wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The following standards work is based on OGC test bed
activities and related projects for packaging
geospatial content for use in a mobile environment in
which disconnected devices are the norm, such as in
emergency response after a natural disaster.<br>
<br>
Today the OGC® announced the formation of a new OGC®
Technical Committee Standards Working Group (SWG) to
advance the candidate OGC GeoPackage Standard.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2012/oct/25/news3.html</a><br>
<br>
OGC members are proposing an open, non-proprietary,
platform-independent GeoPackage container for
distribution and direct use of all kinds of geospatial
data. The GeoPackage container and related API will
increase the cross-platform interoperability of
geospatial applications and web services in the mobile
world. Standard APIs for access and management of
GeoPackage data will provide consistent query and
update results across such applications and services.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
Carl Reed, PhD<br>
CTO and Executive Director Standards Program<br>
Open Geospatial Consortium<br>
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