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<DIV>Bruce and others -</DIV>
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<DIV>Being able to search the web for KML files is a good thing. However, this
capability is only one piece of the solution to solving the discovery issues
related to broader and more effective use of geospatial content on the geoweb.
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<DIV>In addition to the issues that you and others have identified, I also have
a concern that there are multiple spatial indexing activities by individuals,
companies, and even by standards organizations that are totally disjoint and not
coordinated in any manner. Not the best way to solve the web spatial indexing
and searching problem! I would also add that many of the suggested approaches do
not provide consistent guidance on how to store, maintain, or even
search "rich" geospatial metadata. Nor is imagery or sensor metadata really
addressed. </DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps the role of the OGC is to provide the consensus environment to
truly discuss and address this topic.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
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<DIV>Carl</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Bruce.Bannerman@dpi.vic.gov.au
href="mailto:Bruce.Bannerman@dpi.vic.gov.au">Bruce.Bannerman@dpi.vic.gov.au</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cameron.shorter@gmail.com
href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">Cameron Shorter</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=standards@lists.osgeo.org
href="mailto:standards@lists.osgeo.org">standards@lists.osgeo.org</A> ; <A
title=aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
href="mailto:aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">aust-nz-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A>
; <A title=saburq@gmail.com href="mailto:saburq@gmail.com">shoaib</A> ; <A
title=Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org href="mailto:Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org">Aust-NZ
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 26, 2008 5:33 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [OSGeo-Standards] Re: [Aust-NZ]
ESRI/Google indexing spatial data.Where is OGC?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>IMO:</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Cameron,</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>I think that this is only a simplistic part of the 'search'
debate.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>It will certainly not
replace the need for quality spatial metadata or metadata catalogues.
</FONT><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>When you look at the potential
shown by OGC's </FONT><FONT size=2><TT>OWS-5</TT></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2> work, I suspect that the need for quality and definitive catalogues /
registries will increase (dramatically).</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>For further comments, see my response to Adena's post at:</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><A
href="http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/4293-GoogleESRI-Announcement-in-Plain-English.html">http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/4293-GoogleESRI-Announcement-in-Plain-English.html</A></FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR><BR>Bruce
Bannerman<BR><BR><BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>27/05/2008 06:19 AM</FONT> </P>
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Aust-NZ OSGeo <Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org></FONT>
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size=2><TT>OSGeo Standards,<BR>From the Australian/New Zealand discussions
about developing Geonetwork <BR>comes this announcement:<BR><BR>shoaib
wrote:<BR>> On the topic of Web2.0 at Where2.0 conference last week, ESRI
and<BR>> Google made a joint announcement stating a partnership to
start<BR>> indexing spatial data and spatial web services on Google
search<BR>> technology. The implications of this are huge from the
perspective of<BR>> the industry as a whole. This opened a lot of questions
about the<BR>> place of OGC Catalogue Services.<BR>> <BR>Does
anyone know if ESRI/Google will be using Standards to achieve their
<BR>indexing?<BR>Ie, can Open Source packages like Geonetwork plug into this
new work?<BR>Should we be worrying about vendor lock out?<BR><BR>>
Aust-NZ mailing list<BR><BR>> Aust-NZ@lists.osgeo.org<BR>>
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz<BR>><BR><BR><BR>--
<BR>Cameron Shorter<BR>Geospatial Systems Architect<BR>Tel: +61 (0)2 8570
5050<BR>Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<BR><BR>Think Globally, Fix
Locally<BR>Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source
Solutions<BR>http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Aust-NZ
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