[OSGeo-Standards] Re: [Aust-NZ] ESRI/Google indexing spatial data.Where is OGC?

Wed May 28 03:03:26 EDT 2008

IMO:

Hi Carl,

Agreed. I think that OGC is probably the best body to push this forward.

An open standards based approach will benefit us all.

Bruce 

"Carl Reed" <creed at opengeospatial.org> wrote on 28/05/2008 12:41:18 AM:

> Bruce and others -
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Perhaps the role of the OGC is to provide the consensus environment 
> to truly discuss and address this topic.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Carl
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Bruce.Bannerman at dpi.vic.gov.au 
> To: Cameron Shorter 
> Cc: standards at lists.osgeo.org ; aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org ; shoaib 
; 
> Aust-NZ OSGeo 
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 5:33 PM
> Subject: [OSGeo-Standards] Re: [Aust-NZ] ESRI/Google indexing 
> spatial data.Where is OGC?
> 
> 
> IMO: 
> 
> 
> Cameron, 
> 
> 
> I think that this is only a simplistic part of the 'search' debate. 
> 
> It will certainly not replace the need for quality spatial metadata 
> or metadata catalogues. 
> 
> 
> When you look at the potential shown by OGC's OWS-5 work, I suspect 
> that the need for quality and definitive catalogues / registries 
> will increase (dramatically). 
> 
> For further comments, see my response to Adena's post at: 
> 
> http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/4293-GoogleESRI-Announcement-
> in-Plain-English.html 
> 
> 
> 
> Bruce Bannerman
> 
> 
> 
> 

> 
> Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> 
> Sent by: aust-nz-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> 27/05/2008 06:19 AM 
> 
> To
> 
> shoaib <saburq at gmail.com> 
> 
> cc
> 
> standards at lists.osgeo.org, Aust-NZ OSGeo <Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org> 
> 
> Subject
> 
> Re: [Aust-NZ] ESRI/Google indexing spatial data. Where is OGC?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> OSGeo Standards,
> From the Australian/New Zealand discussions about developing Geonetwork 
> comes this announcement:
> 
> shoaib wrote:
> > On the topic of Web2.0 at Where2.0 conference last week, ESRI and
> > Google made a joint announcement stating a partnership to start
> > indexing spatial data and spatial web services on Google search
> > technology. The implications of this are huge from the perspective of
> > the industry as a whole. This opened a lot of questions about the
> > place of OGC Catalogue Services.
> > 
> Does anyone know if ESRI/Google will be using Standards to achieve their 

> indexing?
> Ie, can Open Source packages like Geonetwork plug into this new work?
> Should we  be worrying about vendor lock out?
> 
> > Aust-NZ mailing list
> 
> > Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz
> >
> 
> 
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