[OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] [TC-Discuss] Live DVD and OGC standards - GeoPackage

[Stefan Keller]

2013/7/9 Peter Baumann <p.baumann at jacobs-university.de>:
> I'm not for hardcoded client-visible raster tiles either.

MBTiles (and the respective GeoPackage spec.) is hardcoded raster
tiles and it serves its purpose very well.
I argued against stuffing GeoPackage up with vector-tiles. At least
given the actual immature state of technology (e.g. howto handle
clipped areas).

Yours, Stefan

2013/7/9 Peter Baumann <p.baumann at jacobs-university.de>:
> I'm not for hardcoded client-visible raster tiles either.
> -Peter
>
>
>
> On 07/09/2013 09:22 AM, Stefan Keller wrote:
>>
>> Hi Pat
>>
>> No, vector-tiles is'nt the kind of vector format one would wish as a
>> replacement of Shapefiles (aka "desktop exchange format") .
>> Though, MapBox made a valuable input to GeoPackage by proposing
>> MBTiles as a "desktop exchange format" for raster data.
>>
>> Yours, Stefan
>>
>> 2013/7/9 Pat Cappelaere <pat at cappelaere.com>:
>>>
>>> I was wondering what was going on with GeoPackage as well.
>>> There seems to be some better alternative with Mapbox TM2 anyway
>>> http://www.mapbox.com/blog/vector-tiles/
>>> https://github.com/mapbox/tm2
>>> right?
>>> Pat.
>>>
>>> On Jul 8, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/07/2013 6:59 AM, Stefan Keller wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Referring to the initial question, GeoPackage with SQLite/Spatialite
>>>>> "format" would have a chance to become "the Shapefile of the future".
>>>>> The OGC just recently had the chance to adopt this existing encoding -
>>>>> but unfortunately voted against in favor of an own spec.
>>>>
>>>> Stefan, I missed the discussion related to this decision. (I actually
>>>> didn't realise that the decision had been made).
>>>> Could you please recap why "GeoPackage was not considered as the
>>>> shapefile of the future".
>>>> Was it discounted outright? Or identified as too immature to adopt yet?
>>>>
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