[OSGeo-Discuss] Munich Orientation Convention, Mapcodes, and All the Rest

[Dan Ames]

Fascinating discussion, though I agree with David that is belongs on the
Standards Committee mailing list. Thanks for the enlightening info though!
- Dan

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:12 AM Steve Swazee <sdswazee at sharedgeo.org>
wrote:

> Ian,
>
> Hardly confused.  Two of three principal originators of GeoMOOSE are on
> staff.  Served as the fiscal agent for FOSS4G NA 2013.  Former member of
> the GITA board of directors.
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> It matters what you program.  If you want your software to have utility
> and gain acceptance, I am suggesting incorporation of USNG/MGRS as a
> feature would have value.  Likewise, it would be providing a service.
>
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> Per the bombing story attributed to a confusion of mapping standards –
> concrete example would be beneficial.  I used to teach Close Air Support in
> the USMC and to be certain mistakes happen.  It is doubtfully, however,
> that it was due to none standard cartography among NATO troops, and far
> more likely due to another issue.
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>
> Steve
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> *From:* Ian Turton [mailto:ijturton at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:40 AM
> *To:* Swazee, Steve <sdswazee at sharedgeo.org>
> *Cc:* OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Munich Orientation Convention, Mapcodes,
> and All the Rest
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> Now that I have your attention, I believe you and the rest of the OSGeo
> community would be well served by spending some time truly learning about
> this issue.  In so doing, I’m sure the open minds among you will come to
> the conclusion that USNG/MGRS is the answer to the issue I am addressing.
> OSGeo could do the world a heap of good in doing so.
>
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>
> Fascinating as this discussion is  I can't help wondering if you (as a
> group) are confused as to what OSGeo does? - we write software and if you
> publish a standard there is a fair chance we will write some code to
> integrate that code into our software, especially if there is user demand.
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> So I expect you are preaching to the wrong people - either we care or we
> don't but most of us have no power to change the world.
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> At the risk of prolonging this discussion I'll add the following.
>
> Currently I'm not seeing any demand for this from users - I hear a lot of
> talk about military and 1st responders but the last time I talked to a
> military guy he was telling hair raising stories of US Army planes bombing
> UK troops because they both use a grid system but the the US has letters up
> the side of the map and the UK has letters across the bottom (it was
> slightly more complex than that but basically that was the problem), so
> their requirement was for WGS84 coordinates to match their GPS.
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>
> Ian
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