[PROJ] [central_bureau at iers.org] IERS Message No. 411: The ISO Geodetic Registry

[Martin Desruisseaux]

Le 20/11/2020 à 15:50, Javier Jimenez Shaw a écrit :

> I can't help thinking on XKCD Standards strip: https://xkcd.com/927/ 
> <https://xkcd.com/927/>
>
There is a significant difference: before this ISO work we did not have 
(as far as I know) any standard for online registry of CRS. The common 
practice was to download the entire EPSG database, then include its data 
in the software product in some way. In my understanding, ISO is working 
on standardization of the way to request a web service for a CRS 
definition. This ISO registry would be the first registry compliant with 
such standard.

This project has been mentioned in various OGC meetings in the last few 
years. EPSG peoples are aware of it, but I do not know to which extent 
they were a collaboration (or not).

     Martin