[Context.RWG] Using OWS Context to describe GML/WFS layers whichdecimate

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

Cameron,

So you want one OWSContext FeatureType to hold many GML documents?

If yes, can you not define each GML doc as an OWSContext FeatureType,
each with respective scale rules?
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 30 October, 2006 7:29 PM
> To: Martin Daly
> Cc: context.rwg at opengeospatial.org; Kralidis,Tom 
> [Burlington]; webmap-discuss at mail.osgeo.org; Raj Singh
> Subject: Re: [Context.RWG] Using OWS Context to describe 
> GML/WFS layers whichdecimate
> 
> Martin,
> Point taken regarding G/Y/M maps. Replace zoomLevel with 
> sld:Min/MaxScaleDenominator in my previous comment.
> 
> I still need to reference different GML sources for each 
> layer depending on scale, which doesn't seem to be covered by 
> OWS Context yet.
> 
> 
> Martin Daly wrote:
> >>zoomLevel is a term used by Google/Yahoo/MSN Maps.
> >>It is a measure of resolution. As you zoom out, the zoomLevel 
> >>increases.
> > 
> > 
> > That is not a definition that will wash in a standard that aims for
> > interoperability.
> > 
> > In fact, OWS Context already uses sld:Min/MaxScaleDenominator in the
> > AbstractResourceType, so the capability already exists.
> > 
> > As with the previous long e-mail trail re. GYM data, this 
> spec. should
> > leverage de jure OGC standards, not de facto ones that 
> large parts of
> > the target audience cannot use.
> > 
> > M
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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> Cameron Shorter
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