[GeoJSON] Three threads coming together

Matt McClure matthewlmcclure at gmail.com
Thu Jun 5 02:38:04 PDT 2014


Hi Jeff,

Just a word of support. I also would like to see a JSON moving features
format that would gain critical mass. Regrettably I don't have much time to
spend on the politics of it, but I hope you succeed.

Matt


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Jeff Yutzler <jeffy at imagemattersllc.com>
wrote:

> Three things GeoJSON-related have happened in the last 12 hours.
>
> OWS Context
> OGC created a standard for Context files which describe a map view in its
> totality, including map layers (raster and/or vector) and extents. I think
> this would be a good thing for the web development community (among others)
> - instead of hard-coding layers in JavaScript (or being stuck with
> defaults) you could encode them in a Context file. I'm trying to convince
> the OGC participants that a) a JSON encoding could potentially be adopted
> by the web development community where a XML encoding has no chance in hell
> and b) if a JSON-encoded Context contains feature data, it should be
> provided as GeoJSON where possible because it is the least common
> denominator. Now in today's discussion they are second-guessing whether
> they want to have multiple encodings at all. I have no idea how this will
> turn out.
>
> Moving Features
> OGC established a working group to create a standard for moving features.
> Publishing moving features on the web should be a no-brainer and in fact I
> demonstrated it about 8 years ago. It should be even easier today but no
> one has built it yet. As with Context, a JSON encoding has potential for
> the web development community that an XML encoding does not. They
> apparently decided that my ideas have merit and today they formally asked
> me to write a proposal for a JSON encoding to go along with their emerging
> XML encoding.
>
> GeoJSON LD
> In anticipation of wanting to encode moving features in some form of JSON,
> I tried to work with this group to find a reasonable, reusable way ahead
> and have gotten nowhere. The final insult was when Mr. Gillies summarily
> closed my GeoJSON-LD ticket[1] without discussion. I was expecting
> cooperation and instead I feel I am being thwarted. Frankly, I don't get it.
>
> I want to be a GeoJSON ally. I believe it is in GeoJSON, OGC, and my
> customer's best interest to establish some level of cooperation. (I know
> the history and I have been as frustrated by OGC as anyone over the last
> twelve years.) I am trying to build that bridge but I can't do it alone. I
> need someone on your side to step up and work with me.
>
> Regards,
> Jeff
>
> [1] https://github.com/geojson/geojson-ld/issues/15
>
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