- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:56:24 +0100
- To: "Lance Dyas" <ldyas@microimages.com>
- CC: www-svg@w3.org
On Friday, 22 March, 2002, 17:58:14, Lance wrote: LD> Well I had mentioned it as a possible now its becoming a definite, I am LD> writing the code that will include direct LD> export from TNTmips, MicroImages GIS software to SVG format. Great LD> Also on the todo list is import SVG. Even better. But as you notice that immediately brings up: LD> What does anyone suggest as a method for encoding the projection information LD> and metadata associated with groups and objects? Which is addressed here http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/coords.html#GeographicCoordinates which in turn references http://www.opengis.org/techno/specs/01-014r3.pdf Basically, the Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations are describes using an industry standard vocabulary from the Open GID Consortium, and the whole thing is put in a metadata element. This can be short, if referring to well-known coordinate systems, or verbose if describing custom ones. The SVG WG would be particularly glad of further review of this section from people whose interests include GIS, location based services, geology, archaeology, historical mapping, etc etc. -- Chris mailto:chris@w3.org
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