URI and geo-location from Michael Hedenus on 2009-07-09 (public-geolocation@w3.org from July 2009)

From: Michael Hedenus <hedenus@pixel.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:43:57 +0200 (CEST)
To: public-geolocation@w3.org
Message-ID: <11039.77.4.21.158.1247168637.squirrel@intern.netexpress.de>

@Erik: thank you for the hint.

You're both right. You can address a position or a point of intereset
(POI) with a URI (e.g. http://www.walhalla-regensburg.de) which provides
RDF data with geo-properties (which are widely used) and at the same time
with a geo-URI. Both ways complete each other.

But to set up the connection betwen a POI and its geolocation you need a
tool and a application. That's the reason why it would be great not only
to have an API to get a position but also to connect a position with
(meta)information. The API could be the "missing link".

Greetings


-- 
Dr. Michael Hedenus
Pixel GmbH

Received on Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:44:51 UTC