Re: Open Location Code

Hello Clemens,

Thanks for pointing out the OGC Discrete Global Grid Systems Standards
Working Group. Again I learned something new, and it is good to see that
the OGC is on the case.

Discrete global grids seem to be a common factor in new ways of identifying
a location. I wonder how plate tectonics, and the resulting temporal aspect
of fixing a place on earth is tackled in discrete global grids.

Greetings,
Frans



2015-08-21 11:50 GMT+02:00 Clemens Portele <
portele@interactive-instruments.de>:

> Hi Frans,
>
> there are several of such systems (but I have not seen any RDF
> representation). For example, http://what3words.com or http://mapcode.com,
> but there are more.
>
> OGC also has a Standards Working Group that works on a framework for such
> systems (not to define yet another one):
> http://www.opengeospatial.org/projects/groups/dggsswg.
>
> Best regards,
> Clemens
>
>
>
> On 21 Aug 2015, at 11:26, Frans Knibbe <frans.knibbe@geodan.nl> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A colleague pointed me at a new way of identifying a location: Open
> Location Code <http://openlocationcode.com/>, an initiative from Google.
> It is a way to identify a location with a short code, an alternative to a
> postal address. Apparently the codes are assigned based on a  global lat/
> lon grid. Well, the short explanation on the website is clear enough.
>
> Besides this being an interesting development in the area of locations and
> addresses, I wonder how such a new way of identifying a location could be
> used with the Location Core Vocabulary. It is an address-like thing, but it
> does not seem to fit the INSPIRE Address Representation data type
> <http://inspire-twg.jrc.ec.europa.eu/data-model/approved/r937/fc/#_C2538>.
> It can be used instead of an address, but also be  part of an address (see
> the example "P9FW+6M Pisa, Italy").
>
> I would be nice for such a location identifier to have an RDF definition.
> What would be a way to develop and maintain such a thing?
>
> Regards,
> Frans
>
>
>
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