Re: Map Markup Language draft spec

Interesting work Peter!

I must say that it looks very much as GeoJSON mostly the same features and
the same feature names. For me this seams to be something new almost from
scratch and does not seams to be compilable with existing standards...

Other approaches to think over could be a ARIA like implantation for
SVG(that would support more complex geometry such as Bézier Curves) or some
type of text based(human readable!) format. Both those solutions would be
more accessible too...

Greetings
//
Albin Larsson
Nyköpings Gymnasium - Elite Orienteering

2015-07-22 23:24 GMT+02:00 Rushforth, Peter <
Peter.Rushforth@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca>:

> Hi,
>
> Working backwards a bit, I have created a repo for the client js library,
> which you can find here:
> https://github.com/Maps4HTML/MapML-Leaflet-Client
>
> More repos to come, in particular for the tile reference server.
>
> Feedback welcome and responded to.  What I am really interested in is
> building the case for declarative HTML
> maps (as opposed to huge piles of JS to consume MapML), as that is the key
> driver for this work.
>
> Peter
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rushforth, Peter
> > Sent: July 21, 2015 17:15
> > To: 'public-maps4html@w3.org'
> > Subject: Map Markup Language draft spec
> >
> > Dear Maps for HTML Community Group,
> >
> > I have drafted a rough specification of what I have been working on,
> which is
> > what I call "Map Markup Language".
> >
> > The essential feature of this format is that it is hypertext, which
> requires
> > clients to understand some or all of the markup in documents of that
> type in
> > order to provide an interactive user experience.  Quite like HTML, but
> for
> > maps.
> >
> > It is explained as well as I can manage in the spec:
> >
> > http://maps4html.github.io/mapml/spec/
> >
> > which is a web page made to statically reflect the content in the repo
> found
> > here:
> >
> > https://github.com/Maps4HTML/MapML
> >
> > More work is required, but community feedback ( collaboration!) is vital
> at
> > this point of development.
> >
> > I am anxious to hear your feedback / questions  or comments about the
> > ideas (and examples) outlined in that document.
> >
> > I will create repos for the software which I for the example services,
> and in
> > the not-too-distant future, I'll create a repo for client software that
> I've been
> > working on for those services.
> >
> > Would love to hear from you.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Peter Rushforth
> > Technology Advisor
> > Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation Natural Resources Canada
> > 560 Rochester St.
> > Ottawa, ON
> > K1S 4M2
> >
> > (613) 759-7915
>
>
>