Re: [Testbed-15-ML] ad-hoc meeting / progress on MapML output support

Hi Peter,

Can you also share the progress from the teams here, to the community? 
(it's been great to see the updates from the documentation team here)

Have a nice weekend,

-jeff




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Jeff McKenna
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On 2019-06-28 12:05 PM, Rushforth, Peter (NRCan/RNCan) wrote:
> Hi Jérôme,
> 
>> In addition to my earlier comments about <polygon> within a
>> <multipolygon>, if I could make one more MapML observation it is that
>> the <multipoint> encoding is needlessly heavy.
>> I would suggest the option to encode multiple points directly within a
>> <multipoint>, as the <coordinates> and </coordinates> tags for each
>> single point does not really add anything and adds a lot of overhead.
> 
> I am copying the Maps for HTML community list to solicit opinions if any.
> 
> It will have some effects on software already out there that will need fixing (GeoServer, MapML Validator, web-map custom element), but I guess it's a work in progress.
> 
> I entered an issue for resolution here: https://github.com/Maps4HTML/MapML/issues/44
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
> 
> 
> Peter Rushforth
> 
> Technology Advisor
> Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
> Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
> peter.rushforth@canada.ca / Tel: 613-759-7915
> 
> Conseiller technique
> Centre canadien de cartographie et d'observation de la Terre
> Ressources naturelles Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
> peter.rushforth@canada.ca / Tél: 613-759-7915
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Testbed-15-ML <testbed-15-ml-
>> bounces+peter.rushforth=canada.ca@lists.opengeospatial.org> On Behalf Of
>> Jérôme St-Louis via Testbed-15-ML
>> Sent: June 28, 2019 10:08 AM
>> To: testbed-15-ml <testbed-15-ml@lists.opengeospatial.org>
>> Cc: Réjean Loyer <redj@ecere.com>; Peter Rushforth
>> <notifications@github.com>; Patrick Dion <patrick@ecere.com>
>> Subject: [Testbed-15-ML] ad-hoc meeting / progress on MapML output
>> support
>>
>> Dear MapML colleagues,
>>
>>
>> In addition to my earlier comments about <polygon> within a
>> <multipolygon>, if I could make one more MapML observation it is that
>> the <multipoint> encoding is needlessly heavy.
>> I would suggest the option to encode multiple points directly within a
>> <multipoint>, as the <coordinates> and </coordinates> tags for each
>> single point does not really add anything and adds a lot of overhead.
>>
>> Hopefully will join the discussions in a few hours.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> -Jerome
>>
> 
> 
>

Received on Friday, 28 June 2019 19:22:38 UTC