Re: W3C Workshop, Montreal June 15-17 2020

Thanks for the update Peter.

-jeff



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Jeff McKenna
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On 2020-04-01 4:08 p.m., Rushforth, Peter (NRCan/RNCan) wrote:
> Dear Maps for HTML community,
> 
> As a result of the evolving and unpredictable situation surrounding 
> coronavirus spread and consequent restrictions to global society, we 
> have cancelled our in-person Maps for the Web Platform workshop, 
> originally scheduled to take place in Montreal, June 15-17, 2020.  We 
> plan to eventually hold a face-to-face workshop, when the situation 
> permits participants to travel and participate in safety.
> 
> In the mean time, work on maps for the Web continues, and we intend to 
> hold an online workshop, in the late September to early October 2020 
> time-frame.  For further details about the workshop, please consult our 
> draft, in-development web site here: 
> https://maps4html.org/Maps4HTML-Workshop-2020/
> 
> We intend to announce the workshop over various public channels when the 
> call for positions and participation goes live, around May 2020.  I will 
> be sure to follow up with you here at that time.
> 
> Please stay safe!
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Peter
> 
> Peter Rushforth
> 
> Technology Advisor
> 
> Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
> 
> Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
> 
> peter.rushforth@canada.ca <mailto: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 <mailto:peter.rushforth@canada.ca>/ Tél: 
> 613-759-7915
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter
> 
> Peter Rushforth
> 
> Technology Advisor
> 
> Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
> 
> Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
> 
> peter.rushforth@canada.ca <mailto: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 <mailto:peter.rushforth@canada.ca>/ Tél: 
> 613-759-7915
> 
> *From:*Rushforth, Peter (NRCan/RNCan)
> *Sent:* January 27, 2020 12:45 PM
> *To:* public-maps4html@w3.org
> *Subject:* W3C Workshop, Montreal June 15-17 2020
> 
> Dear Maps for HTML Community Group,
> 
> We are currently planning a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) workshop on 
> maps in the Web platform (specifically HTML), together with the W3C and 
> the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).  The workshop will be collocated 
> with the OGC Technical Committee meeting, June 15-17 2020 in Montreal, 
> Quebec.
> 
> I am sending this email to see if the any other member organization of 
> the community might be interested in being invited to participate (by 
> presenting a short position paper on behalf of your organization, in 
> person) in this workshop on the concept of better integrating mapping 
> into the Web platform standards, and if so, how?  Even if you believe 
> that the Web platform standards are already good enough for mapping, it 
> might be worthwhile staking that out as a position. If you are 
> interested, we would welcome your organization to be part of the program 
> committee.
> 
> The objective of the workshop will be to start the conversation between 
> the geospatial (and geospatial standards) and Web platform communities, 
> about how Web standards could better serve the needs of Web mapping and 
> most especially users of Web maps and the Web in general.
> 
> Some topics of potential interest include:
> 
>   * a native map viewer, similar to that provided for video content
>   * standards for how such a map widget might integrate with map
>     services and APIs
>   * accessibility of browser maps
>   * privacy of user location information
>   * security of browser-based maps
>   * Integration / relationship of maps and location with other browser
>     APIs, e.g. geo-video, geolocation API, forms, SVG
>   * crawling, indexing and searching map information
>   * standardized browser elements and APIs
>   * CSS styling of maps and map features
>   * Map feature creation / input forms
>   * federated map services with linking - aka the Web
> 
> Mostly the agenda will be driven by position papers, and what 
> organizations like yours want to discuss.  If your organization is 
> interested in sending one or two people to present a position, please 
> let me know and I will ensure that you / they are invited.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter
> 
> Peter Rushforth
> 
> Technology Advisor
> 
> Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
> 
> Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
> 
> peter.rushforth@canada.ca <mailto: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 <mailto:peter.rushforth@canada.ca>/ Tél: 
> 613-759-7915
>

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