Re: ACTION-33 Map georeference needed?

Thanks for looking at that.

On Jun 1, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Seiler, Karl wrote:

> The reference to  civic address [RFC4776] is perfectly good for the use for the POI Spec in my view.
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> The reference to the map reference as:
> The optional "map" URL can be used to provide a user of relative
>    location with a visual reference for the location information.  This
>    document does not describe how the recipient uses the map nor how it
>    locates the reference or offset within the map.  Maps can be simple
>    images, vector files, 2-D or 3-D geospatial databases, or any other
>    form of representation understood by both the sender and recipient.
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> Does not work for map references ala NAVTEQ, Google Map, TeleAtlas Map, OSM. This works fine for map display / rendering related information.
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> We still need a Map Reference URI construct, where the URI potentially returns a map document for:
>         <mapReference>
>                <provider>NAVTEQ</provider>
>                <version>2011.2.1</version>
>                <objectID>123456789</objectID>
>                <objectType>NavPoint</objectType>
>                 <side>L</side>
>          <PFRN>10</PFRN> !Map percent distance from reference node (10%)
>        </mapReference >
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> From: Alex Hill [mailto:ahill@gatech.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:26 PM
> To: Karl Seiler
> Cc: Public POI @ W3C
> Subject: ACTION-33 Map georeference needed?
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> Karl,
> Can you take a look at the "Secondary Map Metadata" section in this document and comment on whether this appears to align well with what we have been discussing (i.e what would this stated spec need to add to aid "snapping to a map" as Navteq does)?
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-geopriv-relative-location-01#page-19
> Alex
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> Alex Hill Ph.D.
> Postdoctoral Fellow
> Augmented Environments Laboratory
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> http://www.augmentedenvironments.org/lab
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Alex Hill Ph.D.
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Augmented Environments Laboratory
Georgia Institute of Technology
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