Re: [sdw] Discussion thread for "Spatial Data on the Web 2022 – where next to drive impact from geospatial data" (#1271)

Summary from the call - this is something to explore further. 

Our discussion during the call on [Issue #1270](https://github.com/w3c/sdw/issues/1270) indicated that data interoperability was still a big challenge. @rob-metalinkage noted that we lack a coherent "Web of data" that's scaleable; e.g. how do we make the semantics of features, such as geofences, available to people to use? @BillSwirrl added that he's spent a long time working to make government data interoperable. And it's still a huge challenge. The current community practice focuses on creating the "raw materials" (i.e. publishing data via APIs), rather than integrating data from multiple sources. We're still working in silos.

We had a clear steer from @prushforth and Christine Perey that visualisation of data remains underserved, commenting respectively on their interests in Maps4HTML and Augmented Reality. They both noted that bringing (geo) data to the Web means that you need to be able to visualise that data. Accessibility comes first. But then we need to be able to visualise data! 

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