Very true - as long as the usage is correctly detailed - perhaps words I
have written and reused on numerous occasions. I need to check the latest
draft of this document.
Thanks
Carl
> We should adhere to the use of the World Geodetic System 1984 Standard -
> WGS84.
> Any other geodetic system can be transformed from the WGS84 system. Keep
> it simple and standardized so there are no surprises.
>
> Marc Berryman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geopriv-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:geopriv-bounces@ietf.org] On
> Behalf Of Alexander Mayrhofer
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:24 AM
> To: Andy Mabbett; vcarddav@ietf.org
> Cc: GEOPRIV
> Subject: Re: [Geopriv] [VCARDDAV] The "geo" URI draft
>
>> >As i just mentioned in the WG session, the draft is
>> >
>> >http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayrhofer-geopriv-geo-uri-01
>>
>> I think this should include optional parameters to indicate
>> the use of
>> non-WGS84 reference systems, including other reference systems for
>> Earth, and those for bodies such as the Moon and Mars.
>
> Andy,
>
> Thanks for the reminder. One of the goals of the "geo" URI (and that was
> also welcomed and understood by the GEOPRIV community) is that we keep
> the format as simple as possible, so that it can fill the gap between
> the "complicated" geo-location formats that allow for multiple reference
> systems, and even other bodies besides earth, and the heavily
> underspecified "lat,lon" pairs that don't even define which reference
> system to use.
>
> I'm therefore tempted to declare both "other reference systems" and
> "other bodies besides planet earth" out of scope for the "geo" URI - and
> my impression from numerous hallway discussions is that this is also the
> concensus of the GEOPRIV group. I haven't seen many people pushing for
> alternative reference systems, and only one person (afair) pushing for
> representation of coordinates on other bodies.
>
> Let's keep it simple, and usable, please.
>
> Alex
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