Re: [Geopriv] Proposal for uncertainty

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Wed, 28 May 2014 18:00 UTC

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On 28 May 2014 06:04, Marc Linsner (mlinsner) <mlinsner@cisco.com> wrote:
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> S3.3: You (re)define uncertainty as accuracy/precision wrt civic.

The definition is consistent.  More elements means a smaller area of
intersection of those areas:

"The resulting spatial partition can be considered as a region of uncertainty. "

> WRT measured location, uncertainty goes down and confidence goes up as the
> size of the polygon gets bigger (less accurate).  According to S3.3 wrt to
> civic the opposite is true.  Is that what you are trying to say?

If that's your interpretation of the text, then I'm at a loss as to
how to fix it.