Re: [Geopriv] Some comments on draft-thomson-geopriv-uncertainty-08

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Fri, 08 November 2013 18:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Geopriv] Some comments on draft-thomson-geopriv-uncertainty-08
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On 8 November 2013 09:57, Brian Rosen <br@brianrosen.net> wrote:
> MLP defines the radius as uncertainty.  5491 does not.

I really don't want to argue too much about this.  The issue about
what E2, MLP or 32.032 define things to be is not that important.

What I was hoping to do was to create a way that a single PIDF-LO
document could accommodate multiple uses.  That is a relatively simple
thing to do with a small update to 5491 that allows location
generators to include multiple locations.

Of course, that has risks.  The guidance in 5491 is there for a good
reason.  But the good news is that the rules do allow for this to
happen.  You just have to put the most important information first.