Re: [Geopriv] Forming and chartering a GeoJSON WG

[Alissa Cooper <[e-mail]>]

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On Feb 12, 2015, at 6:43 AM, Alexandru Petrescu <[e-mail]> wrote:

> The abstract of this draft-butler-geojson-05 says:
>> This document recommends a single coordinate reference system based
>>   on WGS 84.  Other coordinate reference systems are not recommended.
> 
> I think the draft should be revised in this sense.
> 
> JSON/IP will reach a number of reference systems in wide use, non-WGS-84, which deserve direct use instead of through conversion.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> Le 10/02/2015 22:45, Alissa Cooper a écrit :
>> Folks who may have thoughts about this should send them on the dispatch
>> list ...
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> *From: *Erik Wilde <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>>> *Subject: **Re: Forming and chartering a GeoJSON WG*
>>> *Date: *February 5, 2015 at 9:59:04 AM PST
>>> *To: *[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>>> *Cc: *Richard Barnes <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>, Sean Gillies
>>> <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>, Alissa
>>> Cooper <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>, Barry Leiba
>>> <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>, Pete
>>> Resnick <[e-mail]
>>> <mailto:[e-mail]>>, [e-mail]
>>> <mailto:[e-mail]>
>>> 
>>> hello.
>>> 
>>> On 2015-02-03 16:40 , Richard Barnes wrote:
>>>> Sorry for the delay here.  It looks like the next step here is to send a
>>>> charter proposal to the DISPATCH mailing list, [e-mail]
>>>> <mailto:[e-mail]>
>>> 
>>> we have had conversations about establishing an IETF WG for GeoJSON,
>>> which would be chartered with taking the current GeoJSON definition,
>>> and turning it into an IETF RFC. the next step in this process seems
>>> to be proposing a charter. please find the proposed charter in this
>>> email to [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>, and it also is
>>> available online here:
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/geojson/draft-geojson/blob/master/charter.md
>>> 
>>> ==============================================================
>>> 
>>> Proposed GeoJSON WG Charter
>>> 
>>> GeoJSON
>>> 
>>> GeoJSON is a geospatial data interchange format based on JavaScript
>>> Object Notation (JSON). It was published at http://geojson.org in
>>> 2008. It has succeeded in streamlining geographic information system
>>> standards and making them accessible to practitioners of modern web
>>> development. GeoJSON today plays an important role in many spatial
>>> databases, web APIs, and open data platforms.
>>> 
>>> This WG will work on a GeoJSON Format RFC that specifies the format
>>> more precisely and serves as a better guide for implementers. The work
>>> will start from an Internet-Draft written by the original authors.
>>> This I-D, draft-butler-geojson-04, substantially improves the format
>>> specification. The remaining tasks of the WG are:
>>> 
>>> * Further clarification of the GeoJSON format specification.
>>> * Addition of implementation advice based on lessons learned since 2008.
>>> * geoAddition of more explicit extension advice to the specification.
>>> 
>>> The addition of new features to the GeoJSON format is not within the
>>> scope of this WG. One possible exception to this (depending on WG
>>> consensus) is the adoption of JSON Text Sequences as an alternative
>>> way of serializing sets of GeoJSON objects.
>>> 
>>> ==============================================================
>>> 
>>> thanks a lot and kind regards,
>>> 
>>> dret.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> erik wilde | mailto:[e-mail]  -  tel:[phone] |
>>>          | UC Berkeley  -  School of Information (ISchool) |
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