Re: SEDRIS and OpenMap

Hi Jim,

On Saturday, December 29, 2001, at 06:23 AM, jim schmidt wrote:

> ref: http://openmap.bbn.com/mailArchives/openmap-users/0733.html
> from the above "Message from the BBN OpenMap Team" (11/6/2001):
>
> 8) Integration of external packages
> • GML4java - this package, available on sourceforge, could be
> integrated to read GML documents. GML is the upcoming (and
> OGC-supported) standard for representing vector map data
> information.
> • Batik SVG - this package could be integrated pretty easily -
> the
> Batik package contains a SVG Graphics object, and that could
> be used
> inside a com.bbn.openmap.image.SVGFormatter to create SVG
> documents from an OpenMap map.
> and
>
> 11) Integration of a MIL-STD-2525 icon library and icon
> builder/chooser. I would think this would be implemented as a
> service
> available via the MapHandler.
>
> =========================
>
> a) Is there any specific activity affecting OpenMap related to items
> 8 and/or 11, above, which may become available in the next30-60 days?

There isn't activity planned, per se, because there isn't funding in
place to support it. There is interest, though, which is why it's on
the list. Some parts, like SVG functionality (it is so
straight-forward), may appear sooner rather than later.

> b) Is the OpenMap Team aware of or possibly addressing SEDRIS defined
> standards or interface "glue"?
> ref: http://www.sedris.org/index.htm

We're vaguely aware of SEDRIS standards, but haven't looked into what it
would take to comply with the data definitions. We've been more aware
of the OpenGIS standards, but it looks like the SEDRIS standards have
popped up in the OGC radar so we'll be paying more attention to them as
well. Like any other efforts, implementation would be driven by user
funding or submissions.

Cheers,

Don

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Donald Dietrick, dietrick@bbn.com
BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA
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