RE: Thoughts on GALEON Phase 2

• To: <rhusar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Gerry Creager N5JXS" <gerry.creager@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: RE: Thoughts on GALEON Phase 2
• From: "Ron Lake" <rlake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:00:40 -0800

Hi,

I should note that GML (perhaps unlike SensorML) is a language to write
languages - in the sense that GML has only a minimal predefined
vocabulary and that is used to construct other vocabularies - with GML
providing the geometry, topology etc. primitives and a standard
structure for the XML.  In this sense SensorML can be written iin GML.
This may be a route to a more unified view of things.

Sincerely,

Ron

From: owner-galeon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-galeon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rudolf Husar
Sent: February 26, 2006 11:38 PM
To: Gerry Creager N5JXS
Cc: GALEON email list
Subject: Re: Thoughts on GALEON Phase 2

Gerry,

The use of multiple 'languages' e.g. GML and SensorML seems to me the only way 
to describe the different aspects of Earth Science monitoring and data systems. 
This may be naive, but my question is not whether but how to use the 
combination of these standard languages to describe the entire elephant. Some 
early, thinking-fragments on this topic, related to air quality is here.

http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/researchareas/GALEON/Reports/AQ_Pt_OGC.ppt


Ron,

Expanding on Ben's comment, GML (rectified grid) is one of the WCS data formats returned from (some of the) test servers in GALEON, e.g. http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/ogc.wsfl?SERVICE=wcs&REQUEST=GetCoverage&VERSION=1.0.0&CRS=EPSG:4326&COVERAGE=THREDDS_GFS.T&FORMAT=GML&BBOX=-180,-90,180,90,1350,1350&TIME=2005-12-06T12:00:00Z&WIDTH=900&HEIGHT=400&DEPTH=0

All,

FYI, George Percivall, Chief Architect of OGC, has prepared this PPT on the OGC Networks, including the GEOSS Services Network, (GSN)

http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/index.php?artifact_id=13947

Rudy