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Mike wrote: One last point is that I think the separation of Features into GML and Coverages into formats such as GeoTiff, HDF,and NetCDF have been centered around the need for highly efficient storage mechanism for coverages. I truly feel that the approach taken with SWE Common data definitions provides the best of both worlds: to have the machine understandable, robust description of data provided by XML/GML and to allow the packaging of large amounts of data values in efficient ascii or binary blocks (or streams).Ron wrote: [RTL] Efficient storage mechanisms are fine for the implementations but should NOT cloud our discussion of the interfaces.
Mike Responds:
I agree. However, the reason I bring this up here is that the data packing issue HAS influenced the the directions that we have taken at OGC, as well as influenced how we chose to view the problem.
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