[georss] kml reference placemarks v/ georss?

Sean Gillies sgillies at frii.com
Thu Feb 22 13:18:22 EST 2007


Mike Liebhold wrote:
> 
> I'm wondering what impact on georss adoption, will be from google and 
> michael jones advocacy ( below) for using   "kml reference placemarks" 
> as standard format for located geo information.
> 
> On a related point, I'd be very interested if Carl and OGC or anyone 
> else cares to  comment here on the scope and implications of google's 
> efforts re: OGC adoption of KML
...

I'd rather Google was using Web standards instead of KML, but if they 
are going to spatially index the Web, I'll go along for the ride. A 
little KML in the atom:content elements of my GeoRSS feeds won't hurt 
anybody, and gets me by until we have a standards-based index.

Cheers,
Sean

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