[georss] KML into OGC - OpenSearch for SWE

[Andrew Turner]

On 3/4/07, Pat Cappelaere <pat at cappelaere.com> wrote:
> I want to do a distributed [spatio-temporal] search query.  What are the
> options?

Actually, Mapufacture is growing to fill this role using a variety of
geospatial formats. We currently consume, search, and aggregate the
various forms of GeoRSS and are adding & testing other formats.

We currently do search for feeds and data in the feeds. And it also
supports OpenSearch additions to the RSS, and also the Firefox search
extension (visit the site in Firefox and check out your search bar, it
should be 'glowing' where you can add Mapufacture to your search).

Try it out at:
http://mapufacture.com/feed/search/?keyword=student&bbox=-136.0546875,-0.7031073524364783,-48.1640625,56.944974180851574



> Great comment.  Got the same problem.  Let's envision a searchable world
> that also contains many SensorWeb Enabled Data nodes (I am kinda selfish
> here).

It would be very interesting to hear what other kinds of features you
would like in a 'geospatial search'. SWE is very interesting and
something that could fit very well into Mapufacture.

>
> So, has anyone considered a geospatial extension to OpenSearch?  Or has
> anyone another approach to the problem?

I haven't fully investigated all the features of OpenSearch, and there
has been very little reason to delve in so far. But geospatial
extensions would make it nicer than:
<opensearch:Query>student within
-136.0546875,-0.7031073524364783,-48.1640625,56.944974180851574</opensearch:Query>

Something even as simple as being able to add <georss:where/>.

All that said, Mapufacture is in active development and we're adding
features and not everything is in there yet. But we're addressing your
issues and would definitely like to know what other types of features
you'd like to see.

Andrew