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Subject: RE: [emergency] Re: Circle and Polygon
1. That suggests that CAP is to be used for NATO C2.
It seems highly unlikely but I may be wrong. Even if so
see 2.
2. Having a single global coordinate reference is
desirable but cannot be enforced. Is it better to
have the option and it be denoted or to not have
an option and have either implementations that do
not denote their variance or implementations that
cannot use CAP?
It is usually a bad idea to attempt to enforce
political will through technical standards. It
creates resistance at every level of decision making.
This decision should be made by the stakeholders, so
it is a good idea to get many more opinions from those
who will be using CAP.
Art says this will remain open to discussion. It will
be wise to post a succinct description to as many of
the stakeholders as can be identified and get their
consensus. OTW, this decision for better or worse
will appear to have been made by the vendors represented
on the WG. If the stakes are as high as Mr. Danko suggests,
then it is worth taking to the users.
len
From: David Danko [mailto:DDanko@esri.com]
We agreed early on in CAP to stick to one global coordinate reference
system to remove all chance of mis-communication. I think this was/is
the right thing to do. NATO and most military coalitions that need to
interoperate have settled on this method. There have been many deadly
mistakes caused by a misunderstanding of CRSs.
If there is a requirement to use different reference systems I suggest
they be -in addition to - Or - it be very apparent that a non-standard
CRS is being used. Users should not be able to get to the coordinates
without knowing what CRS is being used.
Dave
David M. Danko
GIS Standards
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
8620 Westwood Center Drive
Vienna, VA 22182-2214
USA
E-mail: ddanko@esri.com
Tel: 703-506-9515 x 8011
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