Fascinating discussion, though I agree with David that is belongs on the Standards Committee mailing list. Thanks for the enlightening info though! - Dan
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:12 AM Steve Swazee <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, > > Hardly confused. Two of three principal originators of GeoMOOSE are on > staff. Served as the fiscal agent for FOSS4G NA 2013. Former member of > the GITA board of directors. > > > > It matters what you program. If you want your software to have utility > and gain acceptance, I am suggesting incorporation of USNG/MGRS as a > feature would have value. Likewise, it would be providing a service. > > > > Per the bombing story attributed to a confusion of mapping standards – > concrete example would be beneficial. I used to teach Close Air Support in > the USMC and to be certain mistakes happen. It is doubtfully, however, > that it was due to none standard cartography among NATO troops, and far > more likely due to another issue. > > > > Steve > > > > *From:* Ian Turton [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:40 AM > *To:* Swazee, Steve <[email protected]> > *Cc:* OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Munich Orientation Convention, Mapcodes, > and All the Rest > > > > > Now that I have your attention, I believe you and the rest of the OSGeo > community would be well served by spending some time truly learning about > this issue. In so doing, I’m sure the open minds among you will come to > the conclusion that USNG/MGRS is the answer to the issue I am addressing. > OSGeo could do the world a heap of good in doing so. > > > > Fascinating as this discussion is I can't help wondering if you (as a > group) are confused as to what OSGeo does? - we write software and if you > publish a standard there is a fair chance we will write some code to > integrate that code into our software, especially if there is user demand. > > > > So I expect you are preaching to the wrong people - either we care or we > don't but most of us have no power to change the world. > > > > At the risk of prolonging this discussion I'll add the following. > > Currently I'm not seeing any demand for this from users - I hear a lot of > talk about military and 1st responders but the last time I talked to a > military guy he was telling hair raising stories of US Army planes bombing > UK troops because they both use a grid system but the the US has letters up > the side of the map and the UK has letters across the bottom (it was > slightly more complex than that but basically that was the problem), so > their requirement was for WGS84 coordinates to match their GPS. > > > > Ian > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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