Authentication and Access Control

The GeoWeb will not succeed in the near term without a broadly accepted standard for authenticaton and access control.  While in some parts of the world geographic information is free and open, different cultural norms, business models and views on . . . → Read More: Authentication and Access Control

OnStar in the era of the GeoWeb

This morning I was listening to an advertisement for OnStar. It began with the OnStar operator taking a call from an OnStar customer who was having a heart attack. The operator was polite and immediately contacted 911 and then in . . . → Read More: OnStar in the era of the GeoWeb

Do we need to encode location in news feeds?

There has been a great deal of discussion of late about the use of geotags – meaning the enccoding of location information within a web page or a news feed.  Many proposals have been made for how to do this . . . → Read More: Do we need to encode location in news feeds?

gMedia – Towards Geographically Aware Media

As the Geo-Web comes into being it will present many new kinds of services both for the traveller and the stay at home. Some of these will be familiar to us from the pre-tech days (e.g. travellogues), and some will . . . → Read More: gMedia – Towards Geographically Aware Media

Where are we going?

Readers of this BLOG will realize that it is part philosophy, part hard core tech, and part GML tutorial. Since we have been slogging through a fair bit of the technology it is time for more of the philosophy. Those . . . → Read More: Where are we going?

Sample XSLT Style Sheet

This note contains a sample style sheet (XSLT) that styles GML for visual presentation in Google Earth's browser.  The style sheet can be examined by clicking on MORE below.

Sample KML Output

A sample KML generated by styling dynamic GML data is shown below (click MORE). This is described in the note Styling GML to KML Using XSLT.

Sample GML Data File

A sample GML data file is shown below (click MORE).  This is described in the note on Styling GML to KML with XSLT.  The full XSLT and KML output file will be posted as soon as BLOG.COM's HTML editor co-operates.

Styling GML to KML – XSLT

This note provides a simple example of styling GML data (obtained from a Web Feature Service) to KML. KML is used in this case as a graphics output language like SVG and the Google Earth Browser can be thought of . . . → Read More: Styling GML to KML – XSLT

Simple Geometry Schema

Attached is a sample Simple Geometry Profile from GML.  This contains simple geometries including Point, LineString, and Polygon.