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Date:         Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:10:03 -0400
Reply-To:     Subject Coordinates Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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From:         Tom Elliott <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: Ancient World Mapping Center, UNC-CH
Subject:      Re: Question on form of coordinates (no vcard)
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There are standards for the digital encoding of coordinates and other related essential information (e.g., coordinate systems, datums, spheroids). Two places to start: One of the major bodies dealing with the establishment of such standards is the Open Geospatial Consortium ( http://www.opengeospatial.org/ ), which publishes relevant specifications. One also might care to look at the work of the Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer project, whose gazetteer protocol includes specifications for the encoding of coordinates ( http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/ ). Best, Tom Tom Elliott, Ph.D. Director, Ancient World Mapping Center http://www.unc.edu/awmc CB#8110 5010 Davis Library University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8110 U.S.A. No VCARD this time.


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