Dr. Leclerc also provided an example of how a seeker of spatial information would use .geo, though they d not really see it. To find the 5 closest pizza places to North Station in Boston, you would literally specify a search for keywords pizza restaurant and location North Station, Boston . The search engine would first translate North Station, Boston to a geographic location, and the search engine or plugin would then contact the appropriate cell servers and send the query pizza restaurant , and list the results in order of distance from North Station, Boston . After reading the executive summary, I asked for some comments from the community. Next week, we ll cover the proposal from the perspective of the OpenGIS Consortium.
Online maps are a form of georeferenced information.
These maps are inaccurate and often incomplete. They are also expensive to maintain, proprietary, and difficult for the average Internet user to use. Tellingly, more than 70 percent of adults cannot read maps. A new, more ubiquitous way of accessing, displaying, and working with georeferenced information is needed. Access doesn't overcome illiteracy.