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GIS Friendly #85

Open runneals opened 10 years ago

runneals commented 10 years ago

Offer KML output (or other GIS compatible format) + the ability to add WMS/KML features to the map with the data (eventually)

michaelmulley commented 10 years ago

Re KML output, we want to keep implementation difficulty manageable, so I'd say it's unlikely to become a requirement. But any implementor who wants this feature can certainly add it -- just have the API respond to requests that choose application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml in their Accept header with KML. And we already have a web service at http://validator.open511.org/ that will convert any valid Open511 events list into KML.

In terms of features, I'd be interested to know what you're thinking of. In my mind, each road event maps to a GIS feature...

runneals commented 10 years ago

OK, the Validator would kinda work for KMLs then. Eventually something that was a bit more dynamic (like a kml network link - https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/kmlreference#networklink) would be ideal. As far as the ability to add features, I was thinking of external features (ie. snow plows, snowplow cameras, digital message signs, etc - http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=934a2416d0e24ea3b197f1cd1d513d11)