I think that's the most sensible idea. Geonames seems to be the gold standard right now. --- Raj
On Oct 6, at 11:21 AM, Landon Blake wrote: > Thanks for all of the responses. > > After some careful consideration of the responses I received I realize > the challenges of trying to get real world features into the type of > hierarchy I derive. > > I'm going to check out the system Geonames is using with RDFa. I think I > might be able to use their technique for uniquely identifying places. > > Thank you again for your help. > > Landon > Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 > Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Allan Doyle > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 7:40 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Representing Places With Intelligent > URLs > > > On Oct 5, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Bob Basques wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'm a long time address database creation/maintenance/re-creation > fiend myself. >> >> I've also been working with the USNG (MGRS) gridding system the last > few years, and need to at least suggest the idea of >> using a Gridding system to locate things. This idea is not nbew, but > USNG usage has gained quite a bit of ground the >> last couple of years across all level of government, with a large > emphasis placed on using it for disaster response. >> >> Tying a placeName to a grid location that can describe things down to > the centimeter if needed and still stay unique as >> a location is a very good thing. > > Don't be too sure at the centimeter level. > > "The average rate of motion across the San Andreas Fault Zone during the > past 3 million years is 56 mm/yr (2 in/yr). " -- > http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/facts.php > > I like Chris Schmidt's quote: "The world is fuzzier than you realize". > > Allan > > >> >> bobb >> >> >> >> On 10/5/2010 8:52 PM, Landon Blake wrote: >>> The geonames ontology looks like it might work for me. I'll read it > over tomorrow. >>> >>> Thanks for the suggestion. >>> >>> Landon >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:45 PM, "Ian Turton"<ijtur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Christopher Schmidt >>>> <crschm...@crschmidt.net> wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 05:18:47PM -0700, Paul Ramsey wrote: >>>>>> "All attempts to construct simple ontologies end up reinventing > RDF" . ? >>>>> That was actually my first thought when I saw this: "Hey look, >>>>> someone else reinventing RDFa!" :) >>>>> >>>>> Seriously, I say this with a bit of knowledge; I mean, after all, >>>>> I sort of work on making places searchable on maps. For a company >>>>> with a pretty big set of data about the hierarchy of the world. >>>>> It's a lot fuzzier than you think :) >>>>> >>>>> Also, Landon, I do highly recommend looking into RDF -- > specifically, >>>>> RDFa -- because I think it's heading in a very similar direction to >>>>> what you're describing, without the need for some > all-world-hierarchy >>>>> to tie it to, which might actually help you get a bit further. >>>> >>>> You might want to look at http://www.geonames.org/ontology/ which > RDFs >>>> the GeoNames database. >>>> >>>> Ian >>>> -- >>>> Ian Turton >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> Warning: >>> Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against > defects including translation and transmission errors. 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