RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] multi-lingual WMS-legends

2011-05-24 Thread Geoff Hay
Hi In my project I am using Web Ontology Language (OWL W3C.org) to sort out multi lingual labels (among other things). I have found it works extremely well and allows this specific stuff to be managed separately from any of the aps that might require this. I manage the actual labels with Protege

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] multi-lingual WMS-legends

2011-05-24 Thread Adrian Custer
Hey Cameron, all, On 05/25/2011 12:12 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote: OGC standards people, Have there been any discussions at the OGC level about specifying language support within OGC standards? Yes, we have had discussions; no we have not yet found solutions. As part of our work cleaning up the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] multi-lingual WMS-legends

2011-05-24 Thread Cameron Shorter
OGC standards people, Have there been any discussions at the OGC level about specifying language support within OGC standards? On 24/05/11 22:26, Oliver Tonnhofer wrote: Hi Steven, On 24.05.2011, at 11:51, Steven M. Ottens wrote: I'm currently building a multi-lingual Web-GIS application. On

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] multi-lingual WMS-legends

2011-05-24 Thread Richard Desrochers
The way we solve the problem is by having 2 wms services one french one english. Richard 2011/5/24 Steven M. Ottens > Hi all, > > I'm currently building a multi-lingual Web-GIS application. One of the > requirements is that the legends of the maps are multi-lingual. E.g. if the > chosen langua

[OSGeo-Discuss] 52°North Student Innovation Prize: deadline approaching

2011-05-24 Thread Ann Hitchcock
Just a reminder that the deadline for submissions for the 52°North Student Innovation Prize is approaching fast! If you haven’t submitted a paper yet, there is still a little time, however, submissions must be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] multi-lingual WMS-legends

2011-05-24 Thread Oliver Tonnhofer
Hi Steven, On 24.05.2011, at 11:51, Steven M. Ottens wrote: > I'm currently building a multi-lingual Web-GIS application. One of the > requirements is that the legends of the maps are multi-lingual. E.g. if the > chosen language is English, the legend will say 'forest', whereas when the > chose

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] use of GFOSS in regional/local governments

2011-05-24 Thread Rafal Wwer
Kalimera Dimitris, You can find some information in the report: Summary Report on the Status of Environmental Monitoring and Reporting in Europe: http://www.nesis.eu/documents/d3.1.sop_report_revised%20version_v6.1_100331. pdf One of the indicators addresses FOSS. The report focuses rather on count

[OSGeo-Discuss] multi-lingual WMS-legends

2011-05-24 Thread Steven M. Ottens
Hi all, I'm currently building a multi-lingual Web-GIS application. One of the requirements is that the legends of the maps are multi-lingual. E.g. if the chosen language is English, the legend will say 'forest', whereas when the chosen language is Dutch it will say 'bos'. So no need to have