UN Geographical Information Working Group UNGIWG
10th plenary meeting Oct. 19th-20th 2009
presentation United Orientations PPT
presentation United Orientations PDF
some responses
forget lat/lon UNSDI_NCO:http://twitter.com/UNSDI_NCO
Innovation in orientation HUNAGI Geospatial Hungary
http://picasaweb.google.com/gabor.remetey/UNGIWG10#.
Logical meeting addresses
today's (poor) orientation tools
A) General convention, example m4:13 r88
| - StatusQuo© Bonn ...
- WatchRose© |
prefix | where you are / where we are in
Bonn
where you are / where we are on globe |
| m12 | basic horizon hour | from a global/urban/indoor pole to north |
| m4:13 | horizon minutes = 13 | distance to the horizon hour m4 = 13 km/100m/10m/1m |
| r88 | radius | distance to the center = 88 km/100m/10m/1m |
| VolksNav© | local navigation | m-comparison: must I go to later
(clockwise) or to earlier?
r-comparison: must I go inwards or outwards? |
B) global, urban and indoor addresses
| Global www.tinyURL.com/UNmapplet | Bonn
WatchRose© m1:18 20 r60 65 |
Köln-Bonn airport
WatchRose© m1:18 05 r60 65 distance airport-Bonn: 1820 - 1805 = 15 km to later |
|
Urban www.tinyURL.com/BonnMapplet
|
StatusQuo© Bonn m0 | Köln-Bonn airport
StatusQuo© Bonn m12:10 r165 distance airport-UNOOSA: 165 x 100m inwards and in direction south |
Indoor www.tinyURL.com/LangerEugen
|
Conference room
StatusQuo© Langer Eugen m10 |
WC
StatusQuo© LangerEugen m1:3 r13 |
