OGC Approves KML as Open Standard15/04/2008 |
| The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. has approved the OpenGIS KML Encoding Standard, marking KML\'s transition into an open standard which will be maintained by the OGC. Developers will now have a standard approach for using KML to code and share visual geographic content in existing or future web-based online maps and 3D geospatial browsers like Google Earth. |
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KML version 2.2 was brought into the OGC consensus process by a submission team led by Google and Galdos Systems Inc. KML is an XML-based programming language, originally developed to manage the display of geospatial data in Google Earth. It's still used heavily in Google Earth but is also supported by a variety of vendors' tools and mapping websites. The OpenGIS KML 2.2 Encoding Standard formalizes the KML 2.2 model and language while remaining backwards compatible with existing KML 2.2 files and tools.
In comparison with the Google KML 2.2 Reference, the standard defines: - the KML 2.2 geometry encoding and interpolation model - an extension model in support of application - profiles conformance requirements and test cases Read more about: 3D Website: http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/kml Supplier: Open Geospatial Consortium More news from this supplier: Seminar Report ‘OGC standards for Sensor Networks' OGC Call for Participation in OWS-6 Testbed PCI Geomatics OGC Principal Plus Member OGC Elects Two New Board Members GEO Call for Participation in GEOSSPilot OGC Seeks Input on Next Version of GML OGC and WfMC Partner to Advance Standards Goals New GSDI President Elected OGC and OASIS Announce Progress on StandardsCooperation David Schell, OGC Chair, NGA Committee Geo-scan Tools for Managing Scanned Images Next-Generation Satellite Confirmed for Launch Exploring the Power of Spatial Thinking ISPRS Congress Approves Beijing Declaration Space Imagery Detected Presence of Petroleum Products AAMHatch GeoEye's 'International Best Performer' Clark Labs Donates to Training Institute Kentucky City Will Deploy ArcGIS Software in Organisation Autodesk has acquired 3D Geo GmbH New Zealand's Rodney District Labeling Solution 
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