Best practices for publishing, retrieving and using spatial data on the web
van den Brink L, Barnaghi P, Tandy J, Atemezing G, Atkinson R, Cochrane B, Fathy Y, García Castro R, Haller A, Harth A, Janowicz K, Kolozali S, van Leeuwen B, Lefrançois M, Lieberman J, Perego A, Le Phuoc D, Roberts B, Taylor K, Troncy R (2019)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2019
Journal
Book Volume: 10
Pages Range: 95-114
Article Number: 1
URI: https://dblp.org/rec/journals/semweb/BrinkBTAACFCHHJ19
DOI: 10.3233/SW-180305
Abstract
Data owners are creating an ever richer set of information resources online, and these are being used for more and more applications. Spatial data on the Web is becoming ubiquitous and voluminous with the rapid growth of location-based services, spatial technologies, dynamic location-based data and services published by different organizations. However, the heterogeneity and the peculiarities of spatial data, such as the use of different coordinate reference systems, make it difficult for data users, Web applications, and services to discover, interpret and use the information in the large and distributed system that is the Web. To make spatial data more effectively available, this paper summarizes the work of the joint W3C/OGC Working Group on Spatial Data on the Web that identifies 14 best practices for publishing spatial data on the Web. The paper extends that work by presenting the identified challenges and rationale for selection of the recommended best practices, framed by the set of principles that guided the selection. It describes best practices that are employed to enable publishing, discovery and retrieving (querying) spatial data on the Web, and identifies some areas where a best practice has not yet emerged.
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Institut Eurécom (EURECOM)
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
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University of California
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King’s College London
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University of Surrey
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Australian National University (ANU)
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France (FR)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Spain (ES)
University of California
United States (USA) (US)
Technische Universität Berlin
Germany (DE)
King’s College London
United Kingdom (GB)
Harvard University
United States (USA) (US)
University of Surrey
United Kingdom (GB)
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia (AU)
How to cite
APA:
van den Brink, L., Barnaghi, P., Tandy, J., Atemezing, G., Atkinson, R., Cochrane, B.,... Troncy, R. (2019). Best practices for publishing, retrieving and using spatial data on the web. Semantic Web, 10, 95-114. https://doi.org/10.3233/SW-180305
MLA:
van den Brink, Linda, et al. "Best practices for publishing, retrieving and using spatial data on the web." Semantic Web 10 (2019): 95-114.
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