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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean from MEDIN Work Stream 2 here. As a result of some discussions at the last MEDIN Standards Working Group meeting, we have been looking at the feasibility of capturing positional information in guidelines in formats other than simple
CSV files. Examples of more complex positional geometries include GIS shapefiles, WKT, KML, Oracle Spatial etc.
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, before we expand the guidelines to encompass these other positional types, MEDIN need to understand the capabilities of the DACs to handle them. Therefore, can I please ask that each DAC responds to me with a list of the different
positional formats that they are capable of handling?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Sean Gaffney</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Manager, MEDIN Standards and Guidelines Work Stream<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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