GeoSPARQL Standards Working Group Meeting Minutes

Meeting Details

Meeting Date: 04/02/2025
Meeting Time: 2005–2100
Meeting Location: Microsoft Teams

Attendees

Attendee Moniker
Matthew Perry MP
Arkadiusz Chadzynski AC
Timo Homburg TH
Joseph Abhayaratna JA

Apologies

  • None

Absent

  • Paul Cripps (PC)
  • Nicholas Car (NC)

Note Takers

  • JA

Action Items From Last Meetings

Done? Item Responsible Due Date
Follow up with Anthony Cohn PC Carried forward

Discussion Items

Time Item Who Notes
20:05 Roll call and call for patents All
  • Roll call completed.
  • No patents declared.
20:06 Previous actions All
  • No updates from JA or NC.
  • NC to follow up with Rob Atkinson on review of 3D primitives; Rob on leave, follow‑up planned after return.
  • RCC25 wiki created to collect papers.
  • Paper in progress on existing RCC25 relations.
  • AC to add existing database (PostGIS, SpatialLite, H2GIS) functions.
20:15 Other updates TH
  • Frans has joined the GeoSPARQL 3D white paper and is working on the introduction.
  • GitHub project being created for the 3D white paper.
20:36 PRs All
  • Geocoding Vocabulary PR #537 merged after two approvals.
  • PR #616 (geometry extrusion) discussed.
  • Discussion on how units of measure (UoM) should be handled.
21:00 Other business All
  • Discussion on which issues to prioritise next.
  • Agreement to prioritise 3D use cases where possible.
21:00 Close All MEETING ENDS

Action Items

# Item Responsible Due Date
1 Follow up with Anthony Cohn (no response so far) PC Carried forward