[OSM-dev] Data format for OSM annotation layers

[Mikel Maron]

> Although this is true, WFS Simple is doing exactly this: taking the WFS
> format, and changing the output to be encoded in GeoRSS. Starting off
> from a script that just includes a bounding box should work ifne, and in
> fact, many of the existing GeoRSS server support some kind of location
> based query.
> 
> Using GeoRSS and adding in a bbox param seems to make perfect sense to
> me.

Just for reference, here's the working space at the OGC of WFS Simple,
part of their Lightweight Standards Initiative.

http://www.ogcnetwork.net/wfssimple

The meat of the proposal is the GetFeature request

http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/178

which basically specifies bbox and time request parameters, GeoRSS response.