Microsoft to Include Sensor Data in Virtual Earth
EE Times reports on the latest activities in Microsoft’s research labs in the context of Virtual Earth. They are currently working on a technology called Sense Web, which is planned to be included in Virtual Earth within the next few months. What Sense Web does is basically the integration of live data gathered from different kinds of sensors. That can be anything measurable from air quality to traffic density data - or whatever comes to a developers mind.
To some of you, this certainly sounds familiar. Sense Web seems to become a Mircosoft version of the OGC SensorWeb. Although there is no information around on the architecture of Sense Web yet, I doubt it will be using OGC standards - which would actually be a great thing. I am pretty sure it would boost the develoment and the popularity of the OGC’s efforts in this field.
However, if Mircosoft could really launch this feature within the next months, it would certainly present the use of Sensors in web based mapping applications to a big new audience that is not aware of these possibilities yet. Which might in turn raise attention for the OGC Sensor Web, whether Microsoft will be using it or not.
Via All Points Blog.
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