Presence and IntComm WG

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

Xiaotao Wu 
<>
 writes:

> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Ben Teitelbaum wrote:
>
>> Xiaotao,
>>
>> As you probably just saw, I've updated the "place" table fairly
>> extensively.  While you were off the call yesterday we discussed
>> whether SIPC could retrieve the current places automatically.  Jamey
>> thought we previously had an interface for this.  If not, you'll need
>> to re-sync your hard-codings of the place names.
>
> The problem is, there is coordinates information in the map.
> So, if the name retrieved from the interface does not match the name
> stored hard-coded, I cannot pinpoint it on the map.
> If the interface also provided the map file (a .gif file) and the
> coordinates (e.g., in HTML <area> tag), I can use the interface.

Right.  We discussed that too.  That's quite a bit more data entry.
We should probably hold off on this until next time.

-- ben