Thread · 2021
Verifiable Spatial Data Registries
This 2021 proposal sketched smart-contract registries for vector and raster spatial data, with a Solidity geometry library to make location-based applications interoperable.
Purpose
The first articulation of the registry idea -- spatial data as shared, composable infrastructure that smart contracts could evaluate against.
Approach
A 2021 Ethereum Magicians proposal for smart-contract registries of vector and raster spatial data, with a Solidity geometry library and the sketch of an ERC.
Status
Historical proposal, 2021; the current registries work revisits it.
Connections
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