Lazy Conversion for Higher Performance
I use my coordinate system
You use your coordinate system
I send my information in my native format
You receive my information in my format
You only translate my information if you need to
If we’re using the same coordinate system
- Great – no work and higher performance
If we’re not:
- Still okay – translations performed on the fly at some cost
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THIS IS REAL INTEROPERABILITY
- Everyone gets a choice
- Some choices are better than others from a system perspective
- But all choices work and work together
- No one is forced into using coordinates they don’t want and then doing mandatory translations all the time when they want to communicate with others!