abstract:The Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service Interface Standard (WFS) provides an interface allowing requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls. One can think of geographical features as the "source code" behind a map, whereas the WMS interface or online mapping portals like Google Maps return only an image, which end-users cannot edit or spatially analyze.
Microsoft envisions a feature on its Live.com Webservice that would allow consumers to opt out of seeing certain ads or to ask to be contacted only at certain times.
Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) envisions a feature on its Live.com Webservice that would allow consumers to opt out of seeing certain ads or to ask to be contacted only at certain times.