[georss] Multiple GeoRSS representations in one feed?

[Ron Lake]

I think also that simple does not accommodate polygons with holes?

Ron

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:georss-bounces at lists.eogeo.org] On Behalf Of Raj Singh
Sent: October 20, 2006 12:29 AM
To: Jason Birch
Cc: georss at lists.eogeo.org
Subject: Re: [georss] Multiple GeoRSS representations in one feed?

Simple lets you do lines and polygons (and boxes). Does the site  
somehow give the idea that it doesn't?
The big thing Simple doesn't support is coordinate systems other than  
WGS84 decimal degrees.

<http://www.georss.org/simple.html>

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Raj


On Oct 20, 2006, at 4:46 AM, Jason Birch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at creating some GeoRSS feeds.  The nice thing about  
> this is
> that I don't have to create both a GeoRSS feed and a non-spatial feed.
> One Atom feed will do.  However, I'm seeing a bit of a problem.
>
> It looks like many clients are only supporting simple rather than GML,
> and I don't want to exclude the people using these clients.  After  
> all,
> it is a legal GeoRSS format.  However, most of the data that I'm  
> working
> with is either linear or area-based (parcels, trails, roads, etc) so
> there is value in sending complex shapes instead of midpoint or  
> centroid
> pushpins.
>
> Is there any way that I can provide both a simple point and the  
> full GML
> line/polygon for an item, and count on the client to not render both?
> Is it even legal GeoRSS to do this?
>
> I've read this thread, and it's not looking hopeful for me:
> http://lists.eogeo.org/pipermail/georss/2006-June/000654.html
>
> It looks like if I want to support the largest possible user base I'll
> need to put up two feeds...
>
> Please tell me I'm wrong :)
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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