[georss] Multiple GeoRSS representations in one feed?

Allan Doyle adoyle at eogeo.org
Fri Oct 20 08:30:38 EDT 2006


I guess I have to wonder also to what extent it's bad to have two  
feeds? If we try to cram everything into one representation, then we  
climb up the complexity wall again and leave the simple people (like  
me) behind.

	Allan

On Oct 20, 2006, at 07:23, Raj Singh wrote:

> As Ron said, holes in polygons aren't supported in simple, but are
> possible in GeoRSS GML. You'll still have the chicken and egg issue
> that you're not likely to find many clients (that aren't "real"
> mapping systems) that will correctly render them. That, and
> aggregates, begin to stretch the limits of GeoRSS. If those
> sophisticated geometries are key to what you're doing, you may be in
> the market for a heavier standard, like GML Simple Features Profile,
> listed on this page <http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/gml>.
> ---
> Raj
>
>
> On Oct 20, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Jason Birch wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to represent donut polygons in simple?  I can just
>> provide the exterior ring, but it would be nice to put holes where
>> they belong.
>>
>> And aggregates... I have quite a few parcels that were split by
>> roads, and are actually part of the same legal feature.  I don't
>> really need to have them joined as a MultiGeometry, but I can't
>> tell from the XSD whether multiple geometries are allowed inside
>> the "where".
>>
>> Jason
>
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