[georss] Multiple geometries in simple?

[Sean Gillies]

Hi Ron, Mikel

Yes, I'm making use of multiple geometries in GML. I was only unsure 
whether others were doing so with the simple profile since the spec and 
model don't (to me) rule it out. In fact, I wonder if the relationship 
tag doesn't actually encourage multiple geometries in the simple profile?

Cheers,
Sean

Ron Lake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In GML on which GeoRSSGML is based - you can have any number of
> geometric properties or aspects to an entity or feature.  This notion of
> feature is not really present in GeoRSS view of the world - so there it
> is less clear.  The idea in GML is that an entity can have multiple
> geometric characteristics and each of these is denoted by a property,
> the property name denoting the role of the geometry in relation to the
> feature
> 
> Ron
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: georss-bounces at lists.eogeo.org
> [mailto:georss-bounces at lists.eogeo.org] On Behalf Of Mikel Maron
> Sent: January 8, 2007 10:32 AM
> To: Sean Gillies; georss at lists.eogeo.org
> Subject: Re: [georss] Multiple geometries in simple?
> 
> Hi Sean
> 
> You're asking about multiple geometries in a single item/entry?
> 
> It may not be that clear, but the model does limit it to a single
> geometry per item.
> That simplifies the requirements for any implementation.
> 
> 
> Suppose there could be a guidance clause on this .. stating that it's
> permissible
> to have multiple geometries, but not required by any GeoRSS compatible
> code,
> which would only grok the first geometry listed per item and that it
> can't be expected 
> that multiple geometries would be understood.
> 
> Though that might only confuse things, and potentially break some
> software already
> out and deployed.
> 
> Mikel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Sean Gillies <sgillies at frii.com>
> To: georss at lists.eogeo.org
> Sent: Monday, January 8, 2007 5:31:21 PM
> Subject: [georss] Multiple geometries in simple?
> 
> The model and spec don't seem to rule it out. Does anybody have an 
> implementation with multiple geometries?
> 
> Sean