[georss] Multiple geometries in simple?

[Sean Gillies]

I agree. I should made my question more specific. I'm writing a parser, 
and wanted to know if I should expect multiple geometries from simple 
GeoRSS documents in the wild. I don't plan to generate such docs.

Cheers,
Sean

Raj Singh wrote:
> I think we left this vague on purpose to see if the need for  
> multiples ever arose.
> What's your need for them? The use case I can think of is describing  
> a place with a point and a polygon (or line), because although you  
> want to use the more accurate polygon or line, you know that many  
> GeoRSS clients will only be able to render points, so you want to  
> include that too.
> 
> In general I agree with Mikel and Ron, that GeoRSS Simple was  
> designed for a single geometry, and you should probably play in the  
> GeoRSS GML space if you're doing something more complex.
> ---
> Raj
> 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2007, at 1:32 PM, Mikel Maron wrote:
> 
>> 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
>> -- 
>> Sean Gillies
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