Hey Chris, It's actually mapped (or the other way around) to JTS shapes ( http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/bin/JTS%20Technical%20Specs.pdf). But as suggested by Mike, ArcGIS seems to support Circle ( https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jsapi/circle-amd.html)
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Chris Hillery <[email protected]> wrote: > (I'm pulling this bit of conversation out from the JSON discussion so it > doesn't get overlooked - it has nothing to do with JSON, but with ADM > primitive types.) > > I've noticed that several geospatial serialization formats (at least > "well-known text" and GeoJSON) omit "circle" from their list of basic > geometric forms, even when they have numerous more complex types such as > multi-curves. This led me to here: > http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?23,148162,152625#msg-152625 > > which offers a reasonably compelling argument for why "circle" is not a > reasonable shape to discuss in geospatial contexts (loosely, because > there's no consistent way to map that to a spherical coordinate system). > > Does this mean that perhaps ADM shouldn't *have* a "circle" primitive type? > I assume that the ADM spatial types are intended for geospatial work, and > if the consensus of the smart people is that "circle" doesn't fit in that > world, perhaps we shouldn't include it either? > > Ceej > aka Chris Hillery > -- *Regards,* Wail Alkowaileet
