so when someone else puts in the same address will they point to the same address or will a new record be added?
Jacques Le Roux sent the following on 8/8/2008 2:33 PM: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacques Le Roux" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 11:24 PM > Subject: Re: Latitude, Longitude in PostalAdress > > >> From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> contact mech may not always be the same address and geopoint >>> for an address it will always have the same geopoint >>> 1) how do you connect an address that already exists with a New >>> ConactMech. >>> 2) how do you connect the assoicated Geopoint that goes with that >>> address. >> >> My last proposition should cover your previous demand. If you expire >> an address then the geo-point this address used (point to) would still >> exist but as the address is obsolete we don't have to care (this >> address and its associations should not be used anymore) >> Let see your new questions now: >> 1) Not sure to understand this one since an address is a type of >> ContachMech. Did you not used a word for another ? >> 2) PostalAddress.ContactMechId -> ContacMech -> >> ContacMech.TerrestialPositionId -> TerrestialPosition > > Sorry should have been PostalAddress.contactMechId -> ContacMech -> > ContacMech.terrestialPositionId -> TerrestialPosition > > Jacques > >> Jacques >> >>> >>> Jacques Le Roux sent the following on 8/8/2008 1:00 PM: >>>> Yes , this is a good point to note. Actually the geo point continues to >>>> exist (it may be used by another thing) but the relation between it and >>>> the address does not. >>>> >>>> Jacques >>>> >>>> From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> but some means would need to link the terrestrial position to the >>>>> address so if the address part is disabled, through the enddate, in >>>>> the >>>>> contact mech, so is the position associated with it. >>>>> >>>>> I agree on the rest. >>>>> >>>>> Adrian Crum sent the following on 8/7/2008 2:57 PM: >>>>>> Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>>>>> Yes actually, I was just thinking about the EntityNameContactMech >>>>>>> pattern, not a rule indeed. >>>>>>> And because I wondered why we'd use this pattern in most other cases >>>>>>> and not for GPS Geolocation, I just reviewed how Len Silverston >>>>>>> suggests to deal with contact informations. >>>>>>> At this stage I must admit that things were not much more clear. As >>>>>>> far as I read Len speaks only about PartyContactMech and >>>>>>> FacilityContactMech, but it's easy to extrapolate more usages as >>>>>>> it's >>>>>>> done in OFBiz. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now, please let me think loud. What is the difference between a >>>>>>> postal >>>>>>> address and a GPS point ? Is there more differences between >>>>>>> them than between, say a telecom number and a postal address ? >>>>>>> Obviously telecom numbers and a postal addresses have something in >>>>>>> common that a GPS point does not share: they are mechanismes to >>>>>>> contact somebody (or something at large). A GPS point is only a mean >>>>>>> to locate somebody (or something at large), you can't contact a >>>>>>> GPS point. So yes, it makes sense to differntiate a GPS point from >>>>>>> other contact mech. A GPS point is not a contact mech as Len >>>>>>> Silverstion defines one. It's a mean to locate not to contact. So >>>>>>> now >>>>>>> I better understant why you wanted things to point to it >>>>>>> rather than having it point to other things. I still wonder >>>>>>> though if >>>>>>> we should not think a bit more about it. Putting a >>>>>>> terrestrialPositionId in ContactMech does not make sense, as >>>>>>> it's not >>>>>>> a mean to contact but locate. Should we not introduce >>>>>>> something else. Like a LocateMech, which could be maybe used for >>>>>>> other >>>>>>> stuff in future ? >>>>>> >>>>>> I like the idea of making terrestrial position another contact mech >>>>>> type. >>>>>> >>>>>> I disagree that you can't contact a GPS point. You can if you have >>>>>> a GPS >>>>>> device and a means of transportation - the same as a postal >>>>>> address. How >>>>>> is locating someone via car plus GPS device any different than >>>>>> locating >>>>>> someone via car plus a map? >>>>>> >>>>>> I can think of other uses for a terrestrial position contact mech >>>>>> type - >>>>>> locating facilities or fixed assets like electrical transmission >>>>>> towers, >>>>>> cell towers, etc. They aren't going to have a postal address or phone >>>>>> number. If terrestrial position was another contact mech type, >>>>>> then we >>>>>> could use existing services, etc to associate that location to the >>>>>> facility. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Adrian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > >
