Andrea Aime wrote: > Jody Garnett ha scritto: >> Andrea Aime wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I was investigating the possibility of comparing a random >>> WKT file found along with a shapefile or grid coverage >>> against the EPSG database to find out the equivalent >>> EPSG code. >>> >>> .... >>> >>> I could code a special comparator for each kind of CRS (projected, >>> geographic and the like) but was wondering if there is a better way, >>> and if I'm making some mistake in assuming the more lenient method >>> is a good one. >>> >> This sounds similar to the work Martin wanted to do for epsg-hsql. My >> impression that using HSQL is the better way, as you can specifically >> query the >> various parameters using SQL (rather then making several "equalish" >> methods). > > Well, the latter is more work, and I'm trying to get a short term > solution. Having query method is nice, but in order to make things > work in the forecoming chained authority we would need each authority > to implement these query mechanisms, which in some (file based) > authorities would become equality checks anyways, so why not start with > them :-) Right - premature optimization being the / of all evil.
You may not want to call the method "equal" through - indeed some kind of match may be a better fit. Jody ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
