Hm, again I'm not sure I understand. But this time it's mostly because I'm such a novice on GIS topics. I thought that a feature could consist of any arbitrary attributes, not just coordinate info. Your idea would handle the coordinate-related columns, but what about the rest? (And sorry if I'm using the -devel list for -user type questions).
Lee On 5/10/2011 6:53 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: >> Which reminds me of another question: These CSV classes we're writing >> are not generic, cannot handle 'any' kind of feature. Rather they are >> sort of hard-wired to this simple LAT/LON/CITY/NUMBER feature. >> Right? Is the (longer-term) intent to make them more generic? > I think that would be a good idea; we could make a connection > parameter allowing people to indicate the following... > ( I am just making this up so if it is a bad idea let me know): > > - x: String (optional); name of column to treat as a point "x" value; > the column will not be returned as part of the feature type > attributes. Default value will recognise common names: lon, longitude, x > - y: String (optional); name of column to treat as point "y" value; > the column will not be returned as part of the feature type. Default > value will recognise common names: lat, latitude, y > - srs: String (optional); srsName to use; default value is > DefaultGeographic.WGS84 > - geometry: String; name of geometry attribute (using x & y above); if > the name identifies an existing column the values will be parsed as WKT > > I think that would make it general purpose? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
