Oh, and what is "srs" (or did you mean crs?). Thanks,
Lee On 5/10/2011 9:36 PM, lee-verizon wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
