It's similar to what you suggested previously. On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Wail Alkowaileet <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- *Regards,* Wail Alkowaileet
