Tim If we go that path, and I'm not against it, then we need to update the GeoJSON format to be consistent with GML think.
Cheers, Eric 2009/2/5, Tim Schaub <[email protected]>: > Hey- > > I trashed the last message, but this is a response to the latest from Eric. > > Yes, geometry bounds is used by the renderer. The calculation is > expensive (given many features/many points). If the server has done it > for us already, we gain efficiency. Not only in rendering, but in any > feature selection by location, intersection tests, snapping, etc. > > I can't tell if this is just a pedantic argument, or if you guys have > any real reason to think making use of gml:boundedBy will bring users harm. > > How about if we wait until people who use GML complain that things > aren't working because their servers are reporting bogus gml:boundedBy > elements? > > At that point, someone could create a patch that makes it optional. > Until then, we all enjoy efficiency gains. > > Tim > > > -- > Tim Schaub > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
