Good job Mike, I think you’ve found some good historical nonsense underbrush to clear out of the forest. The future will thank you.
P > On May 10, 2023, at 5:09 PM, Mike Taves <mwto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Since not everyone is subscribed to GitHub changes, this email is to > provide a "heads up" to proposed breaking changes to WKT output for > GEOS 3.12. > > The first is to change MultiPoint WKT to use parentheses in > sub-members https://github.com/libgeos/geos/pull/903 > > E.g. from "MULTIPOINT (2 8, 3 9)" to "MULTIPOINT ((2 8), (3 9))" > > While the former is deprecated, it will continue to be supported by WKTReader. > > > A second suite of changes I've been scheming is to modify the defaults > for WKTWriter: > - Change trim from 0 for 'off' to 1 for 'on' > - Change OutputDimension from 2 to 4 > > This would allow the default WKTWriter to produce familiar output, > whereas the current default only produces 2D WKT usually with many > decimals. > > For example, take an XYZ point with x=1.1, y=2.2, z=3.3, these are the > default WKTWriter results: > - Current: POINT (1.1000000000000001 2.2000000000000002) > - Proposed: POINT Z (1.1 2.2 3.3) > > Additionally WKBWriter's OutputDimension could be changed from 2 to 4 > too. E.g. via writeHEX: > - Current: 01010000009A9999999999F13F9A99999999990140 > - Proposed: 01010000809A9999999999F13F9A999999999901406666666666660A40 > > Note that OutputDimension for WKT and WKB writers will always write 2D > for XY geometries, regardless of setting. > > These changes don't have any pull request yet, as they are subject to > discussion first. > > Opinions welcome! > > Cheers, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > geos-devel mailing list > geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel _______________________________________________ geos-devel mailing list geos-devel@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geos-devel
