I am fine with all these options but my preference is the same as Andreas.
That is:
1. EPSG:0
2. EPSG:-1
3. EPSG:99999
If epsg does map 0 to some other crs we can always revisit that later and
change the definition in the next major release.
2c.
-Justin
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Andrea Aime
<andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it>wrote:
> Hi,
> restarting the thread summing up what we have so far.
>
> Objective: we want a code to represent cartesian data
> such as floor plans and photos and the like.
>
> Options:
>
> - EPSG:0
> pro: easy to remember
> clients are supposed not to bomb out on it (valid range)
> cons: reserved code, people voted it down with -1
>
> - EPSG:-1
> pro: easy to remember
> not a reserved code
> cons: will all clients accept it? Dunno....
>
> - EPSG:99999
> pro: not a reserved code
> in the official set of user codes
> cons: nobody will remember it means "cartesian generic"
>
> Not happy with any of them but given all the options I would
> still go for EPSG:0 taking the risk that EPSG would one day
> use it (which I believe is really unlikely).
>
> Second choice would be -1, with the quick that I have no
> way to test some common clients like ArcGis.
> Last one 99999, seems too ugly to be true to me...
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
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