Re: [Geotools-devel] Geometry in Geotools.

2008-05-21 Thread Martin Desruisseaux
Andrea Aime a écrit : > Lack of consistency in GeoTools is, in my opinion, not the > result of not following a spec, but the result of having multiple > people work on different modules, in different times, without > a central master mind to coordinate and decide each move. Yes it is really exactl

Re: [Geotools-devel] Geometry in Geotools.

2008-05-21 Thread Andrea Aime
Martin Desruisseaux ha scritto: > I'm sorry that some topics has gone that emotional. This is true that > figthing > against complexity is a very hard topic - hacking GeoTools is a daily fight > against entropy. > > On my side, the complexity in GeoTools that scare me the most is not the ISO >

Re: [Geotools-devel] Geometry in Geotools.

2008-05-20 Thread Adrian Custer
Hello, Saying your question is naive is linguistically distinct from saying you are naive. I've never met you so I could not possibly know if you are or are not. Besides, I'm generally partial to the surveyors whose paths I've had a chance to cross (or rod to carry) so I'd be inclined to think hig

Re: [Geotools-devel] Geometry in Geotools.

2008-05-20 Thread Martin Desruisseaux
I'm sorry that some topics has gone that emotional. This is true that figthing against complexity is a very hard topic - hacking GeoTools is a daily fight against entropy. On my side, the complexity in GeoTools that scare me the most is not the ISO model complexity. While ISO models try to scop

Re: [Geotools-devel] Geometry in Geotools.

2008-05-20 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Adrian, Thank you for the detailed response, it seems that you, like other GeoTools programmers, are willing to patiently answer my questions. This is appreciated. I have some interleaved responses to your e-mail below. You wrote: "Your question seems totally naive." I am a lot of things, but I

[Geotools-devel] Geometry in Geotools.

2008-05-20 Thread Adrian Custer
Hello, Your question seems totally naive. JTS is a good library but it should be obvious why it cannot form the basis of a geometric engine for a geographic information system at anything other than local scales. Using JTS has been a great first step for Geotools since we've been able to focus o