Re: [Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Jody Garnett
On 14/06/2010, at 1:31 AM, Andrea Aime wrote: >> Correct; I would phrase it as. When true we assume that DMS entries >> are understood to be represented as decimal degrees; this assumption >> is shared by many applications but may not be correct for your >> dataset. When false we carefully do not a

Re: [Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Andrea Aime
Jody Garnett ha scritto: >> Jody Garnett ha scritto: >> b) alternatively, add a flag to control the DMS/degree >> behavior. > I would prefer to add a flag; even if the default value is > true. Cool. Any reasoning behind the preference? >>> Yeah; we are making an assumption - I

Re: [Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Jody Garnett
> Jody Garnett ha scritto: > b) alternatively, add a flag to control the DMS/degree behavior. I would prefer to add a flag; even if the default value is true. >>> Cool. Any reasoning behind the preference? >> Yeah; we are making an assumption - I would like the ability for users to >> mak

Re: [Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Andrea Aime
Jody Garnett ha scritto: b) alternatively, add a flag to control the DMS/degree behavior. >>> I would prefer to add a flag; even if the default value is true. >> Cool. Any reasoning behind the preference? > > Yeah; we are making an assumption - I would like the ability for users to > make th

Re: [Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Jody Garnett
>>> b) alternatively, add a flag to control the DMS/degree behavior. >> I would prefer to add a flag; even if the default value is true. > > Cool. Any reasoning behind the preference? Yeah; we are making an assumption - I would like the ability for users to make the assumption the other way if

Re: [Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Andrea Aime
Jody Garnett ha scritto: > On 13/06/2010, at 5:19 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: > >> My guess is that anybody using a CRS with DMS unit is actually storing >> the data in decimal deegrees, and that providing actual support for >> the DMS unit transformation would just result in confused users. >> >> 2150

Re: [Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Jody Garnett
On 13/06/2010, at 5:19 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: > My guess is that anybody using a CRS with DMS unit is actually storing > the data in decimal deegrees, and that providing actual support for > the DMS unit transformation would just result in confused users. > > 2150 is one of such codes, if I look

[Geotools-devel] Handling DMS unit in the EPSG database

2010-06-13 Thread Andrea Aime
Hi, there's an issue with the EPSG database that has been bothering me for quite some time: the DMS unit. The EPSG guidance defines the DMS unit as follow: -- To allow coordinate operation parameter values given by their infor