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Re: [georss] Scaling/size of geographical entities

From: Allan Doyle <adoyle@eogeo.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:54:14 -0400
Message-Id: <CC541678-C17D-47DB-A55C-3B56657D80FC@eogeo.org>
Cc: "Holger Knublauch" <holger@topquadrant.com>, public-xg-geo@w3.org, georss@lists.eogeo.org
To: "Andrew Turner" <georss@highearthorbit.com>

I think radius is in dispute... I forget who likes it and who does  
not. The issue, as far as I recall, is that GML does not have a  
circle that's defined by a point and a radius so GeoRSS Simple can't  
have one.

	Allan

On Jul 21, 2006, at 16:43, Andrew Turner wrote:

> Holger Knublauch  wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Joshua.  With a basic glimpse on this, I would hope that  
>> the geo
>> ontology is extended with a geo:radius attribute: it is a low hanging
>> fruit while having feature types is probably an overkill.  To specify
>
> There is a radius in GeoRSS Simple:
>
>   <georss:point radius="500">45.256 -110.45</georss:point>
>
> It was at the bottom of the "Simple" page, so maybe you missed it. :)
> Andrew
>
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