[Geojson] polygon point order
Martin Daly
Martin.Daly at cadcorp.com
Mon Oct 15 06:41:35 PDT 2007
> Two possibilities mentioned so far:
>
> A. "Law of the minimum" =
> > always take the smaller interpretation (the one < 180 degrees wide).
In
> > exchange for that maximum size interpretation, you can ignore
ordering,
> > and the rule works for any line, not just closed polygons, the way
> > clockwise/anti-clockwise does.
>
> B. "Clockwise, west-to-east"
>
> Simplicity seems to favor A. Are there any cases where A would fail?
> (If a user really wants a 181-degree line, then maybe the client could
> insert a vertex mid-way.)
Or C. "Law of the spheroid"
Allow coordinates/angles <-180 and >180.
Or D. "Law of the jungle"
Do nothing.
I like D. I'm queasy about being the first to come up with a rule to
follow.
M
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