[GeoJSON] Integrating GeoJSON with other kinds of data via JDIL

[Panagiotis (Peter) A. Vretanos]

Chris,

I was just wondering based on Sean's comments.  I interpreted his 
comments to mean that 'type' is not strictly required.  Perhaps I did 
not quite understand his gist - I'm fairly new to JSON.  My apologies if 
I rubbed you the wrong way.

Your explanation sound reasonable to me and I have no problem leaving it 
at that.

Ciao.

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 01:36:28PM -0400, Panagiotis (Peter) A. Vretanos wrote:
>> What is the point of repeating "type":"Feature" with every feature 
>> instance?  Does JSON require this?
> 
> This makes the FeatureCollection contain objects which are each GeoJSON
> objects in and of themselves. This makes the internal chunks
> copy-pastable, and the end result is a tiny addition to the JSON
> datastructure with large benefits (in my opinion). Essentially, a
> GeoJSON object is built up recursively of GeoJSON objects, which I
> consider to be a large benefit. I'll fight hard for this for as long as
> my opinion means something.
> 
> Regards,

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