[GeoJSON] spec clarification of CRS

Matt McClure matthewlmcclure at gmail.com
Thu Dec 12 15:03:09 PST 2013


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Martin Daly <Martin.Daly at cadcorp.com>wrote:
>
> Once again, all that GeoJSON says is that the encoding of coordinates is
> *always* easting/longitude followed by northing/latitude. GeoJSON does not
> say that CRS-s that do not use this order are disallowed, only that
> encoding coordinates in other orders is disallowed.
>
> Interpreting the enforced coordinate order as meaning that some CRS-s are
> therefore disallowed appears to be your, and OGC-s, interpretation; but
> that interpretation is simply wrong.


I don't follow. Given a CRS that specifies (y, x) order, how should one use
it in a GeoJSON representation, and how should a client interpret the data
in that GeoJSON representation? An example would help.

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Matt McClure
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