[GeoJSON] Extra Fields OK

[Stefan Drees]

On 16.05.13 20:45, Tim Schaub wrote:
> ... Really cool to see the Maps Engine usage.  ...
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Frank Warmerdam ...wrote:
> ...BTW, in case it hadn't been noted before the newly published Google
>     Maps Engine API uses GeoJSON as the feature exchange format.
>
>     https://developers.google.com/maps-engine/documentation
> ...

maybe I overlooked it, but I did not find the term GeoJSON anywhere on 
these documentation pages ;-) at first glance, but of course, when 
searching for GeoJSON inside the Google Maps Engine API documentation 
many places jumped into sight.

For people having a need for a direct link to documentation of the usage 
of GeoJSON concepts in the current GoogleMaps Engine API:

https://developers.google.com/maps-engine/documentation/reference/v1/tables/features#resource

was the place, that looks like a portion from the geojson spec ...

There is also some "Best Practices" document at

https://developers.google.com/maps-engine/documentation/best-practices?hl=en#parsing_json_and_geojson

which includes a section on "Parsing JSON and GeoJSON" stating: 
"""Assets are represented in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Feature 
data is returned in GeoJSON format. We strongly recommend the use of 
proper JSON and GeoJSON parsing libraries. Parsing by hand is 
discouraged."""

Noting the latter just as we might want to include some processing 
expectations or best practices advice in the forming geojson I-D.

All the best,

Stefan.