[gdal-dev] Call for discussion on RFC 49: Curve geometries

Sandro Santilli strk at keybit.net
Tue Nov 11 07:46:34 PST 2014


On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 08:29:22PM +0100, Even Rouault wrote:
> Le lundi 10 novembre 2014 20:20:25, Robert Coup a écrit :

> > I presume that the concept is to add curve-specific geometry functions
> > (rather than their linear equivalents) over time, as eg.
> > GEOS/PostGIS/whatever support them?
> 
> Well, this is really for GEOS operations. Not sure if GEOS has a plan to 
> support operations on curves one day. Would likely be a lot of work and 
> probably depends on if JTS does such a move.

No plan on the GEOS side and I haven't heard of a plan on the JTS side
either. Adding Dr.JTS in Cc, just in case he has anything cooking.

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