[postgis-devel] WKT and Wikipedia

[Kevin Neufeld]

Ah.  I was obviously looking at an older spec.
Good to know.
-- Kevin

Martin Davis wrote:
> Actually the latest SFS 1.2 spec does include a spec for 2D measured, 3D 
> & 3D measured WKT.  See here:
> 
> http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/sfa
> 
> (This is also referenced on the wiki page)
> 
> 
> 
> Kevin Neufeld wrote:
>> I just came across this page:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-known_text
>>
>> I think this page is incorrect, misleading, and contains typos.  It is 
>> my understanding that the OGC specs on WKT does *not* include 3D and 
>> 4D definitions.  It is a PostGIS extension to use Z, M, or ZM. Or am I 
>> off on this?
>> (http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=829) (section 
>> 3.2.5.2)
>>
>> I don't have an account to correct this.  Does any here have one?  Do 
>> we care?
>>
>> Should the new PostGIS docs reference such pages, or point to only the 
>> OGC specs?
>>
>> -- Kevin
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