[gdal-dev] installing ogrsf_frmts include files

[Stephen Woodbridge]

On 6/9/2011 9:53 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> On 11-06-08 05:19 PM, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
>> Hi Frank et al,
>>
>> Is there a way to install the ogrsf_frmts include files short of just
>> manually
>> copy the files. OpenGraphRouter is using some of these in C++ to create
>> geometries. Specifically:
>>
>> ogrsf_frmts/shape/shapefil.h
>> ogrsf_frmts/kml/ogr_kml.h
>>
>> and maybe some others. Since these are not normally installed, I'm
>> assuming
>> this is a bad thing that we are trying to use them and should look at
>> some
>> other way of defining our geometries because these are not intended as
>> public
>> api and are subject change.
>
> Steve,
>
> Well, these are essentially private include files and I'm not likely to
> sanction installing them as part of the normal GDAL install.
>
> I am not sure what you use out of ogr_kml.h but I will note there is
> a public exporttoKML() method on OGRGeometry which you can use without
> including ogr_kml.h. That doesn't handle the whole feature, but it does
> handle the trickiest part.
>
> Likewise I'm not sure why you use shapefil.h directly instead of managing
> shapefiles through the OGR API. Perhaps that could be investigated.
>
> Best regards,

Frank,

Thanks! I think we are on the same page with this stuff. I'll pass this 
problem back to Ashraf and hopefully he can clean up the code and 
dependencies.

I think that he needed some internal geometry representations and just 
used these because they were handy. If he is moving this data through 
OGR then we should be using only the OGR API. If this is just for our 
own internal use then we should create private includes that meet our needs.

I just wanted to make sure I was not missing something.

Roni - please look into this. We should discuss this and make changes as 
appropriate.

Thanks,
   -Steve