[gdal-dev] XYZM support (Was Roadmap to 2.0?)

[David William Bitner]

Hey all,

Have there been any more thoughts on XYZM support? I may be in a position
to help fund some of this work in 2013.

David

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Ari Jolma <ari.jolma at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/18/2012 08:51 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Ari Jolma<ari.jolma at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> The deadline for 2.0 is at the end of this year:
>>> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/**milestone/2.0.0<http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/milestone/2.0.0>
>>>
>> Ari,
>>
>> Lets not take this deadline too seriously.  If it takes
>> till summer 2013 for 2.0 that is ok (IMHO).
>>
>
> Deadlines are usually good ;)
>
> but I have no problem with this. If it takes longer then it takes longer.
>
>
>
>>  Is the RFC list the best source for what new features are planned for it?
>>>
>>> This page is about smaller issues for 2.0:
>>> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/**wiki/GDAL20Changes<http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GDAL20Changes>
>>>
>>> I have an old wish to have full XYZM support in GDAL and it would be a
>>> good
>>> candidate to the plan for 2.0 - see also
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/**gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org/**msg13470.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org/msg13470.html>
>>> Is anybody doing a review of what it would take?
>>>
>> I believe XYZM support would be a great feature for 2.0 and ideally
>> would be part of an upgrade to the more recent "simple features geometry"
>> model that includes various other geometry types.
>>
>> I'm not sure who might want to take on this task though.  It isn't
>> currently a focus of mine even though I'd like to see it happen.
>>
>> We aren't really a Roadmap kind of project, but I welcome discussion
>> of things we would like to accomplish in 2.0 which is our opportunity
>> for substantial changes.
>>
>
> I could do two things:
>
> Edit the "smaller issues" page to contain also larger issues (as the link
> to it on the main page says).
>
> Begin a XYZM RFC.
>
> Ari
>
>
>> Best regards,
>>
>
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