[OpenLayers-Users] Geojson input: why error on 3d points?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 09:34:23AM +0100, Peter Robins wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 Apr 2009, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:03:24AM +0100, Peter Robins wrote:
> > > I've been having a bizarre problem where the same data (from
> > > featureserver) has been displayed when in kml format, but not in geojson.
> > > Delving into the code, I find this is because geojson.read throws an
> > > error if there are more than 2 coords in a point. Why is this? 3d points
> > > are perfectly valid in geojson, and it seems illogical that the 2 formats
> > > should be handled differently.
> >
> > I believe, at the time, the logic was:
> >  * OpenLayers can't do 3d
> >  * If we read 3d, when we write it, we will write it wrong
> >  * It is better to error at read time than fail silently at write time.
> >
> > I'd be willing to change this behavior, but it was originally
> > implemented by tschaub, so I'd prefer his buy-in as well.
> 
> should I open a ticket and submit a patch removing this check?

Yes, please do. It lets us keep a record, either way.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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