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Subject: [OASIS Issue Tracker] (EMERGENCY-10) Use Area Description field to name polygons
[ https://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/EMERGENCY-10?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=37579#comment-37579 ] Art Botterell commented on EMERGENCY-10: ---------------------------------------- The original concept was that an Area was the semantic atom of geography, which might be defined in terms of multiple polygons and/or circles as well as (vexed case!) geocodes. We went through some gyrations to provide for intersections, unions and differences of geometry in a way that would be comprehensible to non-GIS-expert alert authors and implementers So my immediate reaction... leaving aside the whole event-vs-alert ambiguity discussed elsewhere... is that if there's a need for multiple names there's a need for multiple Areas. Again, the issue of impact vs. warning area needs a high-level discussion. Do we need two different subclasses of Area? Perhaps. But personally I don't see naming individual polygons as particularly useful. (Although as ever I'm willing to hear it explained!) > Use Area Description field to name polygons > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: EMERGENCY-10 > URL: https://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/EMERGENCY-10 > Project: OASIS Emergency Management TC > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: CAP > Reporter: Tony Mancuso > Labels: CAP > > Norm Mueller: alert.info.area.areaDesc: Use the Area Description field to name polygons. Is there a need to add fields for naming polygons? -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2.2#6258)
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