[uf-discuss] geo - accuracy of coordinates

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <FB2D8589-4A17-487D-8C8A-B4BCE0BC37B3 at placenamehere.com>,
Chris Casciano <chris at placenamehere.com> writes

>
>On Oct 2, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Andy Mabbett wrote:
>
>> In message <5D331469-E4A2-47CC-9867-121FECCBDFBB at placenamehere.com>,
>> Chris Casciano <chris at placenamehere.com> writes
>>
>>>>>> Or the capacity to describe a polygon...
>>>>>
>>>>> I call the 80/20 rule into effect here.
>>>>
>>>> Fine, I'm confident that more than 80% of countries, counties,
>>>>towns,
>>>> cities, gardens, parks, nature reserves, and industrial estates are
>>>> polygons, and fewer than 20% are circles.
>>>
>>>
>>> You could outline any territory as a series of geos if the need ever
>>> arose.
>>
>> In other words, "the capacity to describe a polygon".
>
>Totally ignored the point I was trying to make... and that is that
>describing a border - of any shape - by the use of a collection of  geo
>coords (at whatever precision) is a totally different task then
>defining an individual point and its precision.

Totally ignored the point I was trying to make... and that is that it
would perhaps be better to have the capacity to describe a polygon.
-- 
Andy Mabbett
                Say "NO!" to compulsory ID Cards:  <http://www.no2id.net/>

                Free Our Data:  <http://www.freeourdata.org.uk>