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Art Botterell commented on EMERGENCY-10:
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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
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> 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
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> Norm Mueller: alert.info.area.areaDesc: Use the Area Description field to name polygons. Is there a need to add fields for naming polygons?
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