[OASIS Issue Tracker] (EMERGENCY-14) support additional area shapes

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Eliot Christian commented on EMERGENCY-14:
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It seems to me that GML is very complex and overkill for the needs of CAP. 

Perhaps in CAP 2.0 consideration should be given to adopting GeoRSS-Simple ( http://www.georss.org/simple ). This provides point, line, polygon, box, and circle. 

Looking at the GeoRSS-Simple example, though, we may need a provision that says beyond a small set of subelements  any other subelement tag or value that is not understood (e.g., "floor 2") can be safely ignored.

I also note that GeoRSS-Simple has elevation in meters. Perhaps this could help to address a long standing complaint that CAP uses feet for ceiling and altitude rather than meters?


> support additional area shapes
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>
>                 Key: EMERGENCY-14
>                 URL: https://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/EMERGENCY-14
>             Project: OASIS Emergency Management TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: CAP 
>            Reporter: Tony Mancuso
>              Labels: CAP
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> alert.info.area: Is there a need for geometric shapes not currently supported (other than polygon/circle)?



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