[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-597) Seeking clarification of naming for GeographyCollection with GeoJSON

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Michael Pizzo updated ODATA-597:
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    Proposal: 
I propose we don't introduce new properties/annotations at this point; that a geographyCollection is represented as a geometryCollection with "geometries" as the property name. Whether it is to be interpreted as geography or geometry is based on metadata.


  was:
Clarify the situation (presumably without forcing an unwanted change onto GeoJSON). 

In other words, clarify that a GeographyCollection contains a member with the name "geometries", and that the type will be "GeometryCollection".



> Seeking clarification of naming for GeographyCollection with GeoJSON
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>
>                 Key: ODATA-597
>                 URL: https://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/ODATA-597
>             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: OData JSON Format
>    Affects Versions: V4.0_OS
>            Reporter: Evan Ireland
>             Fix For: V4.0_ERRATA01
>
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> GeoJSON section 2.1.8 states:
>   A GeoJSON object with type "GeometryCollection" is a geometry object which represents a collection of geometry objects.
>   A geometry collection must have a member with the name "geometries". The value corresponding to "geometries" is an array. Each element in this array is a GeoJSON geometry object.
>   
> Can we assume that for OData, a GeographyCollection contains a member with the name "geographies", as opposed to "geometries", and that the "type" will be "GeographyCollection" rather than "GeometryCollection"?
> Or do we assume that the "geometry" naming is used in the GeoJSON format, even for "geography" types?



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