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Spatial Object Type Documentation

_richardr
10 - Fireball

I can't seem to find any comprehensive documentation on the Spatial Object Types, is there a reference?

 

From using the Spatial Info tool I have found; Points, Lines, Polygons, and PolyPolyLines.  Are there more object types?  I imagine maybe Multi-Points and PolyPloygons?

 

I would like to see each described with details on how they are built and stored.  It would also be nice to have a sample YXDB with an example of each of these types.

 

 

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_richardr
10 - Fireball

Wikipedia has a good GeoJSON type overview

steven4320555
8 - Asteroid

@@_richardr I just noticed this thread, I think the post in the Engine Works Blog titled "New GeoJSON format in Alteryx" (published in 2009) is related to your query. https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Engine-Works-Blog/New-GeoJSON-format-in-Alteryx/ba-p/1906 

 

I have a feeling that the GeoJson format used in Alteryx might have been outdated, as "from August 2016 GeoJSON is now a formal IETF specification" instead of " old informal 2008 spec", according to the thread here:  https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/259944/polygons-and-multipolygons-should-follow-the-right-ha...

 

 

I tried to use the JSONcreateV2 macro to generate GeoJson file, the macro was shared by @Ned back in 2013 (https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Engine-Works-Blog/Alteryx-Spatial-Data-Output-GeoJSON/ba-p/2221), and I got error message "

 Polygons and MultiPolygons should follow the right-hand rule

" when I test it in http://geojsonlint.com/.

 

The sample GeoJson that I got error message looks like

 

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"properties": {"version":5}
}
]
}

 

 

 Any thoughts or comments from the community/ Alteryx developers?

 

Steven

steven4320555
8 - Asteroid

The GeoJson can be validated on http://geojson.io but not geojsonlint.com ; so I guess it is a compatibility issue. 

 

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