[HOT] Hot export : coordinate systeme

[Andrew Buck]

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Having it be selectable would be a good solution.  Paul Norman raised
an interesting point on the github issue that currently we are
currently adding a column of 'area' to the polygons table which can
only be computed sensibly if you are in a projection like 3857, if we
use wgs84 it would not make sense to have that column.

Now, since the column is not really used anyway (as far as I know) and
since you can re-add the column yourself in GIS software, then I see
no reason not to just drop the column and make setting the projection
an option.

- -AndrewBuck


On 10/16/2014 10:59 AM, Kate Chapman wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> There was a reason for the current system (though honestly I cant
> remember what). Can someone else remember why?
> 
> Perhaps selecting the projection would be a better choice long term
> as a new feature for the export tool?
> 
> Best,
> 
> -Kate
> 
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 4:22 AM, Fran Boon <francisboon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 16 October 2014 12:18, Fred Moine <frmoine at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hot export: for the shape (export) could we change the
>>> coordinate
>> reference
>>> system Rather than to have Popular Visualisation CRS/Mercator
>>> ID EPSG: 3785
>> could
>>> we have WGS84 ID EPSG: 4326
>> 
>> This is logged as this issue here: 
>> https://github.com/hotosm/hot-exports/issues/80
>> 
>> I would definitely support this proposal!
>> 
>> F
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