[OSM-talk] SVG output

[David Sheldon]

On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 01:19:22AM +0100, Etienne wrote:
> >>  <node id='646217' lat='51.4337983632484' lon='9.48436500038951E-4' />
> 
> Is it a bug or is this intentional?  I can't see any good reason to
> use exponential format here but maybe it's difficult not to.

It is a bug, either in the API code or the schema. The schema
(utils/schema/osm.xsd) defines lat and lon to be xsd:decimal types. The
spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#decimal) defines:

   decimal has a lexical representation consisting of a finite-length
   sequence of decimal digits (#x30-#x39) separated by a period as a
   decimal indicator. An optional leading sign is allowed. If the sign
   is omitted, "+" is assumed. Leading and trailing zeroes are optional.
   If the fractional part is zero, the period and following zero(es) can
   be omitted. For example: -1.23, 12678967.543233, +100000.00, 210.

Hence the 9.4E-4 format isn't a valid decimal.

David
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