Issue 15391
What WKT types does the geometry parameter accept
15391
Reporter: feedback bot
Assignee: kbraak
Type: Task
Summary: What WKT types does the geometry parameter accept
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2014-03-17 22:03:58.657
Updated: 2014-07-04 17:58:02.281
Resolved: 2014-07-04 17:58:02.246
Description: Hello!
What WKT types does the geometry parameter accept? This search
http://api.gbif.org/v0.9/occurrence/search?geometry=MULTIPOLYGON((30%2010,%2010%2020,%2020%2060,%2060%2060,%2030%2010),(30%2010,%2010%2020,%2020%2060,%2060%2060,%2030%2010))
Doesn't work, and gives back
Invalid simple WKT: MULTIPOLYGON((30 10, 10 20, 20 60, 60 60, 30 10),(30 10, 10 20, 20 60, 60 60, 30 10))
I assume this means that MULTIPOLYGON is not an accepted WKT type? Is POLYGON the only accepted WKT type?
Thanks! Scott Chamberlain
*Reporter*: Scott Chamberlain
*E-mail*: [mailto:scott@ropensci.org]]]>
Author: fmendez@gbif.org
Comment: Only POINT,LINESTRING,LINEARRING and POLYGON are accepted.
Created: 2014-03-20 16:50:19.465
Updated: 2014-03-20 16:50:19.465
Author: kbraak@gbif.org
Comment: Question answered. Thanks [~fmendez@gbif.org]
Created: 2014-03-20 16:56:17.974
Updated: 2014-03-20 16:56:17.974
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: We need to document that in our API pages
Created: 2014-03-20 21:14:32.92
Updated: 2014-03-20 21:14:32.92
Author: kbraak@gbif.org
Created: 2014-06-30 16:38:40.817
Updated: 2014-06-30 16:38:40.817
Change committed: https://github.com/gbif/portal-web/commit/38e8d92aeeca16b9c7e37f038b854d6b78d0afd1
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