The core library that many of the ODK tools are built around. It's written in Java, implements the ODK XForms spec, and runs on mobile devices and cloud servers. ✨🏗✨
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Area and geofence functions: accept literal string argument and check for valid geoshape #769
It's definitely useful to be able to specify a literal shape to geofence: a form could have exactly one simple fence if all data capture is intended to be done in a small area and in that case it could be specified inline.
I can't think of a reason to use a literal shape for area but we might as well support it for consistency.
I think we should also consider verifying that the first and last point are the same and throwing an error otherwise. I think it's generally going to be more helpful to users to get an explicit failure than to get false/unusable results.
Distance now accepts a literal string: https://github.com/getodk/javarosa/pull/761
It's definitely useful to be able to specify a literal shape to
geofence: a form could have exactly one simple fence if all data capture is intended to be done in a small area and in that case it could be specified inline.I can't think of a reason to use a literal shape for
areabut we might as well support it for consistency.I think we should also consider verifying that the first and last point are the same and throwing an error otherwise. I think it's generally going to be more helpful to users to get an explicit failure than to get false/unusable results.