indicate geometry type in layer inspector

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indicate geometry type in layer inspector #543

Open ian29 opened 10 years ago

ian29 commented 10 years ago

As more people start using vt sources that they did not create, indicating which type of geometry (point/line/polygon/geometry/raster) is contained in each layer will make styling more straightforward.

this can be as simple as the geometry icons in tilemill:

yhahn commented 10 years ago

y it's not perfect given mixed geometry types but I think mapnik attempts to detect this atm based on the first feature in the ds.

[ ] include geometry type metadata from mapnik in mapnik-omnivore metadata
[ ] add geometry type to vector_layers metadata when exporting, in local sources (validate this in tilelive.js)
[ ] update UI to show this

springmeyer commented 10 years ago

Noting: currently geometry type detection against vector tiles is a no-op: https://github.com/mapbox/mapnik-vector-tile/blob/6ed7f9f8495bf04e13808e068125a543a53280bf/src/vector_tile_datasource.hpp#L366-L369