[FWTools] Interlis driver, arcs interpolation

[Frank Warmerdam]

mj wrote:
> Hello,
> in interlis we have data type polyline with straight and arcs, the 
> ogr2ogr driver interpolate arcs by a given degree ( 1 degree default ).
> In postgis with newer version ther is a data type Compounds, it is 
> possible to tell to ogr2ogr to not interpolate arcs but to import 
> polylines as
> compunds data type?

Mario,

No, there is no mechanism for this.  OGR does not support true arcs.

I had no idea that postgis now supports curved arcs.  I'm clearly going
to have to do some research before I do my postgis geometry talk at PG Con!

Best regards,
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