Hi All,
There have been few requests for zones in the past, which all came to nothing after a while. Because the topic is not unimportant and affects a large number of users and processes, I would like to ask the people responsible to take another look at the previous requests and architectural changes and work out a logical and sustainable solution for zones.
I’m sure there will be a few more suggestions after this message, but the most important points are:
- The shape of the zones: circle and polygon (number of vertices >= 3; see a really cool implementation at node-red-node-geofence (node) - Node-RED).
- The real geometric solution for overlapping zones: All zones that contain coordinates of the affected person or entity should proudly (
) say, that the person or entity is in the zone. Ergo, a person or entity may be contained in several zones at the same time. If you do it this way, you don’t need priorities for the zones - it would only cause further confusion in the future. - Grouping of zones, including zones that have no common points.
Please don’t be afraid of breaking changes. The sooner a future-proof and logical solution is available, the fewer workarounds will have to be tinkered with.
Thank you