{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/538","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapzen/vector-datasource","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/538/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/538/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/538/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/538","id":135405168,"number":538,"title":"What units is are the area attributes in?","user":{"login":"robhawkes","id":22612,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22612?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes","html_url":"https://github.com/robhawkes","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2016-02-22T12:37:22Z","updated_at":"2016-02-22T12:52:14Z","closed_at":"2016-02-22T12:52:14Z","body":"I've been playing around with the area attribute in the building layer and I noticed that the values seemed incredibly large for London – far too many buildings over 10000 meters squared(?) than I would expect.\r\n\r\nSome clarification questions…\r\n\r\n* Are the units in meters squared?\r\n* If so, are these projected metres squared (Spherical Mercator?) or local / real metres squared?\r\n\r\nI'm not asking for anything to be changed, I just need clarification so I can build the right logic into ViziCities to interpret the area correctly."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/comments/187158142","html_url":"https://github.com/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/538#issuecomment-187158142","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapzen/vector-datasource/issues/538","id":187158142,"user":{"login":"robhawkes","id":22612,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22612?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes","html_url":"https://github.com/robhawkes","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robhawkes/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-22T12:52:14Z","updated_at":"2016-02-22T12:52:14Z","body":"Perfect, thanks for clarifying!"}}