ERRORGTFS Schedule notice

A service-area polygon is invalid

invalid_geometry
Severity
ERROR
Files to check
1
Report fields
4
Documentation
Curated

Diagnosis

What this notice means

A geometry in locations.geojson cannot be interpreted as a valid polygon.

Operational effect

Why it matters

Apps may fail to determine whether a pickup or drop-off location lies inside the service area.

Scope

Files to check and report fields

Report fieldTypeMeaning
featureIdstringThe id of the faulty record.
featureIndexintegerThe index of the feature in the feature collection.
geometryTypestringThe geometry type of the feature containing the invalid polygon.
messageobjectThe validation error details.

Repair

How to fix it

  1. 1

    Use featureId, featureIndex, and message to inspect the polygon in a GIS editor.

  2. 2

    Repair issues such as unclosed rings or self-intersections, preserve the real service boundary, and export valid GeoJSON coordinates in longitude-latitude order.

  3. 3
    Check the result

    After a repair, rebuild the archive and validate it again. Confirm that the affected records are correct and that no new related notices appeared. A reviewed warning or informational notice may remain when it describes intentional, supported data.

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