[postgis-devel] POINT(350, 100) == POINT(-10,80)

[Chris Hodgson]

Hmm.. something that "automagically" takes my UTM coordinates in the 
1,000,000 range and mod's it by 180 or 360 to get a lat or long value 
isn't really that helpful.

Chris

Kevin Neufeld wrote:
> Isn't this comparable in concept to auto type-casting?  The onus of 
> type casting in postgres was placed more heavily on the user to avoid 
> any kind of automagic-behind-the-scenes-unknown-manipulation-of-my-data.
> -- Kevin
>
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
>> Right now, in order to be allowed into the system, a GEOGRAPHY must
>> have longitude in the range of -180,180 and latitude in the range of
>> -90,90.
>>
>> I was just thinking that this restriction is pretty artificial, since
>> I can coerce and theta (lon) and phi (lat) into the right ranges
>> automatically. Any reason I should accept all numbers? Or maybe at
>> least allow the range of -180,360 for longitude?
>>
>> P.
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