[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1046: Invalid geography polygons: BOOM! Could not generate outside point!

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#1046: Invalid geography polygons: BOOM! Could not generate outside point!
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 Reporter:  mwtoews         |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium          |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis         |     Version:  1.5.X        
 Keywords:  geography boom  |  
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Comment(by pramsey):

 Actually as a general rule and 180 degree edge is going to be pointless in
 geography... maybe we should just outlaw those to start with? See, funny
 story, you looked at your polygon and said "that's meaningless" and I
 looked at it and said "that's an orange wedge". But really since a 180
 degree edge can traverse any path at all from start to end it's not really
 descriptive and should be banned...

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/1046#comment:3>
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