[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #2217: [raster] ST_AsBinary semantic discrepancy

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#2217: [raster] ST_AsBinary semantic discrepancy
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 Reporter:  mloskot  |       Owner:  dustymugs
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:           
Component:  raster   |     Version:  trunk    
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by dustymugs):

 > > So, the WKB spec is open to change?
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 >
 > I'm not saying any such thing, I'm saying that WKB storage is one thing,
 public API is the other.

 So what is the binary output of the public API if not WKB as defined in
 that doc?

 I'm not trying to be argumentative here.  I'm well aware that
 [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/browser/trunk/raster/doc/RFC2-WellKnownBinaryFormat
 RFC-2] in trunk is incomplete as it doesn't provide a facility to output
 the out-db band data.  The serialized storage
 [http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/browser/trunk/raster/doc/RFC1-SerializedFormat
 RFC-1] is a separate format that just happens to match up at this time.

 If anything, the WKB should be changed to permit output of pixel values.

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