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Pierre Racine wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Is there also a need for a MULTIRASTER data type, for vector-like
discrete coverages (as illustrated on slide 33)?
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MULTIPOLYGONs were introduced because of the limitation of POLYGONs
(which can include only one boundary) to represent complex shapes. There
is no such limitation in the case of a RASTER. I can represent any
complex shape as a single RASTER. Do you have a case?
Pierre
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I was just curious on this point and I don't have a compelling use case.<br>
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- Tyler<br>
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