[gdal-dev] GetExtent method

[Clay, Bruce]

When I used the debugger to step into the OGRLayer GetExtent method I
noticed that it walks through all of the features in the dataset and
tests the envelope of each feature in the set.

 

Are there any driver specific optimizations (i.e. OCI)  that could be
called instead of this one since it does take a long time for a large
dataset?

 

I realize we can create our own but I would like to use a built in
function if it is available.

 

Frank: Since you are working in the OCI driver would this be a good time
to add something like:

            select min(a1.SHAPE.SDO_POINT.X),

 max(a1.SHAPE.SDO_POINT.X),

 min(a1.SHAPE.SDO_POINT.Y),

 max(a1.SHAPE.SDO_POINT.Y) from DatasetName a1;

 

Of course that falls back on the first question, is there already a
built in method.

 

Bruce

 




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