[postgis-devel] issues with line_substring() and 4d lines

[strk at refractions.net]

Thank you. Fixed in CVS.
I don't think we'll implement interpolation before next 
release, but that'd be interesting.

--strk;

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 08:06:28AM +0100, Alex Mayrhofer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it seems to me as if there is a bug in line_substring() when performing the 
> function on 4D lines:
> 
> sketch=# select asewkt(line_substring(geomfromewkt('SRID=4326;LINESTRING(0 
> 0 0 0, 1 1 1 1, 2 2 2 2, 3 3 3 3, 4 4 4 4)'), 0.5, 0.8));
> 
>                       asewkt
> ---------------------------------------------------
>  SRID=4326;LINESTRING(2 2 0 0,3 3 2 2,3.2 3.2 0 0)
> (1 row)
> 
> Please note the third output value - there is a problem with the Z and M 
> value (i'd assume them to be 0 as well) [it looks like a copy of the 
> previous points corrdinates).
> 
> I can reproduce similar issues with more complex geometries as well:
> 
> SRID=4326;LINESTRING(16.3116663381532 48.1343234522231 0 0,16.311761 
> 48.134512 16.311517 48.134026,16.31199 48.135002 16.311761 
> 48.134512,16.311828 48.135112 16.31199 48.135002,16.311463 48.135228 
> 16.311828 48.135112,16.311485 48.135325 16.311463 48.135228,16.311978 
> 48.135789 16.311485 48.135325,16.312465 48.136218 16.311978 
> 48.135789,16.312534 48.136492 16.312465 48.136218, ...
> 
> (original Z and M contain altitude and ctime, so those output values are 
> for sure out of range of the input values, and seem to originate from X and 
> Y values).
> 
> Additionally, a question: are there any plans to extend the various linear 
> referencing functions to also interpolate Z (and optionally M) values?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Alex
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