[postgis-devel] possible st_estimated_extent improvement: use root of R-tree

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> Sounds good, make it so! :) I think the devil is in the details, but I
> can't remember what the details are. Best wait until MCA weighs in.
> 
> P.

Well I did actually come up with some code for this way back in the 
mists of time: 
http://postgis.refractions.net/pipermail/postgis-devel/2005-January/000791.html. 
However, for reasons that are probably apparent somewhere in the 
archive, I seem to remember there were some technical issues that I 
thought didn't really make it worthwhile. But I can't remember what they 
are at the moment ;)


ATB,

Mark.

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