[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #231: New distance-calculations proposal

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Sat Oct 17 17:32:44 PDT 2009


#231: New distance-calculations proposal
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  Reporter:  nicklas      |       Owner:  robe         
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned     
  Priority:  medium       |   Milestone:  postgis 1.5.0
 Component:  postgis      |     Version:               
Resolution:               |    Keywords:               
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Comment (by pramsey):

 You're just bumping up against the internal maximum precision. 0.1 cannot
 be stored in whole numbers in IEEE double, so you end up with a
 (repeating, usually) decimal if you print out enough digits.

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