[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #395: Make check errors on Mac - spheroid area - srid 32702

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#395: Make check errors on Mac - spheroid area - srid 32702
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  Reporter:  colivier  |       Owner:  pramsey                         
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new                             
  Priority:  medium    |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.0                   
 Component:  postgis   |     Version:  trunk                           
Resolution:            |    Keywords:  Mac regress  spheroid_area 32702
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Comment (by pramsey):

 I just looked more closely at your results, and the numbers being reported
 are just insanely small, it's like either the buffer or the area
 calculation are being carried out in geometry space, not in geography
 space. Can you break down the test case and see what is happening in the
 st_transform() step (are the coordinates being shifted, in fact?) in the
 st_buffer() step (for both geometry and geography) and the st_area() step
 (again for both geometry and geography)?

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