[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1329: Change BOX3D to be SRID and dimension aware

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#1329: Change BOX3D to be SRID and dimension aware
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 Reporter:  robe         |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  blocker      |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis      |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by strk):

 If it's just for me that we have to make this change I'll need to double
 check my priorities :)

 Seriously my whole idea here was to simplify BOXes for use with BOX
 oriented operations, since we have a few. Mostly extent and operators and
 indices.

 The idea is to make it transparent for client code that goes:

 {{{
   CREATE INDEX mytable_spatial_index on mytable (<somecolumn>);
   SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE <somecolumn> && ST_MakeEnvelope(...);
   SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE <somecolumn> && ST_SetSRID'BOX(...)'; --
 legacy
 }}}

 The above with <somecolumn> possibly being of type GEOMETRY or GEOGRAPHY
 or RASTER or TOPOGEOMETRY.

 Did anyone already research on this topic and has conclusions about it ?
 Or I'd spend some time on it.

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