[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #799: Patch for casting geometry to geography

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#799: Patch for casting geometry to geography
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 Reporter:  smarshall    |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium       |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.4
Component:  postgis      |     Version:  1.5.X        
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by pramsey):

 Should note that the idea of auto-normalizing (and auto-projecting)
 coordinates while casting to geography was explicitly rejected by folks
 during the initial development. This issue should be discussed on postgis-
 devel before being applied.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/799#comment:2>
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