[postgis-devel] Normalizing Coordinates in geometry::geography

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 20/06/11 19:55, Paul Ramsey wrote:

> The casting code (or, actually the construction code) in geography
> rejects coordinates out of range of -180,-90 180,90. Some users have
> already found that annoying enough to suggest a patch.
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/799
>
> Any objections to applying it?
>
> P.

I think the basic idea is good, but I'd suggest promoting the DEBUG2 to 
a WARNING, simply because if we are modifying the user's input data then 
we should be polite enough to inform them. I'm primarily thinking of the 
case where data is imported into PostGIS, a small edit is made and then 
exported again - the user will probably end up scratching their head for 
a bit trying to figure out why other points around the edge of geography 
space have also changed.


ATB,

Mark.

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