[postgis-devel] Boxes cache and type

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 25/11/11 10:26, Sandro Santilli wrote:

> What's the extent of your dataset for 0.3 meters to be so important ?
> What projection ?
>
>> The result is also that the ordering is wrong. You don't get the nearest
>> point when you expect it.
>
> Is 0.3 meters important when looking for nearest point ?
> What's the use case ? Find closest glasses to a bottle on
> the table in an appartment of a City ?

Ahem. I think trying to tell users that in actual fact we know better 
when it comes to data accuracy and/or usage is not going to endear us 
much to them.


ATB,

Mark.

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