[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1170: North Pole Intersection fails with "Coordinate values out of range"

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#1170: North Pole Intersection fails with "Coordinate values out of range"
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 Reporter:  jgilman   |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  critical  |   Milestone:  PostGIS 1.5.4
Component:  postgis   |     Version:  1.5.X        
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Comment(by bnordgren):

 Does it choose the "local planar projection" dynamically or is the
 projection fixed? What are the properties of the selected projection near
 the poles?

 It may be that there is no single projection which will work for
 intersecting with all geographies.

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