[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1625: ST_Within and ST_DWithin disagree

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#1625: ST_Within and ST_DWithin disagree
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 Reporter:  strk     |       Owner:  pramsey      
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.0.0
Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:           |  
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Comment(by strk):

 Yup, I think ST_Distance is doing the projection and in doing so merges
 the query point with the segment thus ending up with a zero distance. This
 was likely done for ST_ClosestPoints.

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