[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #1653: [raster] ST_Transform & ST_Resample are confusing

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#1653: [raster] ST_Transform & ST_Resample are confusing
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 Reporter:  pracine      |       Owner:  pracine      
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  high         |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.1.0
Component:  raster       |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by pracine):

 Now that ST_Transform has an alignment parameter, you could easily remove
 the confusion in ST_Resample() by renaming  _st_resample()to
 _st_gdalwarp() (what it truly is) and remove the SRID parameter from
 ST_Resample().

 This way we have a set of usual functions each using the confusing GDAL
 Warp but avoiding the confusion. I don't know any other raster package
 mixing resampling and reprojecting in a unique function. I know
 reprojecting involves resampling but resampling certainly does not involve
 reprojecting.

 It's not because GDAL is confusing that we have to do the same...

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