[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #2904: documentation on ST_3DIntersects is misleading

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#2904: documentation on ST_3DIntersects is misleading
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 Reporter:  robe           |       Owner:  robe         
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new          
 Priority:  medium         |   Milestone:  PostGIS 2.1.4
Component:  documentation  |     Version:  trunk        
 Keywords:                 |  
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Description changed by robe:

Old description:

> http://postgis.net/docs/manual-dev/ST_3DIntersects.htmlI
> t's also wrong.  It says it only support linestrings but supports others
> with caveats.
>
> It also doesn't reflect what happens when sfcgal is enabled as backend.
> I suspect for sfcgal for closed surfaces it treats them as volumes, but
> then again not absolutely sure.
>
> See stackoverflow user comment

New description:

 http://postgis.net/docs/manual-dev/ST_3DIntersects.htmlI
 t's also wrong.  It says it only support linestrings but supports others
 with caveats.

 It also doesn't reflect what happens when sfcgal is enabled as backend.
 I suspect for sfcgal for closed surfaces it treats them as volumes, but
 then again not absolutely sure.

 See stackoverflow user comment
 http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/111420/sdo-inside-equivalent-in-
 postgis-for-3d-objects/111502

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