[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3356: geometry to geography cast, always adds a box even for 2 point linestrings and single points, but geography from text or binary do not

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#3356: geometry to geography cast, always adds a box even for 2 point linestrings
and single points, but geography from text or binary do not
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  Reporter:  robe     |      Owner:  robe
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  medium   |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.1.9
 Component:  postgis  |    Version:  2.1.x
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
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Comment (by pramsey):

 And now I've taken it back out. There is a price to pay for not having
 those boxes at index build time, but after that, mostly we can afford to
 pay the cost of calculating them on the fly and the payback in storage
 space is worth it.

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