[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3713: Data loss on big encoded polyline

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#3713: Data loss on big encoded polyline
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  Reporter:  323942   |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  medium   |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.3.3
 Component:  postgis  |    Version:  2.3.x
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
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Comment (by woodbri):

 The encode and decode function take a precision=5 argument. This means
 that it truncates the floating point numbers at that number of significant
 decimal point digits. So if you encode and decode a linestring you will
 not get back "exactly" the same linestring. This is the definition of the
 encoding and decoding functions. So there is no error here other then
 understanding what the function is doing.

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