[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #3468: ST_GeogFromText should swap longitude when latitude crosses 90 deg

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#3468: ST_GeogFromText should swap longitude when latitude crosses 90 deg
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  Reporter:  tomvantilburg  |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  blocker        |  Milestone:  PostGIS 2.5.0
 Component:  postgis        |    Version:  2.2.x
Resolution:  wontfix        |   Keywords:
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Changes (by pramsey):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 If I evaluate bearing, then altitude
 {{{
 POINT(10 91) == POINT(-170 89)
 }}}
 If I evaluate altitude, then bearing
 {{{
 POINT(10 91) == POINT(10 89)
 }}}
 I don't think there's any stronger case for flipping to the alternate
 hemisphere than there is for not doing so. That just leaves erroring out
 or not, and the case in both bearing and altitude coercion is that a
 NOTICE is raised, which seems sufficient for me.
 {{{
 postgis24=# SELECT ST_AsText(ST_GeogFromText('POINT(10 91)'));
 NOTICE:  Coordinate values were coerced into range [-180 -90, 180 90] for
 GEOGRAPHY
   st_astext
 --------------
  POINT(10 89)
 (1 row)
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3468#comment:8>
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