[postgis-tickets] [PostGIS] #4159: ST_Distance failing with a geography and a point with specific values

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Mon Aug 27 04:34:48 PDT 2018


#4159: ST_Distance failing with a geography and a point with specific values
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  Reporter:  GustavoAcid  |      Owner:  pramsey
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  medium       |  Milestone:  PostGIS PostgreSQL
 Component:  postgis      |    Version:  2.2.x
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  ST_Distance
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Comment (by GustavoAcid):

 Replying to [comment:1 komzpa]:
 > Can you share WKB of both geographies?
 I'm kind of new with Spatial Data, how can I retrieve the WKB of both
 geographies?

 >
 > Is 242 km an incorrect result? It sounds like the country-scale
 distance.

 Yes, it is incorrect. The point is in the center of the first Geography.
 If I do the same query with (-3.676523~~3~~, 40.5036783) the result is 0
 as expected.

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