[postgis-users] Bug fix for transform() function

Chris Hodgson chodgson at refractions.net
Wed Sep 4 10:41:43 PDT 2002


> A BBOX just has the Bottom LL corner and Top UR corner in it.
> Transform() now just
> transforms these 2 points, so the result is *always* rectangular.

Right, but the transformation of the polygonal envelope of the original
box3d, is not necessarily going to be rectangular - so, by translating the
two corners of the box, to create a new box, you are losing some
information... all the more reason to force boxes into polygons before doing
things with them, as Paul has suggested.

Chris





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