[postgis-users] incorrect st_distance

[Nicklas Avén]

Hallo Rhys

What version of postgis are you using?
Do you have any example data?

Thanks
Nicklas

2010-01-12 Rhys A.D. Stewart  wrote:

Hey all,
>
>i was under the impression the st_distance returned the smallest
>distance between two geometries, but i have several instances where
>the st_distance returned between a point and a linestring is greater
>than that returned for the st_distance between the same point and
>startpoint(linestring). Is this a bug?
>
>Rhys
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