[postgis-users] 3d box intersection queries: Schrodinger's Hogan box experiment - question for Paul

[Paragon Corporation]

Matt,
He reads this list when his mind is not preoccupied with something else.
Unfortunately he's one of those few people who can focus on one thing and
blind the rest of the world out while doing it so emailing him won't do.

I have changed the subject line in hopes of getting his attention. 
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Paul,
If you had many  boxes with votes for Hogan or against Hogan in them and you
had the choice of selecting any box with the realization that once you see
what is inside, the vote will be invalidated,
how would you determine which boxes to open to optimize the chance of
Hogan's win?

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Hope that helps,
Regina



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Matthias
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 5:54 PM
To: PostGIS Users Discussion
Subject: Re: [postgis-users] 3d box intersection queries

Am 17.04.2011, 21:20 Uhr, schrieb Paragon Corporation <lr at pcorp.us>:

Regina,

thanks for your reply.

> Matt,
>
> Unfortunately there isn't at the moment a way to convert the box3d to 
> a 3D box.  Though would be nice if we at least allowed that cast to 
> happen.
> Might happen before PostGIS 2.0 is out Since it has been at the back 
> of my mind and strk's at least.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought about this :)

> As far as the box3d goes,  there is supposed to be a box3d &&& box3d 
> operator which unfortunately isn't exposed yet (as far as I can tell) 
> that will allow you to do this.

Yes, it doesn't seem to be exposed.

> Paul Ramsey who is working on it -- is a bit preoccupied at the moment 
> with politics.  He should be hopefully back to normal in the next week 
> or so and can finish where he left off.
>
> He might pay more attention to you if you  tweet him and phrase your
> question in the context of Canadian politics -   
> http://twitter.com/pwramsey

Unfortunately I don't have twitter, probably because I think its usefulness
equals that of politics :D

Does he read this list of shall I send him a good old-fashioned e-mail
instead?

-Matthias
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