[postgis-users] problem with data crossing the date line

[Sandro Santilli]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 09:26:48PM -0700, pcreso at pcreso.com wrote:
> Or use 0-360 longitudes for a single geometry polygon.
> Valid EPSG:4326 coordinate space.
> 
> The problem then arises if you have other data in a +-180 space...

ST_WrapX lets you pick an arbitrary X value for wrapping, so you can 
wrap where you know there's nothing crossing.
See http://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/454

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