[postgis-users] ST_MaxDistance

[George Silva]

OMG, I'm sorry,

I've confused the whole thing. I'm awake for a long long time. Way too long.

Mathieu, sorry for the trouble.

On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:28 AM, <basille at ase-research.org> wrote:

> Not weird for me: the max distance is between (1,1) and (-1,-1), which is
> sqrt(2^2 + 2^2) = 2.828427
> At least, that's what Pythagoras told me once :)
>
> Mathieu.
>
>
> Le 28/09/2012 23:58, George Silva a écrit :
>
>> Hey guys, weird results here...
>>
>> Check this:
>>
>> SELECT ST_MaxDistance(
>> ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint(0,0),**ST_MakePoint(1,1)),
>> ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint(0,0),**ST_MakePoint(-1,-1)));
>> -- 2.82842712474619 (this corresponds to 2x sqrt(2)?)
>>
>> For me the max distance between these polylines is 2.
>>
>> Or am I expecting something diferent for this function?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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George R. C. Silva

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