Ticket #1683 (closed enhancement: wontfix)

Opened 15 months ago

Last modified 3 months ago

Add ST_Translate(geography, ...)

Reported by: strk Owned by: pramsey
Priority: medium Milestone: PostGIS 2.1.0
Component: postgis Version: trunk
Keywords: Cc:

Description

I think it'd make sense to add ST_Translate support for "geography". First implementation could just be doing roundtrip reprojection.

Change History

Changed 7 months ago by pramsey

This is a lot less obvious that something like ST_Buffer, because translate is very sensitive to what the cartesian system actually is. A translate that ends up round-tripping into polar stereographic, for example, could provide very surprising results to people!

A more deterministic variation would be to make ST_Project accept geometry types other than point. The whole object would be moved the desired distance and direction, which is what people translating generally want, no?

Changed 7 months ago by strk

I actually forgot the use case that got me open this ticket. Feel free to close if you don't feel the need of it.

Changed 3 months ago by robe

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to wontfix

I don't feel the need for it.

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