Opened 12 years ago

Closed 11 years ago

#1683 closed enhancement (wontfix)

Add ST_Translate(geography, ...)

Reported by: strk Owned by: pramsey
Priority: medium Milestone: PostGIS 2.1.0
Component: postgis Version: master
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 (3)

comment:1 by pramsey, 11 years ago

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?

comment:2 by strk, 11 years ago

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.

comment:3 by robe, 11 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

I don't feel the need for it.

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