[postgis-users] Geography problem

[Bulat Nigmatullin]

Steve, thank you a lot! You solved my question.

I checked my geography using http://www.gcmap.com/mapui and realised I was
wrong. It seems I completely don't understand geography.

Thank you again.

Best regards,
Bulat Nigmatullin


On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Stephen V. Mather <
svm at clevelandmetroparks.com> wrote:

>  Hi Bulat,****
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>                 Without testing this myself, you might look to this blog
> post for a potential answer:****
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> http://blog.opengeo.org/2012/04/30/the-earth-is-not-flat-volume-2/****
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> Best,****
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> Steve****
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> **[image: http://www.clemetparks.com/images/esig/cmp-ms-90x122.png]**Stephen
> Mather
> Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Manager
> (216) 635-3243****
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> svm at clevelandmetroparks.com
> clevelandmetroparks.com <http://www.clemetparks.com/>****
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> *From:* postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net [mailto:
> postgis-users-bounces at postgis.refractions.net] *On Behalf Of *Bulat
> Nigmatullin
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:25 AM
> *To:* postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> *Subject:* [postgis-users] Geography problem****
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> I'm trying to execute the following SQL:****
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> SELECT ST_Covers(ST_GeogFromText('POLYGON((-22 61, 62 61, 62 48, -22 48,
> -22 61))'), ST_GeogFromText('POINT(37 55)'));****
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> PostGIS returned me FALSE, but i'm expecting TRUE.****
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> Please, tell me is this my error or PostGIS bug?
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> Best regards,****
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> Bulat Nigmatullin****
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Булат Нигматуллин****

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