They aren't saying they can't cross the dateline, they are saying you can't have objects that cover more than half the sphere (any half). It's a restriction, but not a particularly onerous one.
On 2/26/08, Robert Coup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Noticed this today... > > http://stevekass.com/2007/11/21/the-hemisphere-requirement/ > > Basically, in SQL Server 2008 Geography values (geography is the > ellipsoidal "first-class citizen" type) are limited to a single > hemisphere (<180 width and <90 height). > > Odd. Because I would think it'd be relatively easy to implement > something with those same restrictions on top of postgis' geometry > data type via some adding and subtracting past +/- 180 & +/-90. > > (IMHO a single-hemisphere limit is dumb, from my point of view the > whole purpose of "geography" is to be able to represent > large/interesting areas of the world) > > Rob :) > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
