It all falls down into this function:
write_double(double val){
ensure(32);
if (lwgi)
sprintf(out_pos,"%.8g",val);
else
sprintf(out_pos,"%.15g",val);
to_end();
}
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:23 AM, Paragon Corporation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Slight clarification about what I am trying to solve.
>
> After edits I am coming back with lines that used to be intersecting no
> longer intersecting and that still have the same AsText representation.
>
> My hope is to reduce the precision of my geometry in the database so the
> edits don't break the topology of my lines by doing something like this
>
>
> Update sometable
> SET the_geom = ST_SetSRID(ST_AsText(the_geom), mysrid)
>
>
> But I fear that if AsText is doing a rounding rather than a truncation, that
> I run the risk of breaking things that used to intersect. I am more
> concerned about under intersecting than over intersecting. Although I
> probably haven't thought this out enough so maybe it's a non-issue.
>
> Thanks,
> Regina
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paragon
> Corporation
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 12:01 AM
> To: 'PostGIS Users Discussion'
> Subject: [postgis-users] Does ST_AsText truncate or round
>
> Hopefully this is a simple question. I know that ST_AsText returns a
> geometry that is not necessarily as prescise as what is actually stored in
> the geometry field. I have an editor that relies on WKT representation.
>
> Anyrate just wanted to know if the ST_AsText does a rounding of the points
> or it does a truncation of the points. Also would be nice to know if I
> could control the precision of this since I will need to truncate my actual
> geometry accordingly so that both are in agreement.
>
> Thanks,
> Regina
>
>
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