{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3317","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapnik/mapnik","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3317/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3317/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3317/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3317","id":136677994,"number":3317,"title":"Use geometry instead of box3d","user":{"login":"pnorman","id":1190866,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1190866?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman","html_url":"https://github.com/pnorman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":6,"created_at":"2016-02-26T11:55:15Z","updated_at":"2016-11-17T16:36:31Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Mapnik uses `SetSRID('BOX3D(-39135.75848201022 6222585.598639628,665307.8941941741 6927029.251315812)'::box3d,900913)` or similar for the bounding box substitution. After talking with people working on box3d at the OSGeo code sprint, this usage is surprising.\n\nIt would be better to use a geometry, as all usage will end up casting to a geometry anyways. ST_MakeEnvelope was suggested.\n\nAdditionally, only single precision is needed.\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapnik/mapnik/issues/comments/261297400","html_url":"https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3317#issuecomment-261297400","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapnik/mapnik/issues/3317","id":261297400,"user":{"login":"pnorman","id":1190866,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1190866?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman","html_url":"https://github.com/pnorman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pnorman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-11-17T16:36:31Z","updated_at":"2016-11-17T16:36:31Z","body":"see also #3551"}}
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