Support south-north scanning mode for bounding box and area

[sandorkertesz]

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 81.79%. Comparing base (8def593) to head (f9ae569).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on develop.

Additional details and impacted files

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+ Coverage    81.71%   81.79%   +0.07%     
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  Files          236      236              
  Lines        15935    15914      -21     
  Branches       768      768              
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- Hits         13022    13017       -5     
+ Misses        2687     2671      -16     
  Partials       226      226              

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