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how to check if a point is contained in a polygon ?

by jcigar@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Julien Cigar) May 7, 2008 at 06:25 PM

Hello,

I'm busy to work on an application where the user can select (with
precision) an area on a map (for example the contours of a lake) and I
have to retrieve all the data (specimen observations) within this area. 

I have a list of coordinates pair [(lat1, long1), (lat2, long2), (lat3,
long3), (..., ...)] which form a polygon. In my database every specimen
has a pair of coordinates where it has been collected.

Is there an SQL function to check if a point is contained in a polygon
shape (before I start to write my own) ?

I tried something like :

rodentia=> select point '(-8,25)' <@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 polygon
'((-3,10),(8,18),(-3,30),(-10,20))';
ERROR:  operator does not exist: point <@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 polygon
HINT:  No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You may
need to add explicit type casts.

.... but without success as you can see ;\

In advance thanks,
Julien

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how to check if a point is contained in a polygon ?
jcigar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-07 18:25:36 
Re: how to check if a point is contained in a polygon ?
dev@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (R  2008-05-07 15:38:17 
Re: how to check if a point is contained in a polygon ?
jcigar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-07 19:00:23 
Re: how to check if a point is contained in a polygon ?
tgl@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (T  2008-05-07 11:12:29 

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