[postgis-devel] ST_PointOutside? User useful or mislabeled

Paul Ramsey pramsey at cleverelephant.ca
Tue Nov 17 14:06:59 PST 2009


A point outside the entity is required for point-in-polygon testing.
The function I exposed for testing, so it could be given a more _ST_
prefix.

P.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Paragon Corporation <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> What is this geography function for?  Should it be documented or is it a
> testing function in which case -- why does it have an ST_ in front of it?
> Is it like a pointonsurface for geography?
>
> Thanks,
> Regina
>
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