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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am a new user of Postgis. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am looking for a function to compile the length of the shortest
string connecting a set of points.  <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There are no network, only spatial points. I have already
compiled the convex hull of these sets of points and I am looking for another
indicator.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=silver face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:silver'>====================================</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><em><b><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Catherine
Morency, ing., Ph.D.</span></font></i></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>Professeure adjointe</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>Département des génies
civil, géologique et des mines</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>École Polytechnique de
Montréal</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>Groupe MADITUC</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face="Arial Narrow"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow"'>(514) 340-4711 p.4502</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:cmorency@polymtl.ca"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>cmorency@polymtl.ca</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:silver'>====================================</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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