<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Thanks for the suggestion.</div><div>i'll look into it.</div><div>Henri</div><div style="font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> L Bogert-OBrien <dlawbob@ncf.ca><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> PostGIS Users Discussion <postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, September 10, 2010 3:33:59 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [postgis-users] Trying to simplify a collection of polygons<br></font><br>
Hi Henri,<br><br>Did you try using ST_MULTI and then check the output? I have had<br>success with this.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Loretta<br><div style="font-family:courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>Hello,</div><div> I have a collection of polygons none of which overlap except perhaps on parts of their outer rings.</div><div>I have the impression this cannot be turned into a multipolygon because there is overlap.</div><div>Is there any way of simplfying this collection to make a normal multipolygon? I am thinking of "fusing" the ones that touch.</div><div>Thankyou </div><div>Henri</div><div><br></div><div style=""></div>
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