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Thanks for you help, I will give a try.<br>
Tommaso<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/05/2013 10:14 AM, Rémi Cura
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<div dir="ltr">Maybe you could try with a more powerfull langage,
<div>like PL-R.</div>
<div>You would probably find some already existing useful brick
for what you want to do.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
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Is there an existing function to do this? No.<br>
Is it easy to write such a function? No, not if<br>
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is the simplest algorithm for solving this problem in
general terms.<br>
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An interesting problem, though. Would be useful for
labelling purposes.
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Hello, I need to calculate the biggest rectangle which
is contained within another polygon. A sort of inner
envelope or inner bounding box.<br>
I found this interesting article: <a
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target="_blank">http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~athens/cs507/Projects/2003/DanielSud/</a><br>
Is it possible in Postgis?<br>
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I have attached a picture with a example of what I
need.<br>
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