[postgis-devel] [PostGIS] #255: Geodetic point-in-polygon breaking case

[Martin Davis]

Paul, can you post a test case which exhibits this behaviour?  As far as 
I know, the JTS/GEOS algorithm handles this case fine.

PostGIS wrote:
> #255: Geodetic point-in-polygon breaking case
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>  Reporter:  pramsey  |       Owner:  pramsey      
>      Type:  defect   |      Status:  new          
>  Priority:  medium   |   Milestone:  postgis 1.5.0
> Component:  postgis  |     Version:  trunk        
>  Keywords:           |  
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>  If the stab line used for point-in-polygon calculation intersects a
>  parallel edge on the way out of the polygon, it will trigger a double
>  count, and will end up returning the wrong result.
>
>   

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