[postgis] The Next Level

Paul Ramsey pramsey at refractions.net
Fri Jul 27 14:03:23 PDT 2001



"Timothy H. Keitt" wrote:

> All the items you  listed would be great to have.  High on my list would
> be native support for geodetic coordinates.  

Speaking of which, we have an open request from a client to add
calculations of area on a spheroid to PostGIS. We have been stymied to
date in that we haven't been able to find an equation/algorithm for it.
Anyone have a reference or some sample code?

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