[postgis-users] Longest axis of a polygon

[Christian Heine]

Micheal,
On 01/02/2006, at 12:57 PM, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> Here's a function that I've only minimally tested.  As I said, I'm
> not familiar with solving this particular problem so corrections
> or improvements are welcome.  One possible problem is that for
> certain geometries the function might return a linestring that lies
> entirely outside the geometry, except for the endpoints; a crescent
> comes to mind.

You're a legend! That's exactly what I was looking for. So far, the  
results look very very useful.
Thanks a lot for the help! I will have a look if it needs further  
improvement and will let you know if I change something.

Cheers,
Christian


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Christian Heine
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School of Geosciences - The University of Sydney
Australia