[postgis-users] isvalid(the_geom)

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Christo,

Christo Du Preez wrote:

> It is s bit of a worry just leaving out rows that is not valid, I
> suppose the issue should be resolved right from the start, to rather fix
> the data in the first place.

Yes, that's right, expecially as validity tests can be so expensive.

> The problem is that I have no idea how to, this is public domain data
> supplied by the government.

You will have to look into GIS tools like openJump, Java Conflation
Suite, UDig or so - most of them have editing tools that allow for data
validation and repairing.

HTH,
Markus
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