[postgis-users] isvalid(the_geom)

[Christo Du Preez]

Hi Markus,

Thanx for the advice. Out of the tools you mentioned, which one do you 
prefer? Ease of use and functionality...

Markus Schaber wrote:
> 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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Kind Regards,
Christo Du Preez

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