[postgis-users] Divide 1 Polygon into 2 polygons with a linestring

[Brent Wood]

--- Baris YILMAZ <baris_999 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem. I have a polygon and a Linestring. The linestring enters at
> one point the polygon and leaves at another. In other words, it goes through
> the polygon. I need to divide the polygon into two pieces, one right to the
> linestring and one left.
> 


I haven't tried it but the BuildArea or Polygonise functions may do this.


Brent Wood