[postgis-users] Clipping a polygon using a linestring?

[Paul Ramsey]

We still don't have a polygon splitting routine in GEOS/JTS, so there's 
no direct perfect way of doing this.

One ugly way to split the polygon is to buffer the line every so 
slightly and then difference it out. That still leaves you with the 
problem of allocating the resulting polygons to the left and right sides 
of the line.

Funders for split-polygon are welcome to step forward. Otherwise, 
waiting will eventually cause it to pop out, it is on the roadmap, just 
behind paid work, per usual.

P

Paul Moen wrote:
> Is there a way to take a polygon or multipolygon and clip with a linestring?
> 
> I am trying to take the polygon outlined in black, clip it using the 
> blue LINESTRING to achieve the grey multipolygon.
> 
> Is this possible?  I think the difference function would work if the 
> LINESTRING were a polygon. Keep in mind that this drawing is rough.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
>  
> Paul Moen
> pmoen at nd.gov
> 
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