[postgis-users] ST_Contains - WGS84

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Regina,

"Obe, Regina" <robe.dnd at cityofboston.gov> wrote:

> As I understand it, they just perform operations on the coordinates given to them and verify that the two geometries are in the same coordinate system otherwise the analysis would be pointless since you would be comparing apples and oranges.

Yes, that's true, they just work on the underlying coordinates,
interpreting them in a carthesian way.



Regards,
Markus

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