[postgis-users] Support for LINESTRING and CIRCULARSTRING in the same polygon.

[Mats Taraldsvik]

Hi,

On 07/20/2011 08:53 PM, James David Smith wrote:
> Hey Mats,
>
> I'm just a newbie, so don't really have an answer for you I'm afraid,
> but if a Polygon has a curved line, then it isn't a Polygon I don't
> think. Polygons have only straight lines.
>

Yes. My internal polygon objects (for a corporate gis system) may 
contain both, though, and I need a way to store them in PostGIS.

> Am quite curious what the answer is to your query though... ! Good luck.
>
> James

Thanks! :)

cheers,
Mats

> On 20 July 2011 19:48, Mats Taraldsvik<mats.taraldsvik at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have to deal with Polygons which have curves as well as straight lines.
>> How should I store them in postgis? (If I understand the documentation
>> correctly, Polygon is for linestrings, CurvePolygon is for circularstrings,
>> but none of them handles a mix of both..?)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mats Taraldsvik
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