[postgis-users] biggest rectangle contained within another polygon

[Pierre Racine]

You will have to define "biggest" more precisely. Biggest in terms of area? There might be many inner rectangles having the same biggest area. How to choose one over the other?

Pierre

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> Hello, I need to calculate the biggest rectangle which is contained
> within another polygon. A sort of inner envelope or inner bounding box.
> I found this interesting article:
> http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~athens/cs507/Projects/2003/DanielSud/
> Is it possible in Postgis?
> 
> I have attached a picture with a example of what I need.
> 
> Tom