[postgis-users] [Question] Point returned in ST_LineLocatePoint and ST_ClosestPoint is not able to detect in ST_Contains

[Sandro Santilli]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 05:59:48PM +0530, Dharshan Bharathur wrote:
> Thanks for the reply,
> 
> Yes, I tried with ST_DWithin and it is working fine now.
> 
> But then, according to doc "closest point on LineString to the given Point"
> is wrong statement right?

Well, yes. It would be "closest representable point".
I'm actually fighting with that right now here:
https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/3280

--strk;