Re: help with query thanks

On Tue, 06 May 2003 12:38:52 +0000, andrewst <member14183_at_dbforums.com> wrote:

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>Originally posted by Jess
>> I have a long list of locations each with a latitude and longitude and
>> I wish to select all that fall within an odd shaped boundary defined
>> by lat and long points. I can select all within a radius of a point or
>> all within a rectangle (the simple ones I guess) but need to select
>> all within an odd shaped polygon such as as meandering river basin or
>> a locality boundry. I will be using an sqlplus query to extract the
>> locations. If OT please suggest a relavent group. I tried
>> uk.education.maths but drew a blank.Thanks.
>A search on Google came up with this:
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>http://www.alienryderflex.com/polygon/
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>You may also want to consider whether Oracle Spatial would be helpful.

Thanks Andrew, the website prompts more questions. Dare I say "sorry I asked"

Jess Received on Thu May 08 2003 - 13:09:40 CEST