I have to do this in an application and used this UDF: http://www.cflib.org/udf/inPolygon
I think it performs the task you described. On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Bryan Stevenson < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Quite new to GIS, but not CF...... > > I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on performing a task that > involves determining if a given lat/long is within a given oddly shaped > (not a simple rectangle) area/box? > > I would assume the hard part is defining the boundaries of an irregular > shaped box, but once defined the check to see if the co-ordinates are > within it is probably more straightforward. > > I'm also guessing that the number crunching may be via some sort of Java > package? > > Any insight is greatly appreciated....and please blow away my > assumptions if I'm off base ;-) > > TIA > > Cheers > -- > > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > phone: 250.480.0642 > fax: 250.480.1264 > cell: 250.920.8830 > e-mail: [email protected] > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > Notice: > This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain > information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended > only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized > otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please > notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this > message and attachments. > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
