I'll assume this feature doesn't exist, so I've added an enhancement ticket:
http://trac.gispython.org/lab/ticket/247

-Mike

On 18 February 2011 13:09, Mike Toews <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Shapely to compare linestrings (e.g., contains) from
> different sources. Unfortunately, as they are from different sources,
> my comparisons are not as they expected due to precision loss.
>
> Is it possible to modify the GEOS precision model[1] in Shapely? I've
> tested my work in JTS TestBuilder using a fixed scale of 100000.0,
> which works perfectly.
>
> I'll provide an example for context. To see if A contains B, using
> default double precision model:
> A : LINESTRING (2804546.853088379 6342201.814086914, 2804586.597930257
> 6342227.426515108, 2804626.342772136 6342253.038943302,
> 2804666.0876140143 6342278.651371496, 2804705.8324558926
> 6342304.26379969, 2804745.577297771 6342329.876227884,
> 2804765.623917896 6342368.096008201, 2804789.0318718576
> 6342403.585924613, 2804826.622362667 6342430.003267048,
> 2804841.9301757812 6342474.739379883)
> B : LINESTRING (2804586.597930198 6342227.426515403,
> 2804546.8530881978 6342201.814087403)
>
> A contains B = False
>
> Changing precision model to 100000.0:
>
> A : LINESTRING (2804546.85309 6342201.81409, 2804586.59793
> 6342227.42652, 2804626.34277 6342253.03894, 2804666.08761
> 6342278.65137, 2804705.83246 6342304.2638, 2804745.5773 6342329.87623,
> 2804765.62392 6342368.09601, 2804789.03187 6342403.58592,
> 2804826.62236 6342430.00327, 2804841.93018 6342474.73938)
> B : LINESTRING (2804586.59793 6342227.42652, 2804546.85309 6342201.81409)
>
> A contains B = True
>
> Thanks!
> -Mike
>
> [1] 
> http://geos.refractions.net/ro/doxygen_docs/html/classgeos_1_1geom_1_1PrecisionModel.html
>
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