Hi,
I am new to GeoTools and spatial systems in general. I am trying to do
something very specific, and it looks like the GeoTools libraries should be
able to do this. That said, I have not been able to figure out the exact
steps I need to follow. I have browsed the documentation and mailing list
archives, as well as the code.
I have a Shapefile created by someone else, using some ESRI tool. The
shapefile has multiple features, each of which has a multipolygon geometry.
I want to identify if a given latitude/longitude coordinate lies within any
of the features within the shapefile.
So far, I am able to load in the Shape File and iterate through the features
with Feature Iterator. I tried to do my comparison by creating a Point
through a GeometryFactory from the latitude/longitude values I have, and
then trying:
feature.getDefaultGeometry().contains(thePoint).
However, this is always false. The lat/long values I have are:
26.49247
-80.47114
Is there some additional step I need to do? Do these values need to be
converted in some fashion before performing the geometry operation
(contains())?
Please let me know if I should be asking a different question. I am feeling
my way through this right now.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Cliff
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