U-Shaped countries/counties would also have the same effect Haiti would be be an example of this http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=18.973831,-72.773437&spn=3.583831,4.943848&z=8
now just paste the coordinates in http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=18.973831,-72.773437&ie=UTF8&ll=18.635835,-72.509766&spn=7.178941,9.887695&z=7 (zoom in to see sea!) but a database would return a 'null as' outside the country polygon but inside the MBR Just for consideration. Mapperz http://mapperz.blogspot.com/ On Sep 11, 9:51 am, marcelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 10, 5:39 pm, "maps.huge.info [Maps API Guru]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not necessarily. If the point is outside the polygon yet inside the > > MBR, the result will be wrong. You'll still have to check if one > > result comes back for this possibility, unless the polygon is in fact > > a rectangle. > > John, > > I realized this after I posted, which is why I added a second post > saying "in most cases". ;-) > The case you mention, in which the point is outside the polygon and > inside the MBR, is the case in which I meant that you get 2, and you > need to sort them in your script. This is often the case with non- > overlapping, contiguous polygons, like counties. > > However, there is a worse case: Imagine several polygons consisting of > "diagonal stripes", > > ///// > ///// > ///// > > then the point can be inside several MBRs, but this is unusual with > couties, states, etc. > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
