Thanks Sven, I will test the performance... some my objects have around 10000 points. Maybe I will reduce the amount of point and sacrifice some precision.
I thought something like that was already available in SH. Best regards On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > Arturo, > > In Pharo itself, you could just do it yourself, like this: > > T3GeoTools class>>#is: position inside: polygon > "T3GeoTools is: 5.33732@50.92601 inside: { 5.48230@50.82249. > 5.49523@50.81288. 5.50138@50.82008. 5.50228@50.82595. 5.49265@50.82560. > 5.48230@50.82249 }" > > "T3GeoTools is: 5.49007@50.82205 inside: { 5.48230@50.82249. > 5.49523@50.81288. 5.50138@50.82008. 5.50228@50.82595. 5.49265@50.82560. > 5.48230@50.82249 }" > > "Point in polygon - ray casting algorithm - > http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/wrf/Research/Short_Notes/pnpoly.html" > > | inside otherIndex | > inside := false. > otherIndex := polygon size. > polygon doWithIndex: [ :each :index | | other | > other := polygon at: otherIndex. > (((each y > position y) ~= (other y > position y)) > and: [ position x < (((other x - each x) * > (position y - each y) / (other y - each y)) + each x) ]) > ifTrue: [ inside := inside not ]. > otherIndex := index ]. > ^ inside > > Inside circle, rectangle etc are trivial. > > Sven > > > On 25 Jul 2015, at 01:19, Arturo Zambrano <arturo.zambr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I would like to get some advice regarding which path I should take. > > > > Problem: > > Given a coordinate I want to know to which geographical object it > belongs to. > > > > Path 1 > > Using Glorp to make a query to a Postgis instance containing the > boundaries of the geobjects > > > > > > > > Path 2 > > Use the data form GADM data (according to this thread). > > > > > > I would avoid path 1 in order to avoid installation of postgi. From the > > thread mentioned above, I thing that it requires some development. > > > > > > Regarding Path 2, I don't see which framework or library should I use to > > import and query the data contained in the KMZ from GADM. > > > > > > Any advice is welcome. > > > > Best regards. > > Art > > > > > > >