In the most simple case, take a very long rectangle and rotate it. There can be an infinity of horizontal rectangles inside it all having the same biggest area.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:postgis-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Racine > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 9:42 AM > To: PostGIS Users Discussion > Subject: Re: [postgis-users] biggest rectangle contained within another > polygon > > You will have to define "biggest" more precisely. Biggest in terms of area? > There might be many inner rectangles having the same biggest area. How to > choose one over the other? > > Pierre > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:postgis-users- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of tommaso > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 5:07 AM > > To: PostGIS Users Discussion > > Subject: [postgis-users] biggest rectangle contained within another > polygon > > > > Hello, I need to calculate the biggest rectangle which is contained > > within another polygon. A sort of inner envelope or inner bounding box. > > I found this interesting article: > > http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~athens/cs507/Projects/2003/DanielSud/ > > Is it possible in Postgis? > > > > I have attached a picture with a example of what I need. > > > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > postgis-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
