Hi Martin, can you give me any pointers how to go about it?
thanks, robert Am Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2007 23:11 schrieben Sie: > Yes, there is a JTS function which does this. > > The deterimination of which two points are closest in two geometries is > computed as part of the distance operation. It just usually isn't > exposed. Should be an easy addition to make to PostGIS, I would think. > > Robert Nuske wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > is there a way to get the closest points of two polygons? > > Basically the points on the polygons, which are used for the distance > > calculations. > > > > I couldn't find anything among the postgis-functions (which might be > > caused by my greenness) that would return the two closest points. But > > isn't there a function in geos/JTS doing just that. > > > > I hope somebody can suggest a nice and easy way to obtain the points on > > the boundaries of two polygons with the shortest distance. > > > > Any help is more than welcome. > > > > cheers, > > robert > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > postgis-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users -- ____________________________________ Robert Nuske Institute for Forest Biometrics & Applied Computer Science Buesgenweg 4 37077 Goettingen GERMANY Phone: +49-551-39-2362 Fax : +49-551-39-3465 _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
