On 3/16/2011 11:12 PM, Bryan Stevenson wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on performing a task that > involves determining if a given lat/long is within a given oddly shaped > (not a simple rectangle) area/box?
that (point-polygon searches) is actually the GIS's job. what are you using for that? how are you storing the spatial data? i would rally justletthe GIS do what it was designed for but if you insist on doing it manually i guess start with: http://www.geotools.org/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/jts-topo-suite/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343071 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
