[OSM-talk] osmxapi/bbox question

[Andy Allan]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

>  (An obvious optimization is to compute the largest rectangle contained
>  in, and the largest rectangle containing, the polygon. First check if
>  point is outside the outer bbox - if yes, you're done. Then check if
>  point is inside the inner bbox - if yes, you're done. Only after that do
>  the actual polygon test.)

PostGIS is thataway -->

:-)

Cheers,
Andy