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Matching points in table to polygons

this is my first post to this forum. I hope to start participating actively. I have a table with several records (aprox 200.000), each with its own coordinates. And I need to identify the "Polygon" ...
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MongoDB: Search for polygons which have a certain location

Good day :). I am trying to implement a search feature on MongoDB using Mongoose.js , the short version of which is this: I tag locations on a map as polygons. and give them names. Then when an user ...
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Tearing in ggmap (R) after using spTransform and random point generation using splancs

I am using R and the package ggmap to try and generate some random points within the city limits of Chapel Hill, NC. I have downloaded the shapefile for the town of Chapel Hill from the Orange County ...
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How to add a label of a point to a polygon

i have several polygons with in each polygon a point with a label (number). I want to add the label in the polygon to the attribute-table of the polygon it belongs to.
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Create a polygon layer from point data

I'm currently using QGIS 1.8.0 I would like to create a polygon layer from a point dataset, where the size of the polygons relates to the resolution of the grid reference. The ultimate aim would be ...
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How to identify feature vertices that are part of a donut hole in ArcGIS 10?

I´m exporting the coordinates of polygon vertices to a CSV-File using the "Feature Vertices to Points" and then the "Export feature attributes to ASCII"-tools. Some of these polygons have holes ...
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Accessing coordinates of polygon

I have designed a polygon in a web page and the coordinates are stored in the database of the type polygon. However when I check the database, I find GEOMETRY - 120B under polygon field. What does ...
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CenterPoint of Polygon in ArcEngine .Net 10

I am currently trying to get the center point of a polygon. In GIS, i can see the "x" mark in the center of the polygon, but I do not know how to get it from the IPolygon object. I tried getting the ...
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How can I find a point inside a polygon in PostGIS?

How can I find a point that is guaranteed to be within a given polygon in PostGIS? I am aware of the ST_Centroid function. However, the centroid is not always within a polygon, see below: ...