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Created September 22, 2011 22:43
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Check whether a point is within a polygon #ruby
def point_in_polygon?(polygonPoints)
return false if self.latitude.blank? or self.longitude.blank?
polygonPoints.each do |point|
point[0] = point[0].to_f
point[1] = point[1].to_f
end
contains_point = false
i = -1
j = polygonPoints.size - 1
while (i += 1) < polygonPoints.size
a_point_on_polygon = polygonPoints[i]
trailing_point_on_polygon = polygonPoints[j]
if point_is_between_the_ys_of_the_line_segment?(a_point_on_polygon, trailing_point_on_polygon)
if ray_crosses_through_line_segment?(a_point_on_polygon, trailing_point_on_polygon)
contains_point = !contains_point
end
end
j = i
end
contains_point
end
private
def point_is_between_the_ys_of_the_line_segment?(a_point_on_polygon, trailing_point_on_polygon)
(a_point_on_polygon[0] <= self.latitude && self.latitude < trailing_point_on_polygon[0]) ||
(trailing_point_on_polygon[0] <= self.latitude && self.latitude < a_point_on_polygon[0])
end
def ray_crosses_through_line_segment?(a_point_on_polygon, trailing_point_on_polygon)
(self.longitude < (trailing_point_on_polygon[1] - a_point_on_polygon[1]) * (self.latitude - a_point_on_polygon[0]) /
(trailing_point_on_polygon[0] - a_point_on_polygon[0]) + a_point_on_polygon[1])
end
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Really helpful script 😄

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