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Re: Already written function to find if a point is within a rectangle? [message #79388 is a reply to message #79347] Thu, 23 February 2012 11:13 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On Feb 23, 7:34 am, Craig Markwardt <craig.markwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm thinking of making polygons with a large number of edges, instead
>> of rectangles, with every data point at the edge of a FITS file as a
>> vertex. That would minimize the projection error, right?
>
> That helps.  Special care is probably need around the poles though.

Not only the poles. Also at the longitude boundary. Working with
polygons in spherical geometry is, in my experience, a pain. Just
because there is not enough library support for it.
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