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Buffer your point to create a polygon then use ST_PointOnSurface (or equivalent) in any competent spatially-enabled DBMS to create a point guaranteed to interse
by chad_thunder 8y ago
Buffer your point to create a polygon then use ST_PointOnSurface (or equivalent) in any competent spatially-enabled DBMS to create a point guaranteed to intersect the bounding polygon. Trivial in SQLite, PostGIS, etc.
- Cyph0n 8y agoGIS buffer polygons were magical when I first stumbled upon them.
- chad_thunder 8y agoSomething wrong with them nowadays?
- platz 8y agohow is that generated point random in any way? https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/76498/how-is-st-pointonsurface-calculated https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/76498/how-is-st-poin...