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Hi all,
can someone give me a hint for one problem...

i have a linestring. it has start point coordinates, end point coordinates and of course length and each point has (x,y) coordinates pair. these x,y coordinates are stored in a separete table for every start and end point respectively . let suppose that length of linestring is 500 meter. i am at 300 meter away from end point of line string. i want to get my position in (x,y) coordinates on this line string. any hint......

thnx
Jan 5 '07 #1
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michaelb
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Look at the geometrical functiuons at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-geometry.html
Jan 11 '07 #2

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