MySQL implementation of ray-casting Algorithm?

Question

We need to figure out a quick and fairly accurate method for point-in-polygon for lat/long values and polygons over google maps. After some research - came across some posts abo

Answer 1

Here is a version that works with MULTIPOLYGONS (an adaptation of Zarun's one which only works for POLYGONS).

CREATE FUNCTION GISWithin(p POINT, multipoly MULTIPOLYGON) RETURNS INT(1) DETERMINISTIC 
BEGIN 
DECLARE n,i,m,x INT DEFAULT 0; 
DECLARE pX,pY,poly1X,poly1Y,poly2X,poly2Y DECIMAL(13,10); 
DECLARE ls LINESTRING; 
DECLARE poly MULTIPOLYGON;
DECLARE poly1,poly2 POINT; 
DECLARE result INT(1) DEFAULT 0; 
SET pX = X(p); 
SET pY = Y(p); 
SET m = NumGeometries(multipoly);
WHILE x ( poly2Y - poly1Y ) * ( pX - poly1X ) / ( poly2X - poly1X ) + poly1Y ) ) THEN 
SET result = !result; 
END IF; 
SET poly2X = poly1X; 
SET poly2Y = poly1Y; 
SET i = i + 1; 
END WHILE; 
SET x = x + 1;
END WHILE;
RETURN result; 
End;