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title: "CG_Orientation"
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CG_Orientation — Determine surface orientation
integer
CG_Orientation
(
geometry
geom
)
;
The function only applies to polygons. It returns -1 if the polygon is counterclockwise oriented and 1 if the polygon is clockwise oriented.
Availability: 3.5.0
This method needs SFCGAL backend.
This function supports 3d and will not drop the z-index.