random points inside polygon bounds

[frankrowe]

Gauging interest for this feature. Would just generate the points inside a specific polygon instead of anywhere in the world. Could also be used for lines, polygons in the future.

I have a need for this so I'm working on in it my fork right now

[tmcw]

sure, would be interested in your solution, a smart solution that doesn't just do random in bbox->expensive point-in-polygon would be interesting

[frankrowe]

yeah, that's what I'm doing right now and it works okay, but I haven't tested for lots of points or weird polygons.

I'm guessing the other solution is to split the polygon into triangles and then rand inside those.

[tmcw]

Stopgap solution that I'm okay is the bbox functionality I just pushed to master.