Removed illegal characters from the file.

git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@294 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee

diff --git a/doc/postgis.xml b/doc/postgis.xml
index cf1c32e515ef3839a2e8bf0ff04279b895044fbc..f4033eaba4135245508603680cceedf5431375a3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/postgis.xml
+++ b/doc/postgis.xml
@@ -1706,6 +1706,7 @@ if( geom.getType() = Geometry.POLYGON )
                                                  the database without converting it to a string representation.
                                                </para> 
                                                <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.1 - also see asBinary(&lt;geometry&gt;,'XDR') and asBinary(&lt;geometry&gt;,'NDR')
+                                               </para>
                                        </listitem> 
                                </varlistentry> 
                                <varlistentry> 
@@ -1759,7 +1760,7 @@ representational geometry primitives as discussed in the OGC SPEC, section 3.12.
                                <term>equals(geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
                                        <para>
-                                               Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is \91spatially equal\92 to
+                                               Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is "spatially equal" to
 anotherGeometry.  Use this for a 'better' answer than '='.  equals ('LINESTRING(0 0, 10 10)','LINESTRING(0 0, 5 5, 10 10)') is true.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
@@ -1770,18 +1771,18 @@ anotherGeometry.  Use this for a 'better' answer than '='.  equals ('LINESTRING(
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>disjoint(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is \91spatially disjoint\92 from anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is "spatially disjoint" from anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
-                                       <para> NOTE: this is the "allowable" version that returns a boolean, not an integer.
-                                       <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.1 //s2.1.13.3 - a.Relate(b, \91FF*FF****\92) </para>
+                                       <para> NOTE: this is the "allowable" version that returns a boolean, not an integer.</para>
+                                       <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.1 //s2.1.13.3 - a.Relate(b, 'FF*FF****') </para>
                                </listitem> 
                                </varlistentry> 
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>intersects(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry  \91spatially intersects\92  anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry  "spatially intersects"  anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
@@ -1792,7 +1793,7 @@ anotherGeometry.  Use this for a 'better' answer than '='.  equals ('LINESTRING(
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>touches(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry  \91spatially touches\92  anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry  "spatially touches"  anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
@@ -1803,29 +1804,29 @@ anotherGeometry.  Use this for a 'better' answer than '='.  equals ('LINESTRING(
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>crosses(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry  \91spatially crosses\92  anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry  "spatially crosses"  anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
                                        <para> NOTE: this is the "allowable" version that returns a boolean, not an integer.
-                                       <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.1 // s2.1.13.3 - a.Relate(b, \91T*T******\92)  </para>
+                                       <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.1 // s2.1.13.3 - a.Relate(b, 'T*T******')  </para>
                                </listitem> 
                                </varlistentry> 
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>within(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is \91spatially within\92  anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is "spatially within"  anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
                                        <para> NOTE: this is the "allowable" version that returns a boolean, not an integer.
-                                       <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.1 // s2.1.13.3 - a.Relate(b, \91T*F**F***\92) </para>
+                                       <para>OGC SPEC s2.1.1.1 // s2.1.13.3 - a.Relate(b, 'T*F**F***') </para>
                                </listitem> 
                                </varlistentry> 
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>overlaps(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is \91spatially overlapping\92  anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is "spatially overlapping"  anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
@@ -1836,7 +1837,7 @@ anotherGeometry.  Use this for a 'better' answer than '='.  equals ('LINESTRING(
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>contains(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is \91spatially contains\92  anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is "spatially contains"  anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
@@ -1847,7 +1848,7 @@ anotherGeometry.  Use this for a 'better' answer than '='.  equals ('LINESTRING(
                                <varlistentry> 
                                <term>intersects(geometry,geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
-                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is \91spatially intersects\92  anotherGeometry.
+                                       <para>Returns 1 (TRUE) if this Geometry is "spatially intersects"  anotherGeometry.
                                        </para> 
                                        <para>Performed by the GEOS module</para>
                                        <para>Do not call with a GeometryCollection as an argument</para>
@@ -2216,7 +2217,7 @@ is simple (does not pass through the same point more than once).
                                <term>area(geometry)</term> 
                                <listitem> 
                                        <para>Returns the area of the geometry if it is a polygon or
-                                         multi-polygon. (same as area2(<polygon|multipolygon>)
+                                         multi-polygon. (same as area2(&lt;polygon|multipolygon&gt;)
                                        </para> 
                                </listitem> 
                                </varlistentry>