#!/usr/bin/perl use GD; my $image = new GD::Image(110,110); my $red = $image->colorAllocate(255,0,0); my $blue = $image->colorAllocate(0,0,255); my $white = $image->colorAllocate(255,255,255); $image->fill(0,0,$white); my $poly = new GD::Polygon; $poly->addPt(50,0); ### add your points $poly->addPt(99,99); $poly->addPt(0,99); $image->polygon($poly); ### do the work my $base_point = [109,109]; # known outside my $test_point = [50,50]; # unknown $image->fill($test_point->[0],$test_point->[1],$red); my $clrindex = $image->getPixel($base_point->[0],$base_point->[1]); if ($clrindex == $red) { warn "Point is outside of polygon."; exit 0; } else { warn "Point is inside of polygon."; exit 1; }