David Segond's answer is pretty much the standard general answer, and Richard T's is the most common optimization, though therre are some others. Other strong optimizations are based on less general solutions. For example if you are going to check the same polygon with lots of points, triangulating the polygon can speed things up hugely as there are a number of very fast TIN searching algorithms. Another is if the polygon and points are on a limited plane at low resolution, say a screen display, you can paint the polygon onto a memory mapped display buffer in a given colour, and check the color of a given pixel to see if it lies in the polygons.

像许多优化一样，这些优化是基于特定情况而不是一般情况，并且基于摊销时间而不是单次使用产生效益。

在这个领域工作，我发现约瑟夫·奥鲁克斯的《计算几何》在C' ISBN 0-521-44034-3是一个很大的帮助。

VBA版本:

注意:请记住，如果你的多边形是地图中的一个区域，纬度/经度是Y/X值，而不是X/Y(纬度= Y，经度= X)，因为从我的理解来看，这是历史含义，因为经度不是一个测量值。

类模块:CPoint

Private pXValue As Double
Private pYValue As Double

'''''X Value Property'''''

Public Property Get X() As Double
    X = pXValue
End Property

Public Property Let X(Value As Double)
    pXValue = Value
End Property

'''''Y Value Property'''''

Public Property Get Y() As Double
    Y = pYValue
End Property

Public Property Let Y(Value As Double)
    pYValue = Value
End Property

模块:

Public Function isPointInPolygon(p As CPoint, polygon() As CPoint) As Boolean

    Dim i As Integer
    Dim j As Integer
    Dim q As Object
    Dim minX As Double
    Dim maxX As Double
    Dim minY As Double
    Dim maxY As Double
    minX = polygon(0).X
    maxX = polygon(0).X
    minY = polygon(0).Y
    maxY = polygon(0).Y

    For i = 1 To UBound(polygon)
        Set q = polygon(i)
        minX = vbMin(q.X, minX)
        maxX = vbMax(q.X, maxX)
        minY = vbMin(q.Y, minY)
        maxY = vbMax(q.Y, maxY)
    Next i

    If p.X < minX Or p.X > maxX Or p.Y < minY Or p.Y > maxY Then
        isPointInPolygon = False
        Exit Function
    End If


    ' SOURCE: http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/wrf/Research/Short_Notes/pnpoly.html

    isPointInPolygon = False
    i = 0
    j = UBound(polygon)

    Do While i < UBound(polygon) + 1
        If (polygon(i).Y > p.Y) Then
            If (polygon(j).Y < p.Y) Then
                If p.X < (polygon(j).X - polygon(i).X) * (p.Y - polygon(i).Y) / (polygon(j).Y - polygon(i).Y) + polygon(i).X Then
                    isPointInPolygon = True
                    Exit Function
                End If
            End If
        ElseIf (polygon(i).Y < p.Y) Then
            If (polygon(j).Y > p.Y) Then
                If p.X < (polygon(j).X - polygon(i).X) * (p.Y - polygon(i).Y) / (polygon(j).Y - polygon(i).Y) + polygon(i).X Then
                    isPointInPolygon = True
                    Exit Function
                End If
            End If
        End If
        j = i
        i = i + 1
    Loop   
End Function

Function vbMax(n1, n2) As Double
    vbMax = IIf(n1 > n2, n1, n2)
End Function

Function vbMin(n1, n2) As Double
    vbMin = IIf(n1 > n2, n2, n1)
End Function


Sub TestPointInPolygon()

    Dim i As Integer
    Dim InPolygon As Boolean

'   MARKER Object
    Dim p As CPoint
    Set p = New CPoint
    p.X = <ENTER X VALUE HERE>
    p.Y = <ENTER Y VALUE HERE>

'   POLYGON OBJECT
    Dim polygon() As CPoint
    ReDim polygon(<ENTER VALUE HERE>) 'Amount of vertices in polygon - 1
    For i = 0 To <ENTER VALUE HERE> 'Same value as above
       Set polygon(i) = New CPoint
       polygon(i).X = <ASSIGN X VALUE HERE> 'Source a list of values that can be looped through
       polgyon(i).Y = <ASSIGN Y VALUE HERE> 'Source a list of values that can be looped through
    Next i

    InPolygon = isPointInPolygon(p, polygon)
    MsgBox InPolygon

End Sub

为了完整性，这里是nirg提供的算法的lua实现，由Mecki讨论:

function pnpoly(area, test)
    local inside = false
    local tx, ty = table.unpack(test)
    local j = #area
    for i=1, #area do
        local vxi, vyi = table.unpack(area[i])
        local vxj, vyj = table.unpack(area[j])
        if (vyi > ty) ~= (vyj > ty)
        and tx < (vxj - vxi)*(ty - vyi)/(vyj - vyi) + vxi
        then
            inside = not inside
        end
        j = i
    end
    return inside
end

变量区域是一个点的表，这些点依次存储为2D表。例子:

> A = {{2, 1}, {1, 2}, {15, 3}, {3, 4}, {5, 3}, {4, 1.5}}
> T = {2, 1.1}
> pnpoly(A, T)
true

GitHub Gist的链接。

真的很喜欢Nirg发布的解决方案，由bobobobo编辑。我只是让它javascript友好，更容易读懂我的使用:

function insidePoly(poly, pointx, pointy) {
    var i, j;
    var inside = false;
    for (i = 0, j = poly.length - 1; i < poly.length; j = i++) {
        if(((poly[i].y > pointy) != (poly[j].y > pointy)) && (pointx < (poly[j].x-poly[i].x) * (pointy-poly[i].y) / (poly[j].y-poly[i].y) + poly[i].x) ) inside = !inside;
    }
    return inside;
}

您可以通过检查将所需点连接到多边形顶点所形成的面积是否与多边形本身的面积相匹配来实现这一点。

或者你可以检查从你的点到每一对连续的多边形顶点到你的检查点的内角之和是否为360，但我有一种感觉，第一种选择更快，因为它不涉及除法，也不计算三角函数的反函数。

我不知道如果你的多边形内部有一个洞会发生什么，但在我看来，主要思想可以适应这种情况

你也可以把问题贴在数学社区里。我打赌他们有一百万种方法

当使用qt (qt 4.3+)时，可以使用QPolygon的函数containsPoint