A polygon is defined by its vertices(corner points), being pairs of (x,y) coordinates. In your case, these coordinates are stored in a single N-by-2 matrix.
polygon1= [0.1624 -0.6477;
0.2247 -0.6477;
0.2247 0.3874;
0.1624 0.5219]
P = rand(1,2)/2 % we will look at 1 point, but in poly can accept multiple points!
tf = inpolygon(P(:,1), P(:,2),polygon1(:,1), polygon1(:,2))
plot(polygon1([1:end 1],1), polygon1([1:end 1],2),'b.-',P(:,1), P(:,2),'r*') % a plot is often informative
if any(tf==1),
title('Some point(s) is (are) in or on the edge of polygon 1') ;
else
title('All points are outside polygon 1') ;
end
I hope this helps.
