title: Are there any alternatives to the JTS WKTReader?
body: <p>I am using the <a href="http://www.vividsolutions.com/products.asp?catg=spaapp&amp;code=jts" rel="nofollow">JTS Topology Suite</a> to process some geometry in my application. As a starting point I instantiate a reader:</p>
  
  <pre><code>WKTReader reader = new WKTReader();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then, using the reader I check for polygon records:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Geometry poly = reader.read(res.getString("GEOM"));
  Geometry point = reader.read("Point(" + res.getString("LON")
      + " " + res.getString("LAT") + ")");
  boolean inside = poly.contains(point);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem being that it takes too long to find my polygons this way. So I need another option for this process. Are there any alternatives to using <code>WTKReader</code> for this process? Thanks.</p>
  
  <p><em>P.S: I am using a MYSQL DB.</em></p>