diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.1.ddl.aql b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.1.ddl.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faf6082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+* Description  : Fix corrupted polygon values from open list of doubles
+* Expected Res : Success
+* Issue        : 1627
+* Date         : 07th Oct. 2016
+*/
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test
+use dataverse test
+
+create type StateType as {
+id: int32
+}
+
+create dataset States(StateType)
+primary key id
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.2.update.aql b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.2.update.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5beb303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+* Description  : Fix corrupted polygon values from open list of doubles
+* Expected Res : Success
+* Issue        : 1627
+* Date         : 07th Oct. 2016
+*/
+use dataverse test
+insert into dataset States (
+{
+"id":0,
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+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.3.query.aql b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.3.query.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ae56a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+* Description  : Fix corrupted polygon values from open list of doubles
+* Expected Res : Success
+* Issue        : 1627
+* Date         : 07th Oct. 2016
+*/
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $x in dataset States
+return create-polygon($x.coordinates)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1d3a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/constructor/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627/polygon-from-open-list_issue1627.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index e90b2e7..85884f8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -1344,6 +1344,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="constructor">
+      <compilation-unit name="polygon-from-open-list_issue1627">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">polygon-from-open-list_issue1627</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="constructor">
       <compilation-unit name="primitive-01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">primitive-01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
index c5167c1..7d27e45 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
     public static final String KEY_RECORD_FORMAT = "record-format";
     public static final String KEY_META_TYPE_NAME = "meta-type-name";
     public static final String READER_STREAM = "stream";
+    public static final String KEY_HTTP_PROXY_HOST = "http-proxy-host";
+    public static final String KEY_HTTP_PROXY_PORT = "http-proxy-port";
+    public static final String KEY_HTTP_PROXY_USER = "http-proxy-user";
+    public static final String KEY_HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD = "http-proxy-password";
     /**
      * HDFS class names
      */
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/TwitterUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/TwitterUtil.java
index 70d31c0..d8f375b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/TwitterUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/TwitterUtil.java
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.external.util;
 
-import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
-import twitter4j.FilterQuery;
-import twitter4j.Twitter;
-import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
-import twitter4j.TwitterStream;
-import twitter4j.TwitterStreamFactory;
-import twitter4j.conf.ConfigurationBuilder;
-
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -35,6 +27,15 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.apache.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
+
+import twitter4j.FilterQuery;
+import twitter4j.Twitter;
+import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
+import twitter4j.TwitterStream;
+import twitter4j.TwitterStreamFactory;
+import twitter4j.conf.ConfigurationBuilder;
+
 public class TwitterUtil {
 
     private static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(TwitterUtil.class.getName());
@@ -65,12 +66,11 @@
     /**
      * Gets more than one bounding box from a sequences of coordinates
      * (following Twitter formats) + predefined location names, as US and EU.
-     *
      * E.g., for EU and US, we would use -29.7, 79.2, 36.7, 72.0; -124.848974,
-     *      -66.885444, 24.396308, 49.384358.
+     * -66.885444, 24.396308, 49.384358.
      *
      * @param locationValue
-     *          String value of the location coordinates or names (comma-separated)
+     *            String value of the location coordinates or names (comma-separated)
      * @return
      * @throws AsterixException
      */
@@ -219,9 +219,25 @@
         cb.setOAuthConsumerSecret(oAuthConsumerSecret);
         cb.setOAuthAccessToken(oAuthAccessToken);
         cb.setOAuthAccessTokenSecret(oAuthAccessTokenSecret);
+        configureProxy(cb, configuration);
         return cb;
     }
 
+    private static void configureProxy(ConfigurationBuilder cb, Map<String, String> configuration) {
+        final String httpProxyHost = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_HTTP_PROXY_HOST);
+        final String httpProxyPort = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_HTTP_PROXY_PORT);
+        if (httpProxyHost != null && httpProxyPort != null) {
+            cb.setHttpProxyHost(httpProxyHost);
+            cb.setHttpProxyPort(Integer.parseInt(httpProxyPort));
+            final String httpProxyUser = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_HTTP_PROXY_USER);
+            final String httpProxyPassword = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.KEY_HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD);
+            if (httpProxyUser != null && httpProxyPassword != null) {
+                cb.setHttpProxyUser(httpProxyUser);
+                cb.setHttpProxyPassword(httpProxyPassword);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void initializeConfigurationWithAuthInfo(Map<String, String> configuration) throws AsterixException {
         String authMode = configuration.get(AuthenticationConstants.AUTHENTICATION_MODE);
         if (authMode == null) {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CreatePolygonDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CreatePolygonDescriptor.java
index 53958b4..9ba0e65 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CreatePolygonDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/CreatePolygonDescriptor.java
@@ -118,9 +118,10 @@
                                 out.writeByte(ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_POLYGON_TYPE_TAG);
                                 out.writeShort(listAccessor.size() / 2);
 
+                                final int skipTypeTag = listAccessor.itemsAreSelfDescribing() ? 1 : 0;
                                 for (int i = 0; i < listAccessor.size() / 2; i++) {
-                                    int firstDoubleOffset = listAccessor.getItemOffset(i * 2);
-                                    int secondDobuleOffset = listAccessor.getItemOffset((i * 2) + 1);
+                                    int firstDoubleOffset = listAccessor.getItemOffset(i * 2) + skipTypeTag;
+                                    int secondDobuleOffset = listAccessor.getItemOffset((i * 2) + 1) + skipTypeTag;
 
                                     APointSerializerDeserializer.serialize(
                                             ADoubleSerializerDeserializer.getDouble(listBytes, firstDoubleOffset),