I talked to Jody, and it sounds like he is out of the office for some training.

I was asking him if GeoTools has any code to support spatial
relationships. I realize this is a little vague, so let me give you an
example of what I am trying to do:

The user has two (2) point layers in their GIS. The first point layer
represents illegal campfire rings, the second layer represents a point
of access into national forests from a public highway. (This could be
a trailhead or campground.)

The user wants to examine the spatial relationship between each point
on the illegal campfire ring layer with each point on the access
layer. In this case the attribute of the spatial relationship the user
would be most interested in would be the distance between the two
points.

I want to write code that would store the information about the
spatial relationships between these two point layers in tabular
format. This storage could be in-memory or persistent. I also want to
allow the user to associate their own attributes with such a
relationship. (For example, a boolean value indicating if there is a
well worn path between the fire ring and the closest point of access.)

This spatial relationship framework would allow quick access and
inquiries of the spatial relationship attributes in tabular form.

Is there something similar this in GeoTools? I would like to build on
and/or integrate with existing GeoTools code if it is possible,
instead of starting completely from scratch.

Thanks,

The Sunburned Surveyor

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